Microsoft’s Copilot is changing the way MinterEllison trains graduates
The rise of generative AI use has sparked concerns about industry disruption and job losses, but MinterEllison chief executive officer Virginia Briggs doesn't see it that way.
Automating the drudge work and increasing productivity are key selling points for the adoption of generative AI inside big professional services firms, and Australia's MinterEllison is no exception.
The 'Big Six' law firm was recently invited by Microsoft to trial its Copilot software and chief executive Virginia Briggs said law firms like hers could be ideal training grounds for the emerging technology. "We train to deal with risk all the time. In a way it’s a perfect environment to experiment," she said.
But some of the dullest and drudgiest tasks at a law firm are also key parts of the training program for new graduates. So what happens when those tasks are reduced, or even removed? It's a question Briggs admits its an equation Minter's hasn't "quite nailed yet."
"We’ve got to shift our thinking around that. That’s why our chief talent officer is front and centre to everything we do," Briggs told a Microsoft-hosted event in Sydney last week.
