Harvey AI: Perspectives on Legal AI’s Power Users
“You do not need to be a tech geek to become a legal AI power user. You need time to experiment, and permission to be wrong.”
RSGI’s latest research on legal AI is out today, commissioned by Harvey.
Perspectives on Legal AI’s Power Users, by Neville Hawcock, explores why a minority of lawyers and in house counsel unlock far more value from legal AI, and what law firms can do to nurture more of them.
Based on interviews with 17 power users across the US and Europe, from trainees and associates to partners and general counsel, the report finds that power users do not just use AI more, they use it better. In law firms, they report saving about 37 hours a month, more than double the time saved by the average user.
Key pointers for firms:
- Create space to practise, experiment, and iterate, not just attend training
- Encourage people to start with low friction tasks, then move up the fluency curve
- Build peer sharing into teams so good workflows spread quickly
- Tackle the law school instinct to avoid mistakes, because trial and error is part of the process
Download the full report here
