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What law firms and legal teams are investing to build AI in-house: budgets, internal platforms, AI groups, hires, and dedicated funds. Largest committed first.
The firm says it uses internal developed agentic AI across much of its work. The article says it uses AI for intake, trial preparation, expert witnesses, depositions, and demand letters.
The firm says it built its own proprietary AI platform internally. Angel AI analyzes MRI reports, drafts client communications, summarizes case activity, and provides a chat interface for active cases.
The firm developed a list of 'durable dozen' human skills it believes will grow more important in an AI-enabled profession. It is teaching those skills to lawyers through a partnership with Steppenwolf Theater Company.
Flank says it has a dedicated legal AI alignment team focused on aligning what its agents do to the organisation’s actual needs. The article presents this as an internal operating capability for maintaining and improving its own legal AI systems after deployment.
Faegre Drinker deployed its own AI platform, Atlas AI, as a sandbox to help attorneys understand how AI could be used in their practices. The firm later adopted Harvey AI and Microsoft Copilot firmwide after testing different models.
Latham & Watkins is seeking multiple AI services attorneys in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York. The posting reflects the firm's internal push to add AI capability across offices.
Cooley is envisioning a proprietary AI interface for the firm rather than relying only on outside legal AI tools. The article says the firm could build its own firm-specific tools and train them to fit its needs.
Meta’s legal department is hiring a director of commercial legal AI to implement AI agents in its contracting process. The role is aimed at delivering efficiency gains internally.
The firm is hiring directors for data services and legal innovation/AI. The roles are part of its internal effort to expand AI capability.
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin launched an Office of Artificial Intelligence and Innovation. The firm hired a former NYU Langone Health legal AI integration program manager to lead the group.
Mishcon de Reya built deReyAI in-house. The article cites it as part of a broader shift toward firms building AI capability internally.
Clifford Chance launched an internal AI-enabled knowledge management platform to index and search over 400,000 curated, access-controlled documents. Developed over six months with Epiq Advisory for Law Firms and Microsoft, the system operates within the firm's Microsoft 365 and Azure environment while preserving client confidentiality.
Workday's legal department is in the process of building toward an AI-first ecosystem. The article says it is developing persona-based AI agents, a unified data layer, and an agentic front door to route matters autonomously before they reach a human lawyer.
A conveyancing firm has developed a concept for an AI tool that analyses sales packs from residential property transactions. The page describes a sandbox test to evaluate the tool, but it does not name the firm or state any spending commitment.
A large law firm is working with a LawTech company to develop an in-house AI tool for conveyancing and family law. The page says it is using client data to improve efficiency and consistency, but it does not name the firm or give a budget.
The firm said it is weaving Eve into everything it does, indicating an internal adoption of AI in its legal work. The page frames this as part of a broader shift toward using AI for summarizing and other legal tasks.
Dymocks’ legal team is described as having embraced legal AI, and the article refers to organisations that have invested in developing their own internal AI tool for specific use cases. No budget, date, or named internal program is given.
The Adecco Group says it has been at the forefront of deploying this technology across its Legal and Compliance teams. The page says Harvey is helping simplify day-to-day tasks and provide actionable insights for faster decision making.
In Singapore, Baker McKenzie attorneys used Microsoft’s Copilot AI in a pro bono project to save time uncovering children’s rights laws and handling sensitive information. The page says AI reduced potentially weeks of work, though verification was still needed.
Linklaters Asia attorneys helped the Hong Kong-based labor rights group Migrasia build and use the AI-based chatbot PoBot. The page frames this as part of the firm’s pro bono AI use to help process client questions and requests.
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