Sink or Soar: Survival Strategies for Lawyers Navigating the AI Revolution

A 2023 Goldman Sachs report said 44% of what lawyers do can be done by AI. There is much breathless talk proclaiming “the end of lawyers” as tech, robots and other factors are apparently going to render lawyers jobless. Nick Abrahams believes quite the opposite is true. As part of his role at Bond University, he has been researching the future of law for several years and he believes the opportunities for lawyers have never been better – but for lawyers with the right skills and mindset.

Nick’s session covers the following topics:

• Explore the future of the legal profession and identify key threats and opportunities
• Learn about legaltech and its true impact on the legal profession so far
• Discuss the current state of Artificial Intelligence in law and its potential for the future
• Reveal the 10 Key Habits of Successful Lawyers
• Explore case studies of successful, low-investment/high-reward legal innovation

About Nick

Nick Abrahams, Legal Futurist & Global Head of Digital Transformation, Norton Rose Fulbright

Nick is a LinkedIn Top Voice in Technology. He has been a partner at international professional services firm Norton Rose Fulbright for over twenty years, spending the last eight years in global technology and innovation leadership roles. Nick co-created the world’s first AI-enabled privacy chatbot and won the Financial Timesnewspaper’s Asia Innovator or the Year Award. He is the Co-founder of LawPath, an online legal solution which has served over 450,000 customers. Nick is on the boards of the Vodafone/TPG Foundation, the Sydney Film Festival and world-leading genetics research organisation, the Garvan Foundation. He is the host of the popular podcast Web3 goes Mainstream and the author of the Amazon best-selling books Big Data, Big Responsibilities and Digital Disruption in Australia. He is an Adjunct Professor at Bond University where he researches and teaches high performance in professional services, including the successful online courses in The Breakthrough Lawyer Program - “what they don’t teach you in law school”.