Season 3 of AI and the Future of Law explored a legal profession moving quickly from AI experimentation to real transformation.

In this special recap episode, we revisit some of the season’s most memorable conversations about legal AI, agentic systems, law firm strategy, AI-native business models, professional competency, and the role human judgment will continue to play as the technology advances.

Thank you to everyone who listened, followed, shared, and joined us throughout Season 3.

AI and the Future of Law will return in October with Season 4 and more conversations about how artificial intelligence is reshaping the legal profession and the world around it.

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How can judges use AI without delegating the human judgment at the center of their role?

In this episode, Jen Leonard and Bridget McCormack are joined by Justice Jerod Tufte of the North Dakota Supreme Court for a conversation about AI, judicial workflows, public legal data, access to justice, and the future of courts.

In this episode:

• How judges can use AI while preserving human judgment
• Why AI should support, not decide, judicial work
• How AI can assist with records, citations, and bench memos
• Why courts need guardrails for AI use
• How AI may increase litigation volume
• Why public law should be accessible and AI-ready

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What does Kirkland & Ellis’ $500 million AI bet mean for Big Law — and for junior lawyers?

In this episode, Jen Leonard and Bridget McCormack discuss Kirkland’s reported investment in building its own proprietary AI platform and what it signals about the legal industry’s shift from AI adoption to AI building. They explain why Kirkland’s strategy may make sense for Kirkland, but why other firms should be careful not to copy it without considering their own strengths, clients, culture, and market position.

Jen and Bridget also explore growing concerns about junior attorney development as AI takes on more entry-level legal work. If junior lawyers are no longer learning through the same kinds of assignments, how will firms help them build judgment, confidence, and expertise? And what new training models might emerge?

The episode also includes an AI Aha! segment on practical AI use cases in everyday life and a What Just Happened discussion on Anthropic, model risk, and emerging government oversight of frontier AI systems.

In this episode:

• Kirkland’s $500 million AI announcement
• Big Law’s shift from AI adoption to AI building
• Why AI strategy should match firm strategy
• What AI means for junior associate development
• Why learning by doing does not happen automatically
• How firms might rethink legal training
• What Anthropic’s model-risk episode means for lawyers and clients

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