Join us for lunch and a candid panel discussion at Ice Miller LLP, Chicago, a Logically draft event. Logically Drafted is a peer-to-peer forum, powered by Avvoka, that brings together knowledge lawyers, innovation leaders, legal operations professionals, in-house teams, and law firm partners for candid, experience-led discussion on AI and technology in legal practice. You can find out more at logicallydrafted.com.
The event will start with a short keynote setting context on where AI capability actually stands in legal today - the gap between capability and reality, why deterministic structure still matters, and how the verification problem can quickly erode any perceived efficiency gains.
A panel of practitioners will then explore where AI adoption is and is not keeping pace, drawing on case studies and real-world examples. The discussion will focus on where initiatives have stalled and what got in the way, what tools are actually being used day to day by attorneys and what has sat on the shelf, how firms are managing consistency, control and review as AI enters workflows, and how human–machine collaboration is shaping the training and development of junior lawyers. The session will close with questions and open discussion.
The "Legal AI: Behind the Hype" series is designed for those shaping legal technology strategy in law firms and in-house, creating space for honest, peer-led conversations about what is actually happening beyond the conference narrative. In many firms, innovation and knowledge roles are run by very small teams, sometimes a single person, which can make it difficult to sense-check decisions or understand what is actually working in practice. At the same time, most firms feel behind and assume others are further ahead, when in reality the position is far more even.
The aim of this session is to give you a clearer, more grounded view of where the market actually is, how others are approaching the same challenges, and a sense that you are not working through these decisions in isolation.
Date: Thursday, June 4, 2026
Time: 12:00 - 1:30 pm
Location: Ice Miller LLP 200 W Madison St, Suite 3500, Chicago, IL 60606
Lunch generously provided by Avvoka
Questions? Please reach out to JJ Thomson at jj.thompson@avvoka.com
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