Implementing AI in Legal Teams: Balancing Model Choice, Cost and Process

Thomas Sittek

Most legal teams have moved past the question of whether to use AI. The harder questions are the practical ones that are raised after the pilot. Which model do you reach for, and when. What it actually costs once you scale beyond a handful of users. Also, how any of it fits the way your team already works, without asking everyone to relearn their day.

These decisions often get made, tool by tool, and the full cost of that only becomes clear later. This session is about making them deliberately. We will look at where different models earn their place, what those choices cost in real terms, and how AI settles into legal processes rather than sitting alongside them as one more thing to manage. The aim is fewer expensive surprises and more confident decisions.

Date: 16 September 2026
45-Minutes | Free to Attend | Starts at 13:00 PM BST

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A practical guide to model choice

When a premium model is worth it, when a less costly or smaller one does the job just as well, and how to tell the difference before you commit.

A clear view of the cost picture

How model decisions translate into real spend at scale, where costs hide, and how to budget for adoption without nasty quarterly surprises.

A blueprint for fitting AI into legal workflows

How adoption succeeds when it follows the work rather than disrupts it, plus the implementation lessons that save time, money and goodwill.

Implementing AI in Legal Teams: Balancing Model Choice, Cost and Process

Dr. Matthias Artzt

Many legal and compliance teams have moved past the pilot stage with AI. They are focused on building governance and rolling it out without grinding the business to a halt, knowing where AI agents can be trusted to act on their own, and what that costs once you scale beyond a handful of use cases.

In this session we'll look at where AI agents can genuinely support legal and compliance work, what different levels of autonomy actually cost to run and control, and how to grow AI use without growing risk or spend at the same rate.

Date: 16 September 2026
45-Minutes | Free to Attend | Starts at 13:00 PM BST

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Where AI agents can genuinely help

A practical view of which legal and compliance tasks suit an AI agent today, and which still need a human judgement

The growth and cost trade-off, solved

How model decisions translate into real spend at scale, where costs hide, and how to budget for adoption without nasty quarterly surprises.

Autonomy, with guardrails

A practical view of AI agents in legal and compliance: what to hand over, what to keep human, and how to stay accountable either way.

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