AI and digital technologies are dismantling traditional barriers of cross-border legal practice and increasingly lawyers are accessing tools that were once the preserve of large international players to research foreign markets, identify and serve clients across multiple jurisdictions and compete globally.
But these opportunities come with serious risks. Unregulated and unqualified providers are entering the market with little accountability, raising urgent concerns around the disclosure of confidential material and the integrity of legal advice. For qualified practitioners, the risks include deskilling, over-reliance on AI outputs, inadvertent breach of local regulation, loss of the trust of the judiciary and the erosion of the independent judgment that defines good lawyering.
This session explores how digital innovation is transforming the relationship between lawyer and client across borders and the nature, scope, and flow of legal services worldwide.