--- title: 100 Conversations with Law Firms | Whiskey & Website description: We are inviting small and mid-sized law firms to discuss what AI should help with—and what lawyers should retain. --- [Skip to content](https://www.whiskeyandwebsite.com/100-conversations/legal#main-content) [![Whiskey & Website home](https://www.whiskeyandwebsite.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/Whiskey%20Editorial/images/whiskey-mark-128.svg) Whiskey & Website](https://www.whiskeyandwebsite.com/?hsLang=en) Menu - [How We Think](https://www.whiskeyandwebsite.com/how-we-think?hsLang=en) - [Ways We Explore](https://www.whiskeyandwebsite.com/what-we-build?hsLang=en) - [Who Joins Us](https://www.whiskeyandwebsite.com/who-we-work-with?hsLang=en) - [Expeditions](https://www.whiskeyandwebsite.com/client-stories?hsLang=en) - [Field Notes](https://www.whiskeyandwebsite.com/insights?hsLang=en) - [Maximus](https://www.whiskeyandwebsite.com/maximus?hsLang=en) [Join the Conversation](https://www.whiskeyandwebsite.com/begin?hsLang=en) [Client welcome ↗](https://www.whiskeyandwebsite.com/maximus#client-welcome) An independent research project # We need 100 lawyers to disagree with us. Where could AI give lawyers more time to listen, think, and advise? One hundred conversations about what great legal practices should protect, improve and never automate away. [Come disagree with us](https://www.whiskeyandwebsite.com/100-conversations/legal#participate) 20 minutes. No pitch. Whiskey optional. Field notes on judgment, memory and the useful removal of administrative gravity. Why we’re doing this ## The legal industry is asking the wrong question. Most conversations about AI begin with: > “What can AI replace?” We’re more interested in: > “What can AI give back?” Time to listen. Time to think. Time to advise. Time to build relationships. Time to actually practice law. We may be wrong. But the best lawyers have spent decades developing judgment, trust, intuition, reputation and an understanding of people. Technology should amplify those qualities, not flatten them. What we want to learn ## Four lines of inquiry. 1. 01 ### The work attorneys should keep What work makes attorneys feel most useful, alive and valuable? 2. 02 ### The Operational Burden What repeatedly steals time from lawyers and their teams? 3. 03 ### Institutional Memory What knowledge, judgment and experience is currently trapped inside individuals? 4. 04 ### The AI Opportunity Where could AI assist with administration while attorneys retain decisions and client contact? The opening questions ## We’ll probably ask more. But these are where we begin. 1. 1\. What has been the biggest operational challenge for your firm over the last five years? 2. 2\. What do you believe will be the biggest challenge over the next five? 3. 3\. If you could wave a magic wand and remove one frustrating part of running your firm, what would disappear? No demos. No decks. No jargon.Whiskey also optional. Who should participate ## People close enough to the work to know what gets in the way. ### We are particularly interested in - Managing Partners - Founders and Firm Owners - Senior Attorneys - COOs and Practice Managers - Marketing or Operations leaders ### The firms we hope to hear from - Small to mid-sized legal practices - Approximately 3–50 attorneys - Northeastern United States - Relationship-driven - Interested in the future of the profession These are areas of interest, not hard exclusion criteria. A fair exchange ## You give us 20 minutes. We give something back. - A summary of the final research findings - A short AI Era Systems Digital Authority Snapshot - Observations on the firm’s public digital presence - Relevant patterns identified across the research cohort The snapshot is an informed observation of public information—not formal legal benchmarking or proprietary competitive intelligence. Participation record ## Add your voice to the research. Tell us enough to understand the firm and the question you would like this research to answer. The form creates a private relationship record in HubSpot; it does not publish your details. Individual conversations will be treated respectfully. We may publish aggregated themes and anonymized observations from the research. We will not attribute comments to you or your firm without permission. City \* State \* Approximate number of attorneys Primary practice area LinkedIn profile What is one question about AI or the future of law you would love this research to answer? 100 Conversations — Legal Research ## Let’s have the conversation. Choose any 20-minute time that works for you. The working hypothesis ## Attorneys should remain responsible for advice, decisions, and client relationships. We think the most interesting role for AI may be the one nobody is talking about: Not replacing the lawyer. Removing everything that gets in the lawyer’s way. 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