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Sep 2025
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Christina Blacklaws, Pt 2: legal tech, y...

The Legal 500
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Will Tolcher, Global Bar Editor of Legal 500, speaks with Christina Blacklaws – chair of the Lawtech UK panel and former president of the Law Society in England and Wales – about the uses and abuses of artificial intelligence in the legal world, how technology will shape the legal profession, and the ideas that fell by the wayside. 
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