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Top AI Use Cases for Law Firms

By Katy Spalter and Sean Carmichael

As generative AI compresses traditional billable hours and reshapes client expectations, elite law firms are fundamentally changing how they operate. The adoption of specialized legal AI is accelerating rapidly. Simultaneously, pressure from clients is increasing, with corporate counsel actively demanding to know how AI efficiencies will yield faster, higher-value advisory services.

Yet for many law firms, market and client research is still treated as a back-office overhead burden. The teams pulling ahead today are the ones that are using AI to turn commercial intelligence into their sharpest competitive advantage.

In this report, discover the top use cases that are transforming how elite law firms are winning mandates and driving business development in the AI era.

About the Authors
  • A smiling woman works on a laptop on a train, with an AlphaSense travel mug beside her.

    Katy Spalter

    Katy is an Account Executive at AlphaSense, specializing in the EMEA legal sector. With over two and a half years of experience at the firm, she focuses on driving business growth and managing relationships with the Magic Circle and top-tier law firms.
  • Sean Carmichael

    Sean Carmichael

    Sean is a Business & Finance Editor at AlphaSense, specializing in sector-specific content production. Previously, he spent nearly a decade in various roles across financial services, where he was responsible for equity research and content generation geared toward institutional investors.

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