What the Next Wave of AI Predictions Means for Legal Departments, HR, and SMEs:
Over the past two years, AI in the legal sector has been primarily characterized by experimentation. Tools were tested, pilot projects launched, and many solutions promised to fundamentally transform legal workflows.
The next phase will look different.
Current AI predictions clearly show: AI is evolving from an experiment to a necessity. In Legal Tech, this shift is driven less by novelty than by cost pressure, speed, and accuracy – especially in high-cost countries like Switzerland.
At Lawise, we are observing several developments that will become decisive.
1. AI in the Legal Sector Will Be Used Far Beyond Lawyers
The first wave of Legal AI was aimed almost exclusively at lawyers for lawyers: contract review, text drafting, internal law firm workflows.
The next wave is broader – and significantly larger.
Tools like Jurilo are increasingly being used by:
HR managers
CFOs and finance teams
Executive management and operations
SMEs without their own legal department
Administrations and public institutions
These users don't want legal theory. They need clear, correct, and immediately actionable answers.
AI is becoming the first point of contact for legal clarification – lawyers come into play when it's truly necessary.
This doesn't replace lawyers, but rather uses their time more efficiently.
2. Cost Pressure Becomes a Central Driver – Also in Switzerland
In Switzerland too, pressure is increasing:
Limited or declining resources
Increasing regulatory complexity
Higher expectations for response times
Reduction of external legal costs
Legal departments must deliver more with fewer resources.
AI tools that reduce research times from 30–90 minutes to seconds are thus becoming economically indispensable.
3. Accuracy Beats Workflow
Beautiful workflows are of little use if the answer is wrong.
Companies and authorities are increasingly prioritizing:
High professional accuracy
Traceability and sources
Up-to-date legal and case law basis
Clear reasoning instead of generic text
Legal AI is evaluated like a critical system:
Is the result reliable – yes or no?
4. Data Sovereignty and Compute Independence Become Strategic
Increasingly important are:
Control over data
Regional or sovereign infrastructure
Reduced dependence on black-box models
Legal AI is becoming part of critical digital infrastructure.
5. Response Speed Becomes a Competitive Factor
Legal questions today must be answered at the moment of decision – not days later.
AI enables exactly that.
What This Means for Legal Tech
The next phase of Legal AI will be shaped by five principles:
Broader use by non-lawyers
Clear economic benefit
Accuracy instead of hype
Sovereignty and trust
Immediate applicability in real decisions
At Lawise, we see this development implemented precisely in Jurilo:
a Legal AI that was not only developed for specialists, but for those who actually need legal clarity – fast, reliable, and based on Swiss law.
The phase of experimentation is coming to an end.
The phase of practical Legal AI has begun.
