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Rethinking lawyer development in future AI-enabled law firms - Thomson Reuters Institute
- AI is prompting law firms to rethink business models and talent strategies as they become more efficient.
- Three firm models are discussed: billable-hour, value-based pricing, and frontier models with no clear winner yet.
- Technology and talent strategy must be designed together to adapt to changing legal work.
- The next great lawyer will lead with human skills rather than tool proficiency.
- Junior lawyers should gain experience in back-office rotations to broaden capabilities.
- Fredrikson & Byron is building AI fluency, accelerating legal judgment, and prioritizing human skills in development.
- Experts warn that AI costs do not solve the business model question and firms must plan now.
- The article emphasizes aligning policy guidance and AI tools with evolving practice areas in litigation and M&A.
- Industry voices stress that talent and technology should be planned for together to seize future value.
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