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How Technology is Transforming Practice Models

AI is not just making legal work faster — it is reshaping how that work is valued, priced, and delivered. Traditional leverage and billing models are under pressure as clients adopt the technology themselves and expect their advisors to match that proficiency. New business models are emerging, barriers to entry are falling, and the competitive landscape is widening. Firm structures are being redesigned around multidisciplinary teams, risk is being redefined, new capabilities are required at every level, and the role of the lawyer is expanding beyond traditional boundaries. This demands a different kind of leadership — one that embraces technology and builds firms/organisations fit for a fundamentally different market. Are you ready?

Closing Debate | The Future of Legal Practice is Agentic

About Terri

Terri Mottershead is the Global Director of Ashurst Advance Digital Enablement. She chairs the Queensland Law Society’s AI in Legal Practice Consulting Committee, serves on the Asia-Pacific Legal Innovation & Technology Association Advisory Board, and is a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management.
Terri holds a Bachelor of Laws from QIT, a Master of Laws from the University of Queensland, and an MBA from the University of Wales. 

Over more than three decades, she has worked across private practice and academia, founded and grown start-ups, served on boards and committees in both the for profit and non profit sectors, and led talent management functions in major international firms and professional associations.
A recognised leader in legal innovation, Terri has led global teams at the forefront of AI and adjacent technologies, guiding their application to transform legal service delivery and drive adoption of new ways of working across the profession worldwide.