I meet a lot of lawyers who are quietly frustrated. Not frustrated by the law itself, but by how hard it is to solve simple  problems with technology. Or to test an idea that could unlock new value for their practice, their team, or their clients. That frustration shows up everywhere. In small firms that can’t justify bespoke development. In practice areas across large firms that know exactly where inefficiencies or opportunities sit, but don't have the bandwidth to explore t

SRA Approves First AI Law Firm Link to the original post: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7325423473659363328 The Solicitors Regulation Authority has just approved its first AI law firm, Garfield AI . They offer £2 legal letters to help businesses and individuals recover small debts. This isn’t just a milestone; it’s a precedent for what’s coming. ➡ Today: low-value debt collection. ➡ Tomorrow: AI-driven law firms moving up the value chain. This isn’t o

Most legal tech startups set out to build software. Crosby chose to build a law firm. At first glance, that sounds counterintuitive. Why build a services company when SaaS multiples are so much higher? Ryan Daniels and John Sarihan argue that the law firm structure provides the necessary raw ingredients for true transformation. As with any new technology but particularly in the risk averse legal domain, the jury is still out. Their approach raises questions: can such a hybrid

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The long runway of the legal tech market.

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