Legal AI London | Legal Innovation Summit

Join us for the flagship legal tech UK summit, bringing together law firm leaders, technologists, and innovators to examine the rapid integration of AI across the legal profession.

Learn from real-world examples: from top firms using AI assistants to midsize practices leveraging off-the-shelf tools.
Gain practical insight: from leading legal tech providers developing next-generation solutions built for UK compliance and client needs.
In-depth discussion: whether you're adopting AI, managing risks, or redefining legal services, this event will equip you with the strategies to stay ahead.

Throughout the programme, we’ll spotlight standout examples from across the UK legal market, from Magic Circle firms deploying firm-wide AI assistants to midsize practices adopting off-the-shelf tools for day-to-day drafting and diligence.

In a legal profession flooded with AI hype and uncertainty, KM leaders are becoming the crucial bridge between innovation and implementation. This session explores how KM can drive AI readiness by demystifying technology, aligning with firm strategy, and supporting adoption at every level. Learn how to set realistic expectations, champion structured guidance, and foster a culture that embraces change, not resists it. Whether you’re early in your AI journey or scaling adoption, this session offers practical insight into evolving your KM team into trusted AI educators.

Position KM leaders as educators and facilitators for AI integration within law firms.
Manage internal expectations around AI’s cost, benefits, and maturity.
Support cultural adoption of AI through structured guidance and strategic alignment.

AI can’t deliver real value if your data is scattered, messy, or siloed, and most law firms are still stuck there. This session breaks down what it takes to build an AI-ready knowledge infrastructure by connecting structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data in meaningful ways. Learn how taxonomy, classification systems, and human curation play a critical role in making firm knowledge usable and queryable. Get a clear view of how connected systems lay the groundwork for LLMs, smarter workflows, and scalable innovation — and why ignoring this foundation puts your AI strategy at risk.

Understand how structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data can be mapped to enable firm-wide AI deployment.
Examine the role of taxonomy, classification, and human input in making knowledge queryable and intelligent.
How a connected knowledge infrastructure sets the stage for emerging LLMs and practice innovation.

As AI adoption accelerates, law firms are discovering that strategic advantage depends less on experimentation — and more on insight. This session explores how firms can use data-rich intelligence to shape smarter technology investment, track sector trends, and benchmark progress with confidence. Drawing on proprietary legal market analytics, we’ll uncover what the data reveals about AI readiness, client expectations, and competitive positioning. Learn how to turn information into impact — and ensure every AI initiative is backed by evidence, not assumption.

Identify where the legal sector is investing in technology — and what’s delivering measurable ROI.
Learn how to leverage data-rich intelligence (headcount, practice mix, sentiment, and litigation data) to inform strategic AI decisions.
Understand how continuous learning and clear product roadmapping can future-proof tech integration across the firm.
Explore how insight-driven strategy enhances client trust, market reputation, and competitive edge.

Sustainability isn’t just an environmental checkbox — it’s reshaping how law firms attract clients, talent, and investment. This session looks at the broader sustainability agenda, exploring how firms can move past narrow carbon metrics to embed people, community, and nature into core strategy. Expect insights on balancing commercial drivers with social responsibility, responding to client sustainability demands, and building practices that resonate with both stakeholders and the next generation of lawyers.

Embedding sustainability into law firm strategy: beyond net zero to people, community, and nature.
Linking AI adoption with responsible, ethical, and socially inclusive outcomes.
Insights from the Just Transition Co-LabBusiness In The Community Responsible AI Lab: A blueprint for how to adopt AI from a responsible business perspective.
Practical steps for firms to align profitability, innovation, and responsibility in AI transformation.

AI initiatives don’t sell themselves; you need a business case that speaks the language of outcomes, not hype. This session shows how to position AI as a strategic enabler tied to risk mitigation, operational efficiency, and long-term competitive edge. Learn how to craft a compelling case for investment with metrics that matter to firm leadership, regulators, and clients. Whether you're championing your first pilot or scaling firm-wide adoption, this session equips you to align AI with broader business priorities and win the internal support needed to move from experimentation to execution.

Position AI as a strategic enabler, not just a technology upgrade.
Build a persuasive internal case for AI investment tied to business outcomes.
Align AI initiatives with regulatory, operational, and client expectations.

