ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, A WAY FORWARD FOR THE LEGAL PROFESSION?

Technology is fast emerging in the Fourth Industrial Revolution world and becoming one of the major requirements to advance professions in their various fields. Artificial Intelligence has enormous advantages than it is perceived to be and a much greater opportunity to offer to the legal profession if it is leveraged on. This write-up seeks to evaluate the importance of Artificial intelligence to the legal profession and how it can be leveraged. to enable a significant breakthrough in legal practice. It also seeks to outline the various forms of artificial intelligence, as well as the various challenges posed to the legal profession, should artificial intelligence not be leveraged. This paper also seeks to accentuate the inevitability of technology glaring right at not just the corporate sector but also at individuals. Artificial Intelligence can not overtake the position of lawyers because it is merely a tool designed to make tasks easier and faster, it also needs human intervention and supervision to function. In recent times, the use of Artificial Intelligence has enabled lawyers to develop the requisite skills to perform efficiently in the emerging technological world. Hence, only innovative law firms can keep up with the new form of legal practice.