This session was recorded on 18 March 2026 as part of the AI for Australian Legal Practice: Under the Hood of Legal AI Technology – Live Webinar.

The legal AI landscape is evolving fast. New tools are launching constantly, vendor claims are getting bolder, and the gap between what's marketed and what works for Australian practitioners is widening. To make confident adoption decisions, lawyers need more than surface-level familiarity with these tools. They need to understand what's happening under the hood. This session draws on deep technical and industry expertise to provide a practitioner-focused deep dive into how legal AI works, what it can and can't do today, and how NSW lawyers can make decisions about responsible use of these tools with confidence.

Practically, this session will help you:

• Understand the core technologies powering advanced legal AI, including large language models, semantic search, and retrieval-augmented generation, and how these distinctions in design directly impact the quality of output
• Mitigate the risks of AI in legal work, including hallucinations, phantom citations, and jurisdictional confusion specific to Australian practice
• Navigate the current landscape of legal AI tools available to Australian practitioners, from general-purpose models to purpose-built Australian platforms
• Build verification workflows, internal policies and adoption strategies suited to firms without dedicated innovation teams
• Recognise how emerging professional and ethical obligations around AI use in NSW are shaping responsible adoption.