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AI for Lawyers: Separating Signal from Noise
A plain-language guide for the legal profession. What AI tools are, where they can help, where they introduce risk, and how to approach them with sound judgment.
Written by Blake Vanderhyde. Originally published in 2026 as a fourteen-part series on LinkedIn, collected and edited into a single volume.
What's inside
- Why so many lawyers are hesitant about AI
- Why AI hallucinates legal citations
- A better framework for thinking about AI in a law firm
- Confidentiality, privilege, and professional judgment in the age of AI
- How law firms can evaluate AI tools without getting lost in the noise
- AI-generated synthetic performers in legal advertising