Your AI Is Brilliant. Your Strategy Might Need Work.

AI tools are everywhere, but choosing the “best” AI may be the wrong place to start. The better question is: What problem are you trying to solve, and what level of confidence, governance and defensibility does the work require? In this ACEDS Australia and New Zealand Chapter session, legal and eDiscovery leaders explore how AI is being used across law firms, courts, public-sector organisations and legal technology. The conversation moves beyond the tools to examine the strategy, risks and human oversight required to use AI responsibly. The panel discusses: • Practical AI use cases across legal work and eDiscovery • Drafting, summarisation, research, chronologies and document review • When a quick AI-generated first draft is enough and when it is not • Hallucinations, omissions and the danger of polished but unreliable outputs • Applying AI to large document collections • Sampling, validation and defensible workflows • Approved AI tools versus approved AI use cases • Governance considerations, including ISO 42001 • The continuing responsibility of lawyers to review and verify AI-assisted work • Balancing speed, cost, risk and human oversight Moderator Stuart Hall, President, ACEDS Australia and New Zealand Chapter Panellists Emma Young, Director of Litigation Support Services, APAC, DLA Piper, and Founding Former President of the ACEDS Australia and New Zealand Chapter Jo Sherman, Founder and Managing Director, EDT Matthew Golab, Director of Practice Empowerment, Relativity The key takeaway: Use AI, learn how it works and take advantage of what it can do, but never confuse confidence with accuracy. Check, verify and match the technology to the task. Follow the ACEDS Australia and New Zealand Chapter on LinkedIn for upcoming educational programs, chapter news and opportunities to connect with the regional eDiscovery community. #ACEDS #ACEDSANZ #eDiscovery #LegalAI #LegalTechnology #ArtificialIntelligence #InformationGovernance