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Sharon Nelson Quoted in Marketplace

July 5, 2023

Sensei Enterprises’s Sharon Nelson was recently quoted in an article at Marketplace.org., entitled “How AI Could Transform The Legal Industry…For The Better”. Marketplace is a site that covers business and the economy and is part of American Public Media.

Excerpt:

Legal AI tools can summarize thousands of emails or texts for document review, recommend questions for depositions and write technical legal research memos.

All of that should translate to fewer billable hours and cheaper legal services — emphasis on should.

“The objective of particularly the larger law firms is to keep the money train going,” said Sharon Nelson, an attorney and technology consultant for law firms. “And so how do you do that? They’ll figure out how.”

Nelson started her career in the 1970s and said she’s seen parts of this movie before.

“You know, when we got computerized, everybody said it would reduce bills,” Nelson said. “Didn’t work. Did not work. And I’m pretty sure this one isn’t going to work either.”

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