Somewhat off-topic: I've spent thousands of pounds on legal advice which has ranged from poor to mediocre. I found that most solicitors would refrain from giving proper advice and are there only to be instructed. You have to do your own homework, read the law, the case-law, prepare notes and documents, etc. With the rise of LLMs I found it easier to do all these things and come prepared to these meetings, or even do…
IANAL How can AI learn the secret procedural tricks? Where's the training data? And is there a legal consequence for AI giving bad/incorrect legal advice? Can they get disbarred? Can you be sure the AI tool even read an entire piece of legislation (inb4 "you can't with lawyers either" : I thought we're aiming for better)? How will they understand the inner workings of courts, CPS etc? How will they network with other…
Of course not :) but unfortunately I've received half-truths and outright lies from actual solicitors, while AI has mostly given reliable advice, even if not procedurally perfect.
There's lots of guarding and unwritten rules in the legal profession so this is not something that will be straightforward to train on, but once done, even if imperfect, will bring legal access to the masses.