I have 4-year-old twins, a full legal department of one, and approximately zero time to read 50 think pieces about "the future of AI in law."

So let me save you some time.

The biggest shift happening right now isn't which AI tool you're using. It's what you're asking it to do.

We've moved from "summarize this contract" to "review this contract, flag the deviations from my standard positions, draft a redline, and explain your reasoning." That's not a search engine anymore. That's a junior associate that doesn't sleep, doesn't bill by the hour, and never once has asked me to "circle back."

Here's what I've actually changed in my workflow in the last few months:
✅ I stopped treating AI as a search tool and started treating it like a first-year I have to supervise — capable, but not unsupervised 🔍 I built a short internal playbook for how I prompt contract reviews — same prompts, every time, so results are consistent and auditable ⚠️ I added a standing question to every AI-assisted review: "What did you not find, and why?" — it forces the tool to surface its own gaps

Is it perfect? No. Do I still review everything myself? Yes. But I'm doing it in a fraction of the time, and I'm better rested for it. (Marginally. The twins are still four.)

The lawyers who are going to thrive aren't the ones waiting for someone else — their GC, their ops team, their outside counsel — to hand them a playbook. They're building one.

What's one thing you've changed in your AI workflow lately? I'm genuinely collecting ideas. 👇 #InHouseLife #LegalOps #AIinLaw #LegalTech #WomenInLaw #GC #ContractManagement