Tamettant n yiɛaḍalen

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Tamettant n yiɛaḍalen

Tekreḍ aɛaḍal i wesmaqlal n yiwen uɛqed. Yetxellis-it $500 i ssaɛa.

Tessmaqaleḍ-t mi yelli adukamen. Yedda deg-s. Yebbest aɣwwas. Yura tasebka. Yebbest aɣwwas-nniḍen. Yura tasebka-nniḍen. S ssaɛa wis-kraḍ, yufa-d 11 n uguren, ulac ula d yiwen i kkummin sin akkenwa. Aɛqed d aksib n templatat. "Asmaqlal" d asegrer kan belli boilerplate yagh boilerplate.

Lefatuṛa tewweḍ-d. $1,500.

Asegra-a akk d aɣbel n $30 i d-yefra usawftu.

Tugna n tnezzin n usaḍuf tebnan ɣef tikti d akken asaḍuf yesseḥwaǧ asefkar n bnadem isgudden. Yerna deg kra n tegnatin, d tidet. Tisefrayt taɣelnayt n M and A yusilen. Asuref aɣaramni amaynut ɣer ttribunalt taɣelnayt. Aɣilif n yiɣen ɣef takebbant. Aya yesseḥwaǧ iɛaḍalen ay-izemren ad ttdamen s usnefli, ad bnun timacuhin, ad qaren texxamin.

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Maca mačči d aya i xeddmen tuget n iɛaḍalen tuget n usrar.

Thomson Reuters tugh-d Casetext deg 2023 yerna tesserwel ufus n AI-nsen aɣarmi, CoCounsel, ɣer Westlaw, adagh ifazen n unadi aɣaramni di Tamerikt Tugnif. Sya ɣer 2025, CoCounsel yetwasqedac sɣur tikebbaniyin tameqranin n iɛaḍalen am Morgan Lewis d Polsinelli. Anagraw izmer ad d-iɣer ifecka akk n tegnit, ad iselɣa iɣawasen n unadi imuṭṭiyen, ad isuneɣ tigertilin, ad d-yessufeɣ tisertin n imexdamen, ad d-isufeɣ asuneɣ amezwaru n isufaɣ ifuhamen am SEC Form 8-K.

Isefka unsiben n Thomson Reuters qaren-d belli anagraw d-yefkan asmaqlal n ifecka d usuneɣ n iɛqudaten 2.6 imuren yiziggwiren, s 85% n iseqdacen i yettafen ugar n yisaman ifefan ugar n wid yetwafan s ufus. Unadi-nsen yeqqar-d belli aleqdem amaḍlan n AI ad isgur azal n 200 ssaɛa i useggas i uɛaḍal, neɣ azal n 10% n tezmert n labur akken n tidet.

Isefka unsiben n Thomson Reuters n 2025. D taɣigit tunusiblat, tegersa belli iɛaḍalen ad kemmlen ad xedmen tuget n lxedma s tɛiwint n AI. Tagnit tameɣrant tessimɣur kraḍ n iɛaḍalen s yiwen.

2.6×faster document review and contract drafting

85%of users found more key information than by hand

~200 hfreed per lawyer per year, about 10% of billable capacity

ManualAI-assistedOne does three

Legal research by hand: ~500 hours a year

Each mark is an hour. A bundle of five is a tally.

Tagatit-a tunusiblat. Tegersa belli iɛaḍalen ad kemmlen ad xedmen tuget n uxeddim-nsen yerna ad sseqdacen AI akken ad d-tɛiwen. Aneru i icudden ugar d akken yiwen uɛaḍal s AI ad iberren kraḍ iɛaḍalen mebla AI. Tanaqsa mačci 10%. D 60-70%.

Harvey AI, i yetwasqedacen sɣur tikebbaniyin tameqranin am A&O Shearman, ittxeddim aya. Akkenni Lex Machina, i d-tetfak isleḍen iẓerfen n iɛaḍalen, ttribunaten d wmcawer. Spellbook, i wesmaqlal n iɛqudaten. Everlaw, i e-discovery. Yal aẓetta n uxeddim aɣarmi ddaw n umassel yettwakles deg usawftu.

Yerna atan aḥric i ilaq ad iseḥer akk tasnaɛit: ttribunaten tura sseqdacen-ten daɣen. CoCounsel ad iberreḥ ɛlayen i yiɛaḍalen. Mi yelli umaḍal afeku-nni n AI am sin n tama, abbalu yedda ɣer wid n yiɣilif anida bnadem yettarna kra. Yerna tuget n tikkal, d aḥric drus n labur akk.

