Future Of Law Signals & Trends 2025

Not predictions. Not advice. Just unresolved questions I am thinking about.

A brain dump.

No particular order.

Just what’s on my mind.

Tech, tech and even more tech, never ending tech at pace and at scale.

The supervision of AI by both junior and senior lawyers. Their roles being redefined.

A tug of war involving the future of work - remote, office, hybrid, mandates, productivity, profit, training, supervision & generational silos.

Training AI savvy lawyers. AI literacy. Upskilling. Reskilling. How do you do that in a technological environment changing at such a rapid pace?

A digital divide between lawyers believing in and using AI and not, and the wider question of technological competency and if it ever can be achieved.

Routine work. Complex work. All increasingly done by AI. Chargeability and pricing. What does that look like now?

Regulation of AI by the legal profession. Is it even possible practically?

Legal services affordability and access. Will AI actually really make it better?

AI, BigTech and the provision of legal services. Is BigTech really interested?

Cybersecurity. Blockchain as a possible solution. Preparing for AGI & Quantum computing.

Are traditional legal business models even still fit for purpose?

Lifestyle and wellbeing vs productivity and profit. A not so quiet battle.

Can I trust anything I see or read?

Search and research and reading being revolutionised.

How do we reconcile legacy thinking and future thinking mindsets?

Watching AGI and deep learning very closely. Not hyped. Just more alert.

Did I miss any ? Let me know.