Legal Technology & E-Discovery

How AI and document review platforms are reshaping associate workflows.

The legal technology sector is rapidly altering the economics of document review and legal research, which historically comprised the bulk of junior associate billable hours.

Generative AI and E-Discovery

Technology Assisted Review (TAR) and predictive coding have already decimated the contract attorney market. As large language models (LLMs) begin to draft initial memos and discovery responses, law firms are forced to rethink leverage ratios, potentially leading to smaller entry-level associate classes.