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Recent buzzwords are \u201cAI-native\u201d and especially the \u201cAI-native law firm\u201d, but what do they mean and why are they a big deal in the legal industry?<\/span><\/p>\n First, let\u2019s exclude what they\u2019re not.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n A traditional law firm deciding to use AI as a tool does not make it \u201cnative\u201d.\u00a0 This is just as true as using a spreadsheet does not make your firm \u201cExcel-native\u201d or using a database does not make you \u201cLexis Nexis native\u201d.\u00a0 This is true even if the tool dramatically improves your efficiency or profitability.\u00a0 It\u2019s still a tool added to the law firm\u2019s toolbox.<\/span><\/p>\n Law firms have used technology for decades, even centuries, to improve how they communicate with clients and the legal system.\u00a0 Technologies such as fax machines, internet, mobile phones, laptop computers, and legal software have all transformed how lawyers and law firm staff serve their clients.<\/span><\/p>\n Fundamentally, most law firms are using AI as a tool to improve their business.\u00a0 The AI has not changed the firm\u2019s DNA or structure at a core level.<\/span><\/p>\n An AI-native law firm has AI as its very <\/span>foundation<\/span>, and has AI incorporated into most or all of the things it does.\u00a0 You could almost think of the firm as a services and software company shaped like a law firm.<\/span><\/p>\n In the AI native law firm, the efficiencies and insights of AI are reflected in the law firm\u2019s legal workflows, internal systems, client service delivery and firm strategy.\u00a0 The AI allows work to be done more efficiently, and more work to be performed with the same resource inputs.\u00a0 Over time, that should translate into cost savings for the clients.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It is still early days for AI-native law firms, but they hold tremendous potential to shake up the legal industry.\u00a0 Firms that are built around AI, rather than simply using AI tools, may be better positioned to rethink pricing, workflows, staffing, scalability, and the delivery of legal services.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nUsing AI tools is not the same as being AI native<\/span><\/h2>\n
What makes a law firm AI native?<\/span><\/h2>\n