How Agentic AI Can Fix the Legal Industry
By
Neha Kumari
A junior lawyer at a mid-sized firm in Mumbai once shared this story with me. He was in charge of reviewing 250 contracts over a long weekend. No backup, no automation, just caffeine and Ctrl+F. By Monday morning, blurry-eyed and sleep-deprived, he missed a critical clause buried in an appendix. It cost the client over ₹60 lakhs.
This is not a one-off. Across firms, corporate legal teams, and courtrooms, something is breaking – under pressure, under volume, under time. The legal profession is built on precision, but drowns in repetition. This is where a quiet revolution is beginning to help.
