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Sir Richard Susskin: AI Technology

Artificial intelligence and legal futurist Richard Susskind helps governments and professions understand how AI reshapes justice, legal services, and the future of expert work.

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- World’s most cited author on the future of legal services
- Author of eleven books on law, AI, and professional transformation
- Former Technology Adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
- Special Envoy for Justice and AI to the Commonwealth
Formats:
Keynote speaker and global advisor
Audiences:
Government leaders, legal professionals, policymakers, regulators, and organizations navigating AI, justice, and professional transformation
Outcomes:
1. Clear understanding of how AI changes law and access to justice
2. Strategic insight into the future of professional services
3. Informed perspective on ethics, governance, and societal impact of AI

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Travels from: Hertfordshire, UK
**US Fee range: $15,000 - $20,000

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The Future of Law and Legal Services
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Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies
Online Dispute Resolution and Courts of the Future
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Technology Strategy and Knowledge Management
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Talent Short Bio

Professor Richard Susskind is one of the world’s leading authorities on artificial intelligence, technology, and the future of legal services. A lawyer and technologist by training, he has spent more than forty years examining how digital systems, AI, and new delivery models are transforming access to justice, professional expertise, and public institutions.

Richard is widely regarded as the most cited author on the future of legal services. He has written eleven influential books, translated into eighteen languages, that explore how technology challenges traditional professional models and opens new possibilities for scalable, affordable expertise. Alongside his books, he has authored more than 150 columns for The Times, offering clear-eyed analysis on law, ethics, and technological change.

His advisory work spans the highest levels of the justice system. Richard served as Technology Adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales and was President of the Society for Computers and Law from 1998 to 2003. His academic foundations are equally distinctive. In the 1980s, he completed a doctorate on AI and law at Balliol College, Oxford, years before the topic entered mainstream debate.

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