AI promises transformation, but without clean, contextual data, it often delivers more noise than insight. Drawing on findings from The Hidden Value of Legal Transaction Data, this session explores how firms can turn everyday deal activity into a strategic data asset. Learn how structured transaction data — from negotiation history to execution metadata — underpins the “Ask → Act → Agent” future of legal AI. Discover why the firms winning with GenAI aren’t necessarily the fastest adopters, but the most data-ready.

Discover what The Hidden Value of Legal Transaction Data reveals about AI maturity in law firms.
Understand how structured data from deal workflows fuels smarter, more adaptive AI.
See how transaction context (negotiation, process, and outcome data) enables predictive and agentic AI applications.
Learn why firms investing in data readiness, not just AI tools, are achieving sustainable competitive advantage.

AI sounds exciting until you're the one accountable for picking the right tool, pricing it right, and proving it was worth it. This panel dives into the real-world decisions behind AI adoption in legal services: how to assess whether to buy, build, or integrate; how to price AI-enabled offerings; and how to measure long-term value. Expect candid insight on functionality vs. future-proofing, pricing innovation, and tracking ROI that matters to clients and CFOs alike. If you're under pressure to make AI investments deliver, this is the panel you need.

Choose wisely: How firms can assess which AI tools to buy, build, or integrate—balancing functionality, risk, and future adaptability.
Charge with confidence: Exploring pricing models for AI-enabled services, from fixed fees to outcome-based billing.
Measure the return: Identifying metrics to track ROI, client value, and operational impact over time.

KM isn’t just a support function; it’s a strategic lever for performance, risk mitigation, and innovation. This session explores how law firms can build and scale effective KM strategies that directly streamline legal processes and deliver measurable value to the business. From integrating tech tools to embedding a culture of sharing, you'll gain practical insight into what works and what gets ignored. The session also tackles the evolving challenges of data curation, including unmanaged content and legacy knowledge, offering guidance on how to future-proof your internal systems for agility and growth.

Develop KM strategies to streamline legal work, cut risk, and boost business value.
Learn best practices, tech tools, and how to encourage a knowledge-sharing culture.
Tackle emerging challenges in data curation and internal content management.

This panel explores how law firms can design AI-enabled experiences that lawyers trust, adopt, and value. We’ll look at what lawyers expect from GenAI, how innovation and knowledge teams must pivot to deliver solutions that fit real workflows, and what success looks like beyond ROI. Expect candid insights from leaders facilitating and advocating for change at global firms - on what works, what doesn’t, and what’s next.

Designing AI Lawyers Actually Use: Practical strategies for embedding GenAI into real workflows - moving from hype to habit.
The New Playbook for Innovation & Knowledge Teams: How these functions pivot to become product-focused, data-savvy, and lawyer-centric.
Measuring Success Beyond ROI: Metrics that matter - lawyer satisfaction, client impact, and quality of work.

Most legal AI conversations end at pilot stage, but the real challenge is scaling from 10 test cases to 300 live cases every week. This session examines what production-scale AI actually requires, drawing on a live system processing 3,00+ dispute resolution cases per week and shaving 30-40 minutes of manual work per case across a team of 27. You'll see why bespoke builds designed for specific workflows consistently outperform off-the-shelf tools: custom systems embed directly into existing processes rather than forcing lawyers to adapt to generic interfaces. Learn the infrastructure decisions that enable sustainable scale, the failure points most pilots hit, and the operational realities that separate proof-of-concepts from production systems that lawyers actually use.

Understand the operational gap between pilot success and production readiness - and how to bridge it
See real metrics and lessons from scaling AI to process hundreds of cases weekly
Learn why workflow-specific builds drive adoption better than generic off-the-shelf tools

With a crowded and fast-moving AI marketplace, law firms face tough choices: build their own tools, invest in market leaders, or wait and watch. This session explores how to evaluate branded versus in-house AI solutions, balancing cost, control, and competitive advantage. Learn how firms are assessing which vendors are likely to endure, where to place smart bets, and how to future-proof investments against rapid change. Just as important, we’ll look at the human side of adoption—what it takes to lead cultural change, secure buy-in across teams, and ensure new tools actually get used in practice. If you’re weighing your firm’s AI options, this session will help you back the right horse with confidence.

