Legaltech Week 12/19/2025: Year in Review - Our Top Picks from 2025
Jan 14, 2026
Join Stephanie Wilkins, a legal tech journalist, Nikki Black, a strategic insight guru, Steve Embry, a legal tech analyst, and Joe Patrice, a critical commentator as they dissect the most significant legal tech trends of 2025. They discuss the rise of agentic AI as the word of the year and the ensuing skepticism about its reliability. Panelists explore the frenzy of funding in legal tech, the push for integration of AI with internal documents, and the implications of Clio’s partnership with VLex. The conversation reveals how consumer AI adoption is far outpacing legal innovations.
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AI Note-Takers Are Everywhere
- AI note-takers grew ubiquitous in meetings, often joining automatically and surprising attendees.
- That practice raises ethics and confidentiality concerns when humans, not machines, review transcripts.
Disable Auto-Joining For Sensitive Calls
- Avoid letting AI note-takers automatically join sensitive legal meetings.
- Manually disable or opt-out for privileged or confidential calls to prevent unintended human review.
Agentic AI Became The Dominant Theme
- Agentic AI dominated 2025 product announcements and industry conversation.
- The panel predicts the term will persist while usage and marketing evolve into platform capabilities.