Billable hour yelli axaṭer d nettan kan d abrid akken ad yetwaxlleṣ umsaɣ ɣef wakud mebla ad yettwaɛhed s wnaru. Isyadan ur xelisen ara s tnaḍut. Inijiniren ur xelisen ara s ujwiḍ yetwasezzin. Iɛaḍalen sufuɣen-d s ssaɛa axaṭer asufeɣ s ssaɛa yesseggad mliḥ asentem n uɛaḍal d ulac aselli.

Ma kečč tetxellseḍ s ssaɛa, aɛaḍal-ik yettxellis ugar mi yedduquq ucetki. Yettxellis ugar mi yili discovery iqett. Yettxellis ugar mi llan setta n tikla n usewqem. Tasnaɛit taɣaramt tebna anabaḍ akk n tnezzin ɣef arwiḥ n ufafil.

Mi tessebḍa AI lxedma n setta ssaɛa di tlatin n tdaqiqin, takebbant tesɛa snat n tegnitin. Ad d-tefk asegri i umsaɣ, neɣ ad tessufeɣ setta n ssaɛa-nni yerna ad tesseggem aleqdem. Tuget n tikebbaniyin ad ɛerrent tukrist wis-sin. Ad teddu kra n iseggasen. Sakin amenharzaḍ seg uxeddim aɣarmi imnenni AI, s ten n umur n ssuma, ad iccaḍ ssuq.

Fig. 4 — The six-hour task, after AI

Work actually done0.5 h

Hours billed?

0h1h2h3h4h5h6h

Pass the savings to the clientorBill the same six hours

Choose for the firm.

Tikebbaniyin tisemsiyin ssnent belli ayagi i d-iteddun. Ttawḍent-d gar ad tt-bnunt s ssumat tigedlal i lxedma ɛadi. Tikebbaniyin tafarwasin mazal qaren billable hour ad teqqim i lebda. Tirubaɛ-yya ad ilint d timeẓyanin di semmus iseggasen.

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Tasnaɛit n usaḍuf ur tetɣar ara. Maca ad temẓi, s tjehid, yerna wid i d-yetdurin ur ttbanen ara am iɛaḍalen n 2010.

Fig. 5 — Who survives

Survivor I

The Specialist

• Patent litigation in semiconductors.
• Cross-border tax.
• Appellate constitutional law.

Narrow, high-stakes.

Survivor II

The Negotiator

• M and A advisor.
• White-collar defense.
• Trial litigator.

Reads people, builds coalitions, closes deals.

Survivor III

The Builder

• Runs an AI-native firm.
• One person does the work of fifteen.

Looks like a software company.

The associate doing document review

The contract attorney

The routine commercial lawyer

The family law generalist working from a template

The immigration paralegal

Software

Everyone else, still on the desk.

Deal again

Amusnaw, aɛaḍal s tmusni teftalt deg tasit tedmast, tin yesɛan iẓayar meqqer. Aɣilif n yiɣen di semiconductor. Tabzert gar imnaḍen di kraḍ n tiwilayatin tedmast. Tasaḍuft taɣaramt deg ttribunalt n usuref. Imukan i deg AI tt-iɛiwn maca ur tt-yberer ara, axaṭer aẓayan rxis aṭas i imaḍriyen n umelman aɣasakzi, yerna ineggura n ad teɣleḍ ẓayanin aṭas akken ad ten-tessgayrayḍ.

Anneflu, aɛaḍal yelan d atukrist s JD. Win yeɣɣaren imdanen, yebnu tigrumma, yefriy tinezzin. Imeggarmen n M and A. Iɛaḍalen n usallum amellal i mucalen tikebbaniyin di unadi. Ittribunalin i ttreren tigatin. Ulac kra seg-s ad t-id-yexdam usawftu, axaṭer aktem d assaɣen n bnadem, mačci d asefkar aɣaramni.

Abennay, aɛaḍal i isseyyaren takebbant n usaḍuf tagamant n AI. Win i d-yebnan inegrawen ay-itȟaaǧjen yiwen ad yexdem lxedma n xemstaɛec. Tikebbaniyin-a ur ttbanent ara am Cravath. Ttbanent-d am tikebbaniyin n usawftu i tt-id-fkant tisemriyin aɣaramni. S kra n wakud, ad sturent lxedma ɛadi n tasnaɛit akk.

Yal yiwen-nniḍen, acrik i ixeddmen asmaqlal n ifecka, aɛaḍal n uɛqed, aɛaḍal n tnezzut ɛadi, aɛaḍal n twacult amimal ay-ixeddmen seg umedya, aparalegal n taminbut, yettwanaɣ ɣef-s s usawftu i ifazen yakan, raxs yakan, yerna yettif tiriri ugar n nutni.

Ma kečč d bnadem i isseḥwajen tikwal ufus aɣarmi, aɛqed yelli, awsenlam, asuter amecṭuḥ, asetlef, asgar n texxamt, ifekken-ik ad lhin aṭas.

