Last week, Saga organized an event for legal teams about innovations in Cloud and AI. This event, hosted by Microsoft at their Dutch headquarters, featured presentations on AI solutions for lawyers by representatives of Sirrus, Epona, La Gro, and Saga. Demonstrating the value of AI within the Microsoft ecosystem of legal teams.
Recent AI developments and their potential impact on legal work
Microsoft kicked off with a quick recap of the recent AI developments by Microsoft. The developments of the custom copilots within the environment are very interesting. How much will these copilots be effective for legal work remains the question. Secondly, Epona shared their experiences on the use of AI in daily work tasks in combination with their document management system. Bart van Wanroij, of Epona, emphasized the shift from traditional query-based searching to prompt-based searches. This highlights the importance for legal professionals to understand how an LLM responds and to prompt it correctly. Once you are good at prompting, the possibilities are endless by only writing the perfect prompt in your own speaking language.
Next, Sirrus elaborated on the numerous Microsoft 365 tools that incorporate AI. An extensive but comprehensive overview was given on how these tools can boost productivity and efficiency while maintaining high levels of security and reliability.
Demonstrating the practical use cases for Saga in legal teams
After that, it was time for Saga. We gave a demo of the platform with many examples of how the Saga chat, projects, legal research, translation, and grid review could be used into practice. Several use-case examples were demonstrated, showcasing some of the practical applications of Saga. Together while doing a live demo of the platform, we also emphasized the importance of training and adoption of any given AI tool for legal professionals.
The event concluded with an inspiring Q&A session with Gerard Gort the managing partner of La Gro, a law firm that has been using Saga for the past few months now. One of the first insights shared was, “You really feel that the collaboration is centered around the user, not the product.”
Audience questions covered a range of practical topics, such as how law firms might price or sell AI-supported cases to clients, which legal processes can benefit from AI right away, and which might follow later. There was also strong interest in experiences and tips on successfully integrating AI into a legal team or law firm.
Key takeaways
The key takeaway for other law firms was to fully embrace AI innovation—while still maintaining a critical perspective. It seems that many firms are nearly ready to determine which AI solution aligns best with their specific needs.
The event overall had a great turnout, with a significant number of attendees participating. Due to its success, we have decided, in collaboration with our partners, to organize similar events a couple times a year. This will allow us to continue engaging with our audience and providing valuable experiences on a more frequent basis.