Latham's Comprehensive AI Training: But, What Will Happen to those 400+ First-Year Lawyers?

 In very positive coverage, BusinessInsider describes how law firm Latham conducted its second AI Academy. Wonderful bit of professiional development. The 400+ first-year lawyers were trained in how to manage this tool which clients demand law firms leverage. 

But the irony is missed: What will happen to so many of those 400+ as the uses of AI broaden and become standard? One of those big we-all-knows is what thought leader in the legal sector Brad Karp, chair of Paul, Weiss, observed last March in Lawyer Monthly. He predicted AI will significantly reduce the demand for junior lawyers. 

The issue is not that human lawyers will no longer be needed. And, of course, fresh talent is required to ensure continuity of the firm. The realities are these: Fewer lawyers without experience will be hired - and retained during their early years at the firm. 

The implications are huge for law schools and overall career planning when in college.                                                                                                    

Thrown off your game, maybe the first time since you started working? You made all the right moves and then the world moved in another direction.

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