Colin S. Levy

Colin S. Levy

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General Counsel and noted legaltech/contracts author; focuses on CLM, legal operations, and the business of law.

Law Clings to Precedent, Stalls Progress in AI Age
SocialApr 2, 2026

Law Clings to Precedent, Stalls Progress in AI Age

This AI era yet again exposes what the legal field rarely admits: we’re masters of precedent, not progress. And that’s exactly the problem.

By Colin S. Levy
AI Era Demands Lawyers Face Unprecedented Ethical Dialogue
SocialMar 31, 2026

AI Era Demands Lawyers Face Unprecedented Ethical Dialogue

As for this Era of AI, we need to get honest and start having honest conversations about the fact that this era asks something of us that no generation of lawyers has practiced for.

By Colin S. Levy
Risk Lies in Unchanged Workflows, Not AI Contracts
SocialMar 15, 2026

Risk Lies in Unchanged Workflows, Not AI Contracts

The risk isn’t AI drafting contracts. It’s firms that never redesign their processes and just bolt tech tools onto broken workflows.

By Colin S. Levy
Lawyers Must Distinguish Confidence From Correctness, Not Blame AI
SocialMar 11, 2026

Lawyers Must Distinguish Confidence From Correctness, Not Blame AI

The danger isn't AI giving clients bad law per se. It's lawyers who can't tell the difference between confident and correct.

By Colin S. Levy
Clients Pay for Judgment, Not Just Legal Knowledge
SocialMar 5, 2026

Clients Pay for Judgment, Not Just Legal Knowledge

Clients don't pay for legal knowledge necessarily. They pay for the judgment to know what to do with it.

By Colin S. Levy
Lawyers Must Define Their Unique Value Amid AI
SocialMar 4, 2026

Lawyers Must Define Their Unique Value Amid AI

The real question isn't whether AI changes legal work. It's whether lawyers use this moment to finally define themselves by what only they can do.

By Colin S. Levy
AI Frees Lawyers; Redefining the Lawyer’s Core Role
SocialMar 3, 2026

AI Frees Lawyers; Redefining the Lawyer’s Core Role

By some reports, AI is saving lawyers nearly 240 hours a year on research and document review. That time has to go somewhere. The profession has spent decades defining itself by the work AI now does faster. Figuring out what...

By Colin S. Levy
AI Frees Junior Lawyers for Higher‑value Work
SocialMar 3, 2026

AI Frees Junior Lawyers for Higher‑value Work

Before AI, a junior associate might spend most of their week pulling clauses from old deals, reformatting templates, and chasing redlines across 14 email threads. Now that's a quick task. The question is now what they should be doing.

By Colin S. Levy
Lawyers' True Value: Asking the Right Questions
SocialMar 2, 2026

Lawyers' True Value: Asking the Right Questions

AI won't replace lawyers. But it did expose that a lot of what gets billed at $/hr was never really 'thinking.' It was formatting, copy-pasting, and researching things a machine now does in seconds. The real skill is in knowing...

By Colin S. Levy