International Day For Digital Learning

March 19th marks the International Day for Digital Learning — a perfect moment to revisit and further consider the impact AI is having on the legal profession: Bettina Knoetzl encapsulized the situation with minimal words in Anwaltsblatt (AnwBl 2025, 1): AI – here to stay (Künstliche Intelligenz: Gekommen, um zu bleiben), as the era of AI in the legal profession has taken hold, reshaping at an unprecedented pace the way lawyers practice. Many clients rely on AI to draft contracts, summarize decisions and pleadings, and even generate responses to legal work products. Research, too, can be accomplished, provided the user creates the correct and full prompts.

While some celebrate the great gains in efficiency, others can feel overwhelmed by the flood of new AI tools. And some experts, like Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Zankl, foresaw this shift as early as two decades ago.