Deg 2026, tezmreḍ yakan ad tesseqdaceḍ ChatGPT neɣ Claude akken ad d-tesleḍeḍ aɛqed n umzaray yerna ad d-tessekneḍ tigertilin asutan. Ad d-iṭṭef tuget n wayen ad d-iṭṭef ucrik ilemẓi, mebla anaqib. I wayen i yif-it iẓay, tisemriyin n AI tagamant ttbanent-d, i d-iḥettmen ssuma teflayt, $300 ɣer $1,500, i lxedma yelan yeswa $5,000 ɣer $15,000.

Fig. 6 — The same work, flat fee

Used to cost$5,000–$15,000

AI-native, flat$300–$1,500

$0$5,000$10,000$15,000

Tasnaɛit n usaḍuf ad tegrin akin. Tigrumma n usaḍuf ad ssutren useyyaḍ n "unauthorized practice of law" mgal ifecka n AI. Kra n iɛrad-a ad ddun deg umur ageraz. Ulac wala i ad d-yeddu i lebda. Tdamsa tegguzred mliḥ. Lemkan n tmussna i d-yefkan azal i ssuma yefra.

I imsaɣen n tnezzut, alemmuden-nni yedduy s waṭas. General counsel s tirubaɛ tamecṭuḥt n texxamt yerna ifecka n AI ass-a izmer ad ixedm ayen i yesseḥwaǧan tasit n tnezzin n usaḍuf n 20 yemdanen ɛecra iseggasen aya. Tikebbaniyin tameqqra ad seg-sent kemmel uxeddim n ad-yegen-takebbant. Ad sruḥen acu ilan.

Yella yiwen ifekken-d aɣbel ay-iggugen i wsezgeẓ n AI ay-iqaren d aza.

Asaḍuf mačci kan ɣef d-tawi tiririt s tlawt. Iqersi ɣef tiririt s ttawil yetqimen ɣef usemḥmaḥ, deg unagraw anida ineggura n ad teɣleḍ gemmlen imdanen i ittruḥun ɣer leḥbus neɣ i sruḥen ixxamen-nsen.

Inegrawen AI ɛad d-suffuɣen ḥalucinations. Ɛad xeddmen tucḍiwin tiɣreft. Ɛad ttawḍent-en tegnitin i d-yettawi ufus n bnadem aɛaḍal. Tagnit tasebban n umuxxir n New York i isufu aɣmis i deg llant tisitumin n usaḍuf d-snulfan-tent AI deg 2023 yella d aweli amezwaru. Llant tiyaḍ syin.

Tiriri taɣiḍit ɣef ayagi mačci d "AI ur tezmir ad tetwasqedec i usaḍuf." D "AI ilaq ad tetwasqedec s lemḥasan, s usenqed, deg iẓerfen ifesren mliḥ." D nettan ad xeddmen iɛaḍalen ifazen. CoCounsel yetwabna ɣef wamek yal tiririt tetwarra deg ugbur n Westlaw i yetwasenqed, s tisitin i icudden srid ɣer wegbur n ssbab. Aɣbel n usenqed yeli i tefrat. Yesseḥwaǧ kan imdanen ad sneqden s tidet.

Asbed yegran n uɛaḍal, s tnerni, d akken ad yili d amsenqed. Ad yili d bnadem i d-yetɣar isufaɣ n AI, yetḥasab-iten d tilawt, yeçreq aɣmis aneggaru. Asbed-a d tidet. Maca d yiwen umdan deg umkan n ɛecra.

I wallafen iseggasen, asaḍuf yella d aɣawas. Aɛeggal yetwafsel. Tamusni tetwaɣbar. Aẓumar n ukcam yefka azal i ssuma.

Di ɛecra iseggasen i d-iteddun, ayagi ad yefri. Tamusni mačci d tagberberant. AI tessen yal tigent, yal asaḍuf, yal aẓetta amezgan, yal precedent. Tezreb ugar n bnadem, raxs ugar n bnadem, yerna tettif skud imdanen ittwaɣen.

Iɛaḍalen i d-iceddan abrid, wid i d-ittuɣalen d imusnawen, ineflyen, neɣ ibennayen, ad lhin. Wid ur d-ittuɣalen ara, taserdast n umrar i yixeddmen aderwic n yimedyaten ɣef $300 ɣer $700 i ssaɛa, ad walin axeddim-nsen yetwaḥraq deg uchatbot.

Lemkan n tasemriyin tisaḍufin am ufares aɣaranab itefru. Acu i d-yettilin d trad, raxsayen, ḥerren ugar, yerna, i tegnatin ɛadi i d-yettawin tuget n uxeddim, am wayen kan i ittif.

Billable hour yella d aɣilif deg unagraw. AI d alaqay.