More than half of Victorian lawyers use AI – but only a quarter have cut client fees as a result

Over half of Victorian lawyers now use artificial intelligence, but only about a quarter have lowered their fees. Many lawyers rely on general consumer chatbots rather than specialized legal software. The shift creates extra work as practitioners spend time correcting errors generated by their own tools or by clients who consult chatbots first.

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