How Legal Teams Are Actually Handling AI: Government Vs Skyscanner

AI is transforming the legal world, but how do legal teams navigate a landscape overflowing with tools, evolving risks, and shifting workforce dynamics? In this episode, we go behind the scenes with a UK government lawyer and an in-house legal director to explore how top teams are actually approaching AI.

I'm talking with Peter Boyce, one of the legal deputy directors in the civil service and AI lead for his agency.

I'm also talking with Amy Cronin, senior director of legal at Skyscanner.

We cover:

• Structured Frameworks: How legal teams prioritize the right AI tools, focus on key problems, leverage enablement teams for comparisons, and negotiate costs based on real value.
• Entrepreneurial Adoption: Why giving teams the freedom to experiment at the ground level, even without advanced coding skills, can unlock innovation and practical insights.
• Responsible Experimentation: How “light touch” trials with non-sensitive data allow teams to learn fast without overcommitting, balancing speed with caution.
• Governance and Responsibility: The critical role of standards, liability, and security and why trust, transparency, and data protection remain non-negotiable.
• The Changing Legal Workforce: How automation is reshaping skill requirements, creating new roles like legal engineers and prompt specialists, and emphasising human strengths in strategy, advocacy, and client relationships.
• Market Dynamics: The potential societal, ethical, and environmental backlash and why lawyers now have a real opportunity to shape AI tools to meet professional needs.
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Whether you’re a legal professional, technologist, or just curious about the future of law, this episode offers practical strategies, insider perspectives, and a glimpse into how the most forward-thinking legal teams are making AI work, without letting it hold them back.

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