Law firms that don’t embrace AI will soon look like relics of the past.

Minesh Tanna, Partner at Simmons & Simmons and Chair of the City of London Law Society AI Committee, warns that the legal profession is changing faster than lawyers are adapting.

In this episode of Legal AI Lab, Tanna discusses how AI is reshaping law firms, replacing manual tasks, and redefining what it means to be a lawyer. He shares what keeps him up at night: if junior lawyers no longer do the groundwork that builds judgment and instinct, what will the senior lawyers of the future look like?

Tanna also explains why firms that still fear AI are making the same mistake as those who once refused to use computers and why embracing AI responsibly is now the only way forward.

You’ll learn:

• Why the traditional training model for young lawyers is breaking
• How AI is changing the skills and instincts lawyers need to succeed
• Why law firms must build AI literacy across every level
• How “the human edge” will define the lawyers who thrive in the AI era

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0:00 Introduction and how AI is changing the legal world

1:18 Why law firms are still slow to adapt

3:04 The future of young lawyers and what keeps Minesh up at night

5:27 If juniors don’t learn, who becomes tomorrow’s senior lawyer

8:42 How AI will redefine the human edge in law

10:15 Being scared of AI is like refusing to use computers in the 80s

12:36 Building Percy, the AI system transforming Simmons & Simmons

14:58 Law firms of the future with fewer lawyers and more technologists

16:45 The business model of law is already shifting

18:33 How lawyers can adapt and stay relevant in the age of AI

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