Jack ShepherdWhy I built my own personal productivity tool…Early on in my legal career, I dropped the ball regularly. I didn’t do tasks I had promised to do. I asked questions that had already been…Mar 28Mar 28
Jack ShepherdThe importance of use cases for AI in legal and how to discover themComments such as “did you even speak to anyone about this”, “this just doesn’t work”, or “it’s just another IT project” are commonplace in…Jan 91Jan 91
Jack ShepherdOld Ways of Accessing Knowledge + Generative AIIn this article I make the argument that generative AI capabilities will complement but not replace existing methods of accessing…Dec 5, 2023Dec 5, 2023
Jack ShepherdLawyers: how much should you rely on AI to make first drafts?Note — this article is not really about contracts. This article is about the (in my view, rather limited) circumstances in which lawyers…Nov 1, 20231Nov 1, 20231
Jack ShepherdWhat are the specific use cases for generative AI in contract drafting?Instead of asking “what generative AI can do for contracts”, I ask “what needs to be done for contracts, and can generative AI fix it”Sep 23, 20233Sep 23, 20233
Jack ShepherdPractical ways to incentivise lawyers to be more innovativeLawyers are very busy people. When you are a practising lawyer, you often don’t have time to breathe between all the client work you are…Aug 22, 2023Aug 22, 2023
Jack ShepherdPresenting unfinished legal work to clients: the minimum viable productJul 13, 2023Jul 13, 2023
Jack ShepherdIs it time for law to properly embrace project management?In my years as a practising lawyer, I never once worked with a project manager. To those outside the legal industry, it might seem bizarre…Jun 1, 2023Jun 1, 2023
Jack ShepherdThe AI Mirage in Law — Starting conversationsPeople working in software development are always on the lookout for ways they can optimise how they work. For example, linters are…May 2, 20231May 2, 20231
