As generative AI accelerates the trend for law firms to commoditise elements of practice areas and turn them into products, firms are willing to try new pricing models.

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Lawyers face growing pressure to show how they combine generative artificial intelligence tools with human expertise ...

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Foundational skills — such as critical thinking, ethical reasoning and understanding power structures — remain solid, he says. What is shifting is that lawyers need to apply them to a fast-changing ...

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Survey data compiled by headhunter Major, Lindsey & Africa shows that average pay for US “Big Law” partners has jumped from $700,000 to $1.4mn in the past 10 years.