Members Special Fund

The ADLS Members Special Fund exists to assist eligible members of the profession and their dependants in times of hardship human lawyer via an earpiece).

From an application, the Members Special Fund Committee, in the strictest confidence, will request information setting out in some detail the nature of the financial difficulty.

Assistance can be in the form of a grant or at times an interest-free loan.

That won’t be permitted due to rules about what can go before the court but it’s interesting to see where the technology is headed. The company says this year it will argue a speeding ticket case, with its AI listening to arguments and instantly telling a defendant what to say in response via an earbud.

So, what about for you? Would you welcome an AI assistant that scoured every legal decision and provided an answer?

Perhaps it would free us up to concentrate on novel situations where we can bring decades of wisdom to bear for the benefit of our clients while freeing up time to watch the sunset instead of diving into memo preparation.

I like to think our role as lawyers is to catalyse positive impact for our clients, so tools that might assist that are welcome. It is a fast-moving space that will surely see more innovations in 2023 now the concept introduced by ChatGPT is being mainstreamed. ■

Steven Moe is a partner at Parry Field Lawyers, a member of the ADLS Technology & Law Committee and hosts Seeds podcast with 330 episodes ■

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