Tuesday, 18 August 2026 | 10:00am - 11:30am |Via Live Zoom Webinar Only
1.5 CPD units (Professional Skills)

Presenter: Matthew Eddy, Everingham Legal

The AI landscape for lawyers, without the hype. Understand what generative AI can and cannot do, and why AI competence is becoming an essential part of legal practice.
Practical, high-value use cases. Explore how AI can assist with drafting, legal research, document review, summarisation, and everyday practice management.
Risks for the responsible practitioner. Learn how to identify and manage risks including hallucinations, confidentiality, bias, and over-reliance on AI outputs.
Ethical and professional obligations. Examine how duties of competence, confidentiality, supervision and candour apply when using AI in legal practice.
Governance and safe adoption. Gain practical strategies for implementing AI responsibly through policies, oversight and appropriate workflows.
Building capability. Develop the skills that will remain essential in an AI-enabled profession, including judgment, critical thinking and AI literacy.

About the Presenter:
Matthew Eddy is the Founder and CEO of Everingham Legal, a consultancy specialising in legal operations, technology, and AI transformation for corporate legal teams and law firms.

Matthew is a practising lawyer with experience across government, private practice, and legal technology. He started his career at the NSW Attorney General’s Department, working across criminal and civil jurisdictions, followed by several years in private practice in NSW and Victoria. More recently, he has also led go-to-market strategies for both a national law firm and a fast-growing legal technology company in Australia and the United States.

Matthew now advises Legal Leaders on legal technology procurement, contract lifecycle management, AI adoption, and operating model design. His work focuses on helping legal teams modernise how they deliver value to reduce risk, improve efficiency, and build sustainable digital capability.

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