AI and the Future of Law Inside Legal Innovation: AI Adoption with Jae Um & Ilona Logvinova
Sep 16, 2025
Ilona Logvinova, Director of Practice Innovation at Cleary Gottlieb, and Jae Um, Co-founder of Lumio, dive into the evolving legal landscape. They discuss how to turn AI experiments into impactful practices, covering everything from culture shifts to practical AI tools in law. The duo emphasizes the need for law schools to adapt curricula for an AI-driven world and explore the balance between acquisitions and organic growth in legal innovation. Prepare for a lively debate on legal education, sprinkled with humorous insights!
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Tone-Tuned Email Agent
- Jae Um built a custom GPT agent to rewrite his angry drafts into gracious, patient emails.
- He trained the agent using samples of Alona's emails and iterative tone prompts to get the voice right.
Write Notes First, Then Let AI Summarize
- Take your own meeting notes and then use AI to synthesize takeaways and action items immediately after the call.
- Send the summarized notes during short buffer windows to close the workflow loop and reduce backlogged tasks.
Interview Yourself With AI
- Use AI to interview yourself one question at a time to brainstorm and produce better first drafts.
- Treat AI as a reporter to surface ideas before you write the final deliverable.
