Generative AI is coming to Big Law’s back office, judging by job listings posted over the last few months from Latham & Watkins, Linklaters, and several other leading firms.
At least nine US and UK firms are actively seeking more than two dozen software developers, analysts, programmers, and data engineers to build out their AI capabilities, according to postings found on law firm and job aggregator websites.
Since the unveiling of the telephone, a Big Law axiom is that lawyers and their firms are wary of technology and slow to adopt it, despite occasional public rhetoric to the contrary. The ...