Tightening budgets in the legal industry has led to a growing focus on performance. What will set lawyers apart from their peers is a clear understanding of how artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge legal technology not only creates efficiencies but resets standards on how legal work can best be done.

This evolving landscape represents a shift for those new to the profession. A junior lawyer could typically expect their days to be shaped by tasks such as discovery, contract analysis and due diligence. But as AI assumes more of that repetitive work, it provides an opportunity for lawyers, even junior lawyers, to spend more time focusing on more strategic tasks.