Court AI practice notes

Lawyers who don't embrace AI 'will be left behind', experts say

Bar Association of Queensland, Queensland.

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Issuer
Bar Association of Queensland
Type
Professional guidance
Date
Date not stated
Jurisdiction
Queensland

Summary

Bar Association of Queensland publishes “Lawyers who don't embrace AI 'will be left behind', experts say”. Generative artificial intelligence will completely transform the legal industry, potentially decimating the billable hour in the process, and experts say practitioners who don’t embrace the technology will be swiftly replaced by those who do. Checked 2026-10-10.

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Points recorded from the source

  • Generative artificial intelligence will completely transform the legal industry, potentially decimating the billable hour in the process, and experts say practitioners who don’t embrace the technology will be swiftly replaced by those who do.
  • While lawyers have used AI for years for tasks like electronic discovery and legal research, the advent of OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT has changed the game by introducing the world to generative AI, which can create new content.

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Source

Read the Bar Association of Queensland source: Lawyers who don't embrace AI 'will be left behind', experts say