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Perkins Coie’s London office is beta testing training simulations with generative AI avatars. The effort is meant to provide a safe space for legal professionals to fail and learn while building soft skills.

Harvey announced the release of more than 500 use case-specific legal AI agents and a self-service Agent Builder that lets customers customize those agents to fit their needs. The launch is in early access and is being rolled out to additional customers over the following months.

K&L Gates appointed Jake Bernstein to a newly created Global AI and Innovation Partner role to lead the firm's global AI strategy, governance, and innovation operations. The firm says the role formalizes AI leadership under one practicing partner as it prepares for agentic AI deployment.

Slaughter and May partnered with and rolled out the legal AI tool Harvey firmwide. The firm is using the technology to empower its lawyers and integrate AI into their thought processes.

ClearyX launched CX+, its first proprietary AI platform, designed for contract intelligence and due diligence.

Hogan Lovells is part of the launch of the Global Legal Tech Alliance, a law-firm-led platform aimed at developing and deploying artificial intelligence to reshape legal services. The alliance is intended to help member firms address AI and legal technology challenges faster and create shared standards, solutions, and training resources.

Freshfields is collaborating with Anthropic on a multi-year agreement to accelerate AI co-innovation and firm-wide adoption. The firm is deploying Claude globally and co-developing legal-focused AI applications and agentic workflows to improve legal services and internal workflows.

Litera introduced an AI agent embedded in its Office & Dragons workspace to automate transactional document workflows across entire document sets from plain-language instructions. The page frames it as a way to move beyond information-surfacing tools and toward autonomous execution in deal work.

A solicitor and coder personally designed and built an AI adversary to stress-test legal arguments before court. She says it helps lawyers challenge their own thinking and prepare stronger cases.

The firm uses AI software to help draft documents and manage deadlines, and it also builds its own AI tools. The article frames this as part of a small law firm model aimed at cost-effective legal advice.

Freshfields launched an internal 'AI Academy' training program to upskill its talent in AI.

Mayer Brown launched a firmwide GenAI training curriculum to equip all lawyers with advanced AI skills and improve responsible use of generative AI in client work. The firm says the program is intended to amplify lawyer capabilities and help teams deliver greater client value while using the technology safely.

Sullivan & Cromwell says its Digital Infrastructure Practice, launched in 2025, brings together lawyers across disciplines to advise on AI-driven investments and data center development. The page describes this as part of the firm’s continued investment in talent and integrated client service.

Littler appointed its first Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer to lead firmwide AI strategy, governance, responsible adoption, and development of AI-enabled capabilities across the platform. The firm says the role will help align AI and technology investments with strategic priorities and strengthen client service at scale.

Goodwin Procter has launched Propel, a firmwide AI training initiative designed to use AI across practice groups and workflows. The goal is to improve client service efficiency and speed, with possible implications for rate structure.

The firm said private equity backing has helped it accelerate its plans and enabled it to spend meaningfully on AI, data and technology rather than only experimenting at the margins. It uses AI tools from Microsoft Copilot and Legora for tasks including cybersecurity incident response, contract review and corporate due diligence.

Salesforce says it is building an AI-native, trust-first, agentic legal function. The post frames this as part of its own internal transformation to improve how it operates, governs technology, and partners with outside counsel.

Akin expanded its embedded AI deployment firmwide inside its document management system, bringing AI to more than 900 lawyers and over 65 million documents. The firm says the goal is to improve search, precedent discovery, document review, and knowledge reuse while maintaining security and confidentiality.

Harvey hired Keith Enright, formerly co-chair of Gibson Dunn’s AI practice group and a former Google privacy chief, as chief strategy officer. The move is meant to strengthen Harvey’s engagement with the judiciary, bar associations, legal educators and policymakers as it scales.

The court system is conducting an AI Pilot Program using a software tool named Learned Hand to help judges craft tentative rulings by analyzing case documents and drafting orders.