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Ropes & Gray Allows Up to 100 AI Training Hours

By Drooid · Oct 10, 2026, 2:33 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Ropes & Gray lets associates count up to 100 AI training hours toward billable requirements.
AT&T’s legal department stopped paying outside firms for routine tasks and shifted them to an in-house AI team.
Clio’s 2026 report found AI used by 90% of U.K. and Ireland lawyers.
Clio’s 2026 report also showed 80% of firms handle more work without adding resources.

History

Historical Context

LexisNexis debuted on April 2 1973, becoming the first service that let lawyers query a computer database directly, breaking the librarian-mediated model that dominated CALR. Its rapid growth helped expand the U.S. legal-research market, which reached $8 billion by 2015, and set the stage for today’s AI-driven tools such as Lex Machina and LexisNexis Precision.

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Story summary

Ropes & Gray lets associates count up to 100 AI training hours toward billable requirements.
AT&T’s legal department stopped paying outside firms for routine tasks and shifted them to an in-house AI team.
Clio’s 2026 report found AI used by 90% of U.K. and Ireland lawyers.
Clio’s 2026 report also showed 80% of firms handle more work without adding resources.

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