A bi-monthly London gathering for technically minded lawyers in-house and at firms, innovation leads and solution builders. One topic per evening, a presentation and tech-stack discussion, a couple of demos, and shared experiences.
The state of legal AI: the stack, user expectations and adoption.
Issue 01 maps the emerging legal AI stack and the models beneath it, recognising that we're at the break of dawn and much is still fluid. It looks at what AI has enabled in the last 12 months, the product categories taking shape, and the technologies and integrations behind them, and how well these map to the daily workflows and pain points of lawyers across different areas of practice.
The session asks whether they answer a real user need with genuine product-market fit, and how they sit with the tools lawyers rely on every day, from the DMS to the MS suite. It also looks at the issues specific to AI adoption and utility: the context of the matter and the firm, formal and informal knowledge, and PII and data security.
Legaltech has never witnessed such rapid change. In the next five years, the practice and delivery of law by leaders will likely change more than in the previous 500. Staying current is hard, and the gap between those who are keeping pace and those who aren't is widening fast. This is the place for those who wish to be at the front.
Legaltech Field Notes aims to solve this with a bi-monthly London gathering for innovation leads at law firms and in-house teams, together with developers. Each evening focuses on one main topic — a presentation that explores the actual tech stack and what's genuinely innovative (not a pitch) — an interview and a couple of demos. All focussed on developments that have only become possible in the last year. What's said on stage will be written up as Field Notes for those unable to attend. Conversations afterwards are held under Chatham House rules.
It is independent of any event organiser or vendor, with support from AiLA. Attendance is free and by invitation.
Issue 01 is set for Monday 29 June 2026 at the Barclays Innovation Hub. Beyond it, we'd like to hear from people willing to help choose topics, present, or simply suggest who else should be in the room.
LFN is being put together by Mark Kingsley-Williams, founder of AiLA, an in-house legal AI solution automating the routine legal admin that saps time and energy. Mark has 20 years' experience developing legaltech solutions around legal process automation and IP, including US-patented work. He first used machine learning in 2014 for a UKRI-funded brand infringement solution.
The annual conferences do scale and breadth well. LFN is a different shape entirely: short and deep. A regular format in a rapidly changing technical landscape, where the details matter. We also want to optimise on the benefits of the event both for those in person and those following through the notes, not go for scale.
Innovation leads at law firms and in-house, and the developers building alongside them. The invitation model exists to keep the room weighted toward people exploring and applying the technology rather than selling into it. Vendors and consultants are welcome, just not in overwhelming numbers.
Yes, where they fit the same profile. Mention them when you request your invitation and we'll sort it.
It means the room can keep up with a conversation about how a system is actually put together: what's called, where data lives, where the model sits in the pipeline. You don't need to be an engineer. You do need to be willing to engage at that level rather than at the level of marketing slides or press release.
Issue 01 is confirmed for Monday 29 June 2026, doors at 18:30, at the Barclays Innovation Hub on Luke Street. Tickets are on Eventbrite.
Attendance is by invitation, partly to keep the room weighted toward people exploring the technology rather than selling into it. Whether you'd like to come along, help curate, present, demo, or simply subscribe to the field notes, leave your details. We will be in touch as issue 01 firms up.