The Coffee Paradox: Why AI Won’t Shrink Legal, It’ll Expand It

SOLID NYC brings together the senior leaders shaping the future of corporate legal: General Counsel, Chief Legal Officers, Legal Operations executives, and the innovators building the tools and services that come next. This collection features presentations from the SOLID NYC Summit, covering the ideas, decisions, and tensions at the center of modern legal leadership. Topics include AI strategy and adoption, the economics of legal work, regulatory change, workflow transformation, outside counsel relationships, and the evolving careers of the people running it all.
Jeff Cox
Director of Brand, Steno
The Coffee Paradox: Why AI Won’t Shrink Legal, It’ll Expand It
Every legal leader assumes AI means less work and a smaller market. A 160-year-old economic principle says the opposite is what actually happens. This session makes that case through a market everyone already understands, and draws out what it means for how legal functions plan headcount, budget, and growth over the next five years.