---
title: "Lawyers who don't embrace AI 'will be left behind', experts say"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/ai-rules/b9-qld-bar-4"
type: "ai_rule"
site: "AI Law Framework"
issuer: "Bar Association of Queensland"
status: "Professional guidance"
jurisdiction: "Queensland"
source: "https://qldbar.asn.au/baq/v1/viewDocument?documentId=2526"
---

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

> Bar Association of Queensland, Queensland.

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## About this rule

- Issuer: Bar Association of Queensland
- Type: Professional guidance
- Date: Date not stated
- Jurisdiction: [Queensland](https://ailawframework.com/jurisdictions/queensland.md)

## 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. Read the linked page before relying on it.

## 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.

## Verify note

This is commentary, not a conduct rule.

## Source

[Read the Bar Association of Queensland source](https://qldbar.asn.au/baq/v1/viewDocument?documentId=2526)

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