# The Intake

How in-house legal teams are absorbing more work without more people.

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## [This week in legal AI](https://theintake0.substack.com/p/this-week-in-legal-ai-efe)

_2026-08-14 · The Intake_

Two funding rounds in three days, a deployment arm built only for law, and the UK hands its first AI sandbox to legal services. \[14 August 2026\]

## [The agent rollout mistake GCs keep making](https://theintake0.substack.com/p/the-agent-rollout-mistake-gcs-keep)

_2026-08-12 · Taariq Ismail_

Why the requirements document is the wrong starting point, by Taariq Ismail.

## [This week in legal AI](https://theintake0.substack.com/p/this-week-in-legal-ai-74e)

_2026-08-07 · The Intake_

All the stories you missed from this week.

## [A personal piece: figuring out what AI can't do for me](https://theintake0.substack.com/p/a-personal-piece-figuring-out-what)

_2026-08-05 · Lorna Khemraz_

On being a misfit, shedding the expert label, and the one part of the job I won't hand over. By Lorna Khemraz.

## [Can you trust your system of record?](https://theintake0.substack.com/p/can-you-trust-your-system-of-record)

_2026-07-30 · The Intake_

Keeping a contract record honest is a full-time job that nobody has, by Jake Jones

## [The AI budget line that decides your ROI](https://theintake0.substack.com/p/the-ai-budget-line-that-decides-your)

_2026-07-28 · Lorna Khemraz_

For GCs and legal ops leaders deciding where the AI budget goes next, by Lorna Khemraz

## [This week in legal AI](https://theintake0.substack.com/p/this-week-in-legal-ai-7f5)

_2026-07-24 · The Intake_

A frontier-lab theft claim, three Gemini models in a single week, and two judges who blinked on AI hallucinations. \[24 July 2026\]

## [Are you about to automate the wrong thing?](https://theintake0.substack.com/p/are-you-about-to-automate-the-wrong)

_2026-07-23 · Khaled Baroudi_

Sort the pile by what you're doing, not what the document is called, and the right first workflow shows up, by Khaled Baroudi

## [The agentic contract repository GCs are talking about](https://theintake0.substack.com/p/the-agentic-contract-repository-gcs)

_2026-07-21 · Taariq Ismail_

The cheapest task in legal never gets done, and it's quietly the most expensive one to skip, by Taariq Ismail

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_2026-07-21 · **Sponsored**_

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## [Last week in legal AI](https://theintake0.substack.com/p/last-week-in-legal-ai)

_2026-07-20 · The Intake_

Harvey’s third deal of the year, two governments writing AI audits into law, and 83% of in-house teams who still can’t prove last year’s spend paid off. \[17 July 2026\]