What will the legal profession look like in an age of artificial intelligence? In this session, Professor Dan Hunter explores how generative AI and emerging technologies are reshaping legal practice, legal education, and the future role of lawyers.
Drawing on his experience as both a leading academic and legal technology entrepreneur, Professor Hunter will examine the opportunities, risks, and profound changes facing law firms, law schools, and the wider justice system. Join us for an engaging discussion with an international expert on the future of law in the AI era.
About the Centre
The Centre for Legal Education and the Legal Profession (CLELP) is one of the UK's leading hubs for research and innovation in legal education and the legal profession. We study how the profession and legal services market are changing, and how legal education in law schools is evolving through rigorous empirical, doctrinal and socio-legal research.
Our members research, teach and collaborate across themes that shape modern legal education and practice, including LegalTech and Generative AI, Clinical Legal Education, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging in the Legal Sector, Legal Ethics and Professional Regulation, Access to the Profession and Widening Participation, Student Employability and Careers, Curriculum and Assessment Design, and Communities of Practice in Legal Education.
CLELP sits within Westminster Law School, one of the largest and most diverse law schools in the UK. Our members teach across a wide range of subjects and bring current research into the curriculum. We play a central role in the student experience equipping our students with the knowledge, confidence and professional skills to thrive in their future careers. Through our Legal Careers, Employability and Professional Development Hub, led by CLELP's Student Fellows, students can take part in activities that connect legal education with practice, explore routes into the profession, and build the skills and attributes most valued by employers.
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About the speaker
Dan Hunter
Professor Dan Hunter is Executive Dean of the The Dickson Poon School of Law at King's College London and one of the world’s leading experts on the intersection of law, technology, and artificial intelligence. Prior to joining King’s, he served as Executive Dean of the Faculty of Law at Queensland University of Technology and as the founding Dean of Swinburne Law School in Australia.
An internationally recognised scholar in AI and law, Professor Hunter has written extensively on intelligent legal systems, intellectual property, gamification, and the future of legal practice. His current research focuses on how innovation and generative AI are transforming legal services, legal education, and the profession more broadly.
Alongside his academic work, he is a legal technology entrepreneur and cofounder of the generative AI company Graceview.ai. He has founded multiple startups across legaltech, edtech, and regulatory technology, and is also the creator of the Future Law Podcast. Professor Hunter is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law and a regular commentator on the evolving relationship between law and emerging technologies.
