Future of Legal in the age of AI: our event round up
Last week Trace hosted our LegalTech breakfast where we brought together Scotland’s Law Tech community - a cross-sector mix from industry, start ups, and academia - to discuss the future of Legal services in an age of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Our chosen venue was our Trace’s own Edinburgh base, the Bayes centre, Scotland’s epicentre for AI and data driven innovation.
Bayes: views from the 5th floor where we hosted our event
“The Bayes Centre offers a new kind of collaborative, multidisciplinary proving ground where we develop innovative technological solutions ”
It was a bright January morning in the capital and despite the cold and early start we had a full house with Scotland’s top law firms, representatives from the government, a number of exciting LegalTech businesses, and industry heavy weights in attendance.
Dr Michael Rovastos, opening the event
The morning kicked off with some networking over coffee and breakfast, our guests were then warmly welcomed in to the Bayes and given an overview of key initiatives by Dr. Michael Rovastos Professor of AI at The University of Edinburgh.
Professor Schafer joins the panel
We then heard from our keynote speaker, Professor Burkhard Schafer (University of Edinburgh) who took the audience through a brilliant, witty and insightful talk on the Past, Present and Future of AI and the Law.
Frances Sim then invited Professor Schafer and our panellists (Callum Murray, Amiqus; Sam Moore of Burness Paull; Sorcha Lorimer, Trace; Alan Stuart, Stuart & Co.) to take audience questions on the role of technology versus the human adviser and what that means for the profession, for the industry, the way services are delivered and regulated.
A lively audience, together with a huge topic, meant we soon ran out of time as the conversations continued over more networking. It was fantastic to see such engagement in the room and we’re really excited to be part of the LawTech community as the opportunities for innovation gain momentum for forward thinking firms.
Watch our showreel (created by Mediazoo Scotland) for an event recap and attendee takeaways, and why we believe this is the decade for LegalTech:
So what’s next?
After excellent initial feedback, which included requests for ‘more events’ like this and ‘more time’ to hear from our keynote and panellists, we’re already looking at plans for further events, collaboration and content in LawTech. We also plan to share more in-depth content where we’ll explore the key insights and ideas from the speakers on the day. To sum up: watch this space.
“Thanks so much, the event was wonderful!”
We were proud to be supported and helped by Wayra UK, The University of Edinburgh, Mediazoo, Amiqus, our panellists, Restitutions and the Law Society of Scotland to make this event happen and providing media services.
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Next upcoming Future of Law associate event: ‘Designing better legal services: real solutions for real problems’.