87% of UK legal professionals believe AI will transform the legal profession within five years.*
Using AI in Legal Practice: Save Time Without Compromising Compliance
Webinar (via Teams): Thursday 1 October 2026 | 12:00pm–1:00pm
AI is already helping legal professionals search information, review documents, produce drafts and manage administrative and compliance tasks. Yet many firms still lack visibility over which tools are being used, what information is being entered and whether outputs are being checked.
This practical webinar will help your firm move from informal experimentation towards governed AI adoption, streamlining routine tasks and freeing legal professionals to focus on billable work and client relationships without compromising confidentiality, accuracy, professional judgement or accountability.
Hosted by Business Computer Solutions, in association with the Institute of Legal Finance & Management.
* Source: Thomson Reuters
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What This Webinar Is About
AI is already supporting research, drafting, document review, administration and compliance work within legal practices. In many firms, its use has developed through individual experimentation before any formal decision has been made about firm-wide adoption.
Used appropriately, AI can reduce time spent searching documents, producing first drafts, checking work and organising complex information. This can give legal professionals more time for billable matters, client support and work requiring professional judgement, provided confidentiality, accuracy and individual accountability are maintained.
The AI environment matters. Public AI services may sit outside a firm’s established business systems, while Microsoft 365 Copilot works within existing Microsoft 365 permissions. Neither approach removes the need for suitable permissions, information governance, clear policies, staff training, verification and human oversight.
What We’ll Explore
01
Where AI Can Make a Meaningful Difference
See how AI can support document research, summarisation, first drafts, checking, supervision and compliance work, making everyday tasks more efficient and leaving more time for clients and higher-value legal work.
02
The Risks Firms Cannot Afford to Overlook
Understand the risks created by unapproved tools, confidential information sharing, inaccurate outputs, fictitious cases, false citations and AI-generated work being accepted without sufficient checking.
03
Protecting Data and Maintaining Confidentiality
Explore how information is processed, retained and accessed, why not every AI service is suitable for confidential or personal information, and where permissions and governance are essential.
04
AI and Cyber Security
Learn how shadow AI, unapproved applications, excessive permissions and weak identity or information controls can create additional routes for exposure as AI adoption increases.
05
Why the AI Environment Matters
Compare public AI services with Microsoft 365 Copilot and understand why platform choice, permissions, information governance, policy, training, verification and human oversight must work together.
06
Moving from Experimentation to AI Readiness
Follow a practical route through understanding current use, identifying practical ways to improve efficiency, establishing governance, preparing information and security, and training and supporting your people.
What You’ll Take Away
Greater Visibility
A clearer way to establish who is using AI, which tools are involved, what tasks they support, what information is being entered and where that information goes.
Practical Risk Awareness
A practical understanding of unapproved tools, confidential information exposure, excessive permissions, inaccurate summaries, fictitious cases, false citations and unchecked AI-generated outputs.
Frameworks for Finding the Right Opportunities
A structured approach for identifying repetitive, process-led or information-heavy tasks where controlled AI use could ease workloads and allow greater focus on chargeable matters and client needs.
A Clearer View of Microsoft 365 Copilot
A clearer understanding of how Microsoft 365 Copilot differs from public AI services, how it works with existing permissions and why governance and human oversight remain necessary.
A Route from Informal Use to Governed Adoption
A five-stage AI Readiness roadmap covering current use, worthwhile opportunities, policy and governance, information and security, and training and support.
Practical Resources to Use After the Webinar
Practical tools covering current AI use, opportunities to work more efficiently, AI Readiness, governance, output verification and the questions to ask before approving an AI tool.
Who should attend?
This webinar is designed for people responsible for efficiency, compliance, information governance, technology or AI adoption within legal practices. No advanced technical knowledge is required.
- Managing partners and firm leaders responsible for efficiency and AI adoption
- Data protection and information governance leads
- People responsible for technology and cyber security
- Practice managers
- Operations managers
- Compliance officers
- Legal cashiers and finance teams
Meet the Presenters
Martin Hynes
Managing Director
Martin will explain how firms can improve visibility, establish effective governance and protect confidential information while pursuing secure AI adoption without losing professional accountability.
Aaron Rosser
Business Development Manager
Aaron will explore how firms can identify opportunities and assess where Microsoft 365 Copilot can add value.
Take the First Step Towards Safer AI Adoption
AI can accelerate research, drafting, document review, administration and compliance tasks, giving legal professionals more time to progress client matters and deliver valuable advice. Realising those benefits requires firms to understand how AI will be used, what information it can access and how its outputs will be checked.
AI Readiness provides a practical route from informal experimentation to governed adoption. It helps firms improve visibility, identify immediate risks, identify areas where AI could improve productivity and establish the policies, information controls, security and training needed to move forward.
Register for the webinar to receive practical AI Readiness resources and learn how to reduce routine workloads while keeping AI use controlled, transparent and professionally accountable.