Lawyers in an AI World: Reprogramming Skill, Practice and Education
AI is transforming legal practice and legal education. Where you stand will define your future.
Join leading academics, practitioners and judicial leaders to explore the future of the legal profession.
Event Details
LAWYERS IN AN AI WORLD
Reprogramming Skills, Practice and Education
Professor Michael Legg, Director, UNSW Centre for the Future of the Legal Profession, will describe two futures for an AI-disrupted legal profession: 'The AI Augmented Lawyer' (technology serves and enhances human skills) and 'The Displaced Lawyer' (technology continues to improve and provides core legal functions).
Having set the scene, the panellists will address how legal education and practice should evolve to meet the challenge of AI.
Date: Tuesday 20 October 2026
Time: 5.30pm to 7pm
Venue: Supreme Court of NSW, Queens Square, Court 13A, and Online
Co-Sponsored by the Australian Academy of Law and UNSW Centre for the Future of the Legal Profession.
Please join us for light refreshments after the presentation.
Panellists
Virginia Briggs
Virginia is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner of MinterEllison. She is responsible for the firm's strategy, which includes leading the firm's approach to artificial intelligence and digital transformation. She champions the adoption of AI-enabled legal technologies and is a visible advocate for ethical, transparent, and responsible innovation.
Gareth Jones
Partner at McKinsey & Co. He has worked across all major industries, including legal services, which he sees as the real leading edge of AI disruption.
Professor Genevieve Grant
Director of the Warren Centre for Civil Justice in the Law Faculty at Monash University, Professor Genevieve Grant also sits on the Consumer Panel of the Victorian Legal Services Board and the Mental Health Tribunal.
Professor Michael Legg (Provocation)
The 'provocation' will be by Professor Michael Legg, Director, UNSW Centre for the Future of the Legal Profession. Michael specialises complex litigation, including regulatory litigation and class actions, and in innovation in the legal profession. He has previously written on the use of technology assisted review in litigation online dispute resolution / courts and the ramification of social media and the Internet of Things for civil litigation.
The event will be chaired by the Hon Justice Kristina Stern, Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of New South Wales.
Contact Us
For any enquiries, please contact us at: warrencentre@monash.edu.