AI Field Notes from a GC
Occasional observations, real problems, and honest updates from AI educator turned GC building an AI-powered legal function.
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NDAs Are the Best Contracting Function to Automate First
A salesperson types one line into a Slack channel, and a signed NDA shows up without me writing a single email. Most NDAs should work that way. Here is the case for starting there, and the rules that keep the risky ones away from automation.
Should Your Next Legal Hire be a Legal Engineer?
I was advising an in-house legal team on their next hire. Their question: should it be a legal engineer? After our conversation, I wrote down what I actually meant by the term. It became a wheel of nine skills and ways of thinking, and a seven-question test for hiring. The catch is that one person likely won’t cover all of it.