87% of UK legal professionals believe AI will transform the legal profession within five years.*
Putting AI into Practice Without Breaching Compliance
Yet many firms still lack visibility over which tools are being used, what information is being entered and how that information is handled. This webinar will help you move from informal experimentation towards a controlled and practical approach.
Discover how your firm can use AI to reduce repetitive work, protect confidential information and introduce clearer governance without losing professional oversight.
Thursday 1 October 2026 | 12:00pm–1:00pm
Hosted by Business Computer Solutions, in association with the Institute of Legal Finance & Management (ILFM).
* Source: Thomson Reuters
What This Webinar Is About
AI is already becoming part of everyday working life. People are using it to draft emails, summarise information, prepare documents and support repeatable tasks, often before their organisation has introduced clear policies or oversight.
The webinar examines how legal firms can realise the practical benefits of AI while maintaining control over confidential information, personal data, access permissions and professional judgement.
You will see why the choice of AI environment matters, how Microsoft 365 Copilot differs from public AI tools and what foundations should be in place before adoption expands.
What We’ll Explore
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Where AI Can Make a Meaningful Difference
See how AI can reduce time spent on drafting, summarisation, information retrieval and routine administrative work, creating more capacity for client service and higher-value activity.
02
The Risks Firms Cannot Afford to Overlook
Understand how public AI tools, shadow AI and poor visibility can expose confidential, privileged, personal or commercially sensitive information.
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Protecting Data and Maintaining Confidentiality
Explore why redaction, anonymisation, secure data handling and human oversight must remain central whenever AI is used.
04
AI and Cyber Security
Learn how AI can amplify weaknesses in access controls, permissions and data governance, and why security arrangements must develop alongside adoption.
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Why the AI Environment Matters
Understand the difference between using public AI services outside organisational control and using Microsoft 365 Copilot within an established Microsoft environment.
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Moving from Experimentation to AI Readiness
Learn the first steps for understanding current usage, identifying worthwhile opportunities and creating a governed approach that supports people without replacing professional judgement.
What You’ll Take Away
Greater Visibility
See how AI can reduce time spent on drafting, summarisation, information retrieval and routine administrative work, creating more capacity for client service and higher-value activity.
Practical Risk Awareness
The ability to recognise common risks involving confidentiality, personal data, cyber security, permissions, redaction and uncontrolled AI use.
A Framework for Finding the Right Opportunities
A practical method for identifying repetitive or time-consuming work where AI could provide meaningful value without introducing unnecessary risk.
A Clearer View of Microsoft 365 Copilot
An understanding of how Copilot can work across Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, OneDrive and SharePoint, using information that an individual already has permission to access.
A Route from Informal Use to Governed Adoption
A five-stage AI Readiness roadmap covering current usage, objectives, governance, data readiness, training and support.
Practical Resources to Use After the Webinar
Downloadable resources to help assess current AI usage, identify worthwhile opportunities and begin planning safer adoption.
Who should attend?
For those balancing innovation, performance and professional obligations, this session requires no advanced technical knowledge, and focuses on the practical decisions firms need to make before extending their use of AI.
- Practice managers
- Legal cashiers and finance teams
- Data protection and information governance leads
- Firm leaders responsible for operational efficiency and AI adoption
- Managing partners
- Operations managers
- Compliance officers
- People responsible for technology and cyber security
Meet the Presenters
Martin Hynes
Managing Director
Martin will explain how legal firms can move from informal AI use to a controlled approach, with clearer visibility, governance and protection for confidential information. He will set out the practical foundations firms need to manage risk while making productive use of AI.
Aaron Rosser
Business Development Manager
Aaron will show how firms can identify worthwhile opportunities for AI in everyday work and assess where Microsoft 365 Copilot may add value. He will focus on reducing routine effort while keeping appropriate controls, oversight and professional judgement in place.
Take the First Step Towards Safer AI Adoption
AI can help reduce repetitive work, improve access to information and create more time for client-facing activity. Without clear oversight, the same technology can also introduce risks involving confidentiality, data protection and cyber security.
This webinar will give you a practical starting point for understanding how AI is already being used, where it could provide genuine value and what your firm should put in place to adopt it more safely.
Register to receive the webinar and the supporting AI Readiness resources.