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On "The SaaS CFO Podcast," Laina Chan talks about the rapid growth of her AI firm MiAI Law, its expansion into the US market, and her ambitious plans to reach $1 million in annual recurring revenue. Listen in for exclusive insights on building and scaling an AI-driven SaaS business in the evolving legal tech landscape. Listen to the podcast.

Poets & Quants has featured Natalie Aresta-Katz and her new AI-based regulatory platform. Previously an ESG regulatory researcher at Paul Weiss and a recent Columbia Business School MBA grad, Natalie is co-founder of Regbase, an AI-native legal research platform that helps companies, law firms, researchers, and government vendors track new and proposed laws across countries, languages, and jurisdictions. Those include regulations buried on obscure government websites, consult

Morgan Lewis describes AI Studio as the mechanism coordinating AI strategy and initiatives across the firm, including GenAI Foundations, which it calls one of the most ambitious AI literacy programs in the legal industry. The firm also highlights eData Virtual Assistant as a self-service AI chatbot for lawyers to access information, compare documents, and generate charts and reports through chat. Those offerings suggest a mix of internal productivity tools and broader operati

The AI conversation is dominated by a preoccupation with frontier capabilities. Yet a more consequential challenge is the gap between what AI can do and what it is actually doing in the world. This adoption gap is particularly acute in the Global South, where AI is deployed amid resource constraints, limited state capacity, and fragile institutions. This report sets out to map these adoption challenges, in order to understand how AI can be better embedded into existing workfl

Known affectionately as the "Mother-in-LAW of businesses," Ngozi Nwabueze founded PocketLawyers, a service to help lawyers bring AI to their practices and firms, or as she sometimes refers to it: "Shopify for Lawyers." The platform currently supports over 250 lawyers across Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. It allows lawyers to create profile pages detailing their services, pricing, location, and client reviews, crucially enabling potential clients to find, vet, and hire

Published in the National Law Review, Chief shares results of their polling on how female executives in the legal space are challenging firms to look beyond just the speed of AI adoption. It details how women leaders are proactively assessing the impacts of AI on hiring, institutional knowledge, and the critical thinking skills gap. Read Chief's Women AI Leaders 2026 Study.

Kristina Subbotina left BigLaw (Cooley), broke stigmas, and went viral, as the founder and CEO of Lexsy, an AI-powered law firm for startups. Read how Kristina found success, doing it her way. https://www.businessinsider.com/big-law-cooley-ai-agents-legal-platform-2026-6

The American Arbitration Association (AAA®) today announced that former Quinn Emmanuel Lead Innovation Counsel, Jennifer Reeves, has joined the organization as its first vice president, legal AI governance and integration lead, a newly created leadership role in which she will build on the AAA’s existing AI governance framework and advance the organization’s responsible AI strategy across products, systems, and internal tools. Read AAA's announcement.

The LawDroid AI Conference 2026 features a vital conversation on 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗜—exploring the unique perspectives women bring to the development and deployment of AI in law. Moderated by the remarkable Cat Moon, this panel brings together three powerhouse voices: 🔹 Sharon L. Crane — Practising Law Institute (PLI). Under her leadership, PLI redesigned its website and mobile app, earning a place on Fast Company's Brands That Matter list. She established PLI's Innovation

Littler appointed Stephanie Goutos as its first chief artificial intelligence officer, giving her responsibility for firmwide AI strategy, governance, responsible adoption, attorney training, and AI-enabled capabilities. The firm framed the role as part of a global platform strategy, with direct ties to client service and operational scale. See Littler's announcement.

"Legalweek has named Morgan Lewis Chief Artificial Intelligence & Knowledge Management Officer Colleen Nihill as Change Management Leader of the Year at its 2026 Leaders in Tech Law Awards. The annual awards recognize law firms, in-house legal departments, service providers, and individuals that have demonstrated excellence in the development and implementation of innovative legal technology." Read more about Colleen's work at Morgan Lewis.

Husch Blackwell announced a firmwide rollout of Legora, expanding access to the AI platform across the firm. The announcement said the rollout was part of a broader technology expansion and that the firm planned to use the platform to support legal professionals with collaborative AI-enabled work. A few days later, the firm formalized the effort through the Transformation Office led by Joanna Penn.

A&O Shearman opened applications for Fuse Cohort 10, continuing its LegalTech incubator program for startups and emerging companies working on legal innovation. The firm said the cohort would begin in May 2026 and that the program would give participants access to the firm’s lawyers, clients, and broader network in London, San Francisco, and remotely. Fuse has been led publicly by Shruti Ajitsaria, head of Fuse, who has described the platform as a client-centered innovation e

Quinn Emanuel highlighted Lead Innovation Counsel Jennifer Reeves after she received the Monica Bay Women of Legal Tech Award at the 2026 Legalweek Leaders in Tech Law Awards. The firm said Reeves co-heads the AI & Data Analytics Group with Christopher Kercher, overseeing evaluation, selection, and implementation of AI and machine learning tools for litigation teams, and that she also leads AI training and has played a key role in the firm’s digital transformation.

15 legal tech leaders shaping AI for law in 2026 (Published: Jan 2, 2026) Featured on LawFuel, this article highlights top female executives driving artificial intelligence change management at major global law firms, including Isabel Parker (Chief Innovation Officer at White & Case), Ilona Logvinova (Global Chief AI Officer at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer), and Gretchen Greene (Chief of AI Strategy at Ropes & Gray).

Featured on LawFuel, this article highlights top female executives driving artificial intelligence change management at major global law firms, including Isabel Parker (Chief Innovation Officer at White & Case), Ilona Logvinova (Global Chief AI Officer at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer), and Gretchen Greene (Chief of AI Strategy at Ropes & Gray).

AI and the Future of Law Podcast, Dec. 23, 2025 In this "AI and the Future of Law" season finale, co-hosts Jen Leonard and Bridget McCormack dive into how agentic AI and legal twins will shape the coming years. They cover leadership strategies, the impact of AI on firm talent pipelines, and "platformization" of legal services. December 23, 2025

Ropes & Gray announced that Gretchen Greene would become the firm’s first Chief of Artificial Intelligence Strategy, one of the first such positions at an AmLaw 25 firm. The firm said Greene, a former Meta policy and legal AI leader, will work with Chief Information Officer Marsha Stein to accelerate AI adoption across global offices and practices and to create measurable client value. Ropes & Gray described Greene as a recognized AI thought leader with experience in governan

Linklaters announced a 20-lawyer global AI team designed to help the firm’s practices identify use cases and embed AI-enabled working practices. The firm said the lawyers would go through bespoke training on strategic AI thinking, the firm’s tools, change management, prompting, and workflow design, then deploy across practice groups and offices globally to support client-facing work. Linklaters also said the initiative follows its firmwide rollout of Legora’s generative AI pl