Choosing between branded vs. in-house AI tools
Tracking market leaders and making smart investment bets
Leading change and securing team-wide adoption

KM is no longer about storing documents; it’s about unlocking intelligence. This panel reframes KM as a strategic function that connects people, processes, and AI-driven insight across the firm. Learn how leading teams are moving from static repositories to dynamic knowledge flows that fuel innovation, client service, and regulatory responsiveness. Discover how KM can shape smarter workflows, support better decisions, and create measurable competitive advantage. If your firm still sees KM as back-office support, this session will challenge you to act and show what’s possible when KM becomes a driver of legal intelligence.

Redefine KM’s role in your firm as a strategic enabler of legal intelligence, not just a support service.
Move from static storage to dynamic insight by embedding AI-driven knowledge flows into everyday workflows.
Leverage KM’s position across content, people, and processes to drive innovation and service delivery.
Act now to elevate KM, securing long-term advantages in talent, regulation, and client engagement.

Contracts hold some of the richest, yet most underused, sources of firm expertise — and KM teams are uniquely positioned to turn that latent insight into AI-ready intelligence. This session explores how firms can structure clause libraries, definitions, and contractual data to enable more accurate, reliable, and context-aware AI outputs. You’ll learn how to move from static document storage to dynamic, machine-readable knowledge that enhances drafting quality and accelerates legal work. From data models to workflow integration, the session outlines practical steps for ensuring your firm’s knowledge is primed for seamless AI adoption.

Transform contract repositories into structured, machine-readable assets that strengthen AI performance.
Build and maintain data models, clause structures, and definition standards that improve drafting accuracy.
Enable real-time, AI-powered drafting support by turning hidden expertise into applied legal intelligence.

In the race to adopt AI, it's easy to prioritize hype over humanity. This session challenges firms to rethink how they evaluate AI— not just by features or ROI, but by how well tools align with their people, values, and long-term culture. Explore how to choose AI that supports inclusion, builds trust, and enhances—not replaces—human judgment. Learn how human-first adoption strategies lead to better engagement, more sustainable outcomes, and stronger client relationships. If you're building tech capacity with an eye on the future, this session will ground your decisions in what (and who) really matters.

Select AI tools that empower teams, not overwhelm them.
Align AI adoption with values like trust, inclusion, and wellbeing.
Shift focus from short-term wins to long-term cultural and client impact.

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Augmented Expertise: Upskilling for Human–Machine Collaboration

Turning Work Product into Living Intelligence

Securing Buy-In and Sustaining Momentum

Our Speaking Faculty

Join the Discussion

Agenda Day 1

Registration / Breakfast

Opening Remarks

KM Leaders as AI Translators:

The Changing Role of Knowledge Professionals in the Age of Legal AI

MODERATOR / CHAIR

AM Networking Break

From Fragmented Data to Connected Intelligence: Building AI-Ready Knowledge Infrastructure in Law Firms

From Data to Direction: Using Legal Intelligence to Drive AI Strategy and Firm Growth

SPEAKER

Fergus Channell, Customer Research Lead, The Lawyer

Networking Lunch

The Business Case for AI in Law Firms: Risk Reduction, Efficiency, and Competitive Advantage

MODERATOR

Andre Brown, Director of Strategy & Operations, Thomson Reuters

PANELISTS

Eve Starks, Senior Consultant, Thomson Reuters Institute

Catriona Wolfenden, Director, Product and Innovation | Partner, Weightmans

PM Networking Break

AI Products in Legal Services:

Investment, Pricing, and Payback

Closing Remarks

CHAIRPERSON

Networking Drinks

Agenda Day 2

Strategic KM and Data Curation:

Optimising Legal Processes, Reducing Risk, and Embracing Innovation

MODERATOR

AM Networking Coffee Break

300 Cases Per Week: What Production-Scale Legal AI Actually Looks Like

Back the Right Horse:

Navigating Internal AI Adoption

KM Beyond Folders:

Legal Intelligence as Competitive Edge

Fergus Channell, Customer Research Lead, The Lawyer

Networking Lunch

PM Networking Coffee Break

Closing Remarks

Venue

Travel / Directions

Accommodation