Kirkland Ellis Spending $500m To Find Out: Why Can't $200 Lawyers Be $1000 Lawyers?

Kirkland Ellis, one of the world's richest law firms, claims to be investing $500m into building their own law AI platform. They're joining a rush of startups, VC, and law firms that are all building affordable legal services using AI. The dream is to replace expensive lawyers with cheap software. Or, if AI can't do the job on its own: to turn $200 lawyers into $1000 lawyers. Why can't $200…