Law Society Litigation Conference 2026 Edwin Tong Artificial Intelligence Human Judgement Professional Development
Source: AsiaOne
Published on: 2026-04-21 12:11
In his keynote address at the 2026 Litigation Conference organised by the Law Society, Minister for Law Edwin Tong said human judgement in litigation will continue to command a premium as he urged lawyers to take artificial intelligence not as a substitution, but as augmentation. Even though the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in litigation is at an early stage, its pace of evolution, client expectations and global competition are coalescing to bring the legal industry to an inflexion point, said Minister for Law Edwin Tong on Tuesday (April 21). He was speaking at the 2026 Litigation Conference organised by the Law Society, themed "The human essence of advocacy in an AI-enhanced world". Tong, who is also Second Minister for Home Affairs, was formerly co-head of Allen and Gledhill's litigation and dispute resolution department, and concurrently head of its restructuring and i...
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