Epiq today (6 August) announced eight high profile new members of Epiq AI Labs, which is a community of legal and AI researchers, engineers, academics, and industry experts brought together to discuss and help the advance of agentic AI in the legal industry.
The group is now 25+ strong and new members include:
• Stephen Aschettino, Partner, Steptoe
• Stacey Blaustein, Counsel, Corporate Litigation, IBM
• Ron Brachman, Co-Director and Professor, Computer Science, at Cornell University
• Wendy Curtis, Chief Innovation Officer, Orrick
• Matthew D’Amore, Professor of the Practice in the LLM program at Cornell Tech
• Stephen Dooley, Director of Electronic Discovery and Litigation Support, Sullivan & Cromwell
• Eduardo Kassner, Chief Data & AI Officer, Software & Digital Platforms, Microsoft Corporation
• Daryl Shetterly, Managing Director, Orrick Analytics
“This group of AI technology researchers, engineers, and industry-leading practitioners are actively applying AI to corporate legal and law firm work,” said head of Epiq AI Labs, Igor Labutov. “Epiq AI Labs is developing innovative AI solutions while navigating the practical real-world experimentation and iteration required to deliver meaningful leaps in outcomes, rather than incremental improvements. Corporate legal departments and law firms can turn to this community to inform their AI strategy and support their teams to accelerate their legal service efficiency, accuracy, and accessibility.”
Epiq AI Labs is organized into three groups:
• The AI Strategy Group help to shape Epiq AI Labs research initiatives. AI Strategy Group advisors help prioritise development and advise on regulatory compliance, ethical considerations, and AI governance frameworks.
• The Industry Partners Group gains early access to test new AI features and co-innovate within the Epiq AI Labs community. Industry Partner Group advisors identify pain points in current legal technology solutions and provide practical feedback on product roadmaps and features.
• The Scientific and Academic Group contributes to AI advancements by working with real-world data and business challenges. Scientific and Academic Group members help identify technical risks, benchmark Epiq AI Labs technologies, and provide students with opportunities to work on AI-based legal industry initiatives.
“Epiq AI Labs provides us the opportunity to get early access to new AI products and explore innovative ideas and best practices with industry peers and top AI technology researchers,” said Curtis.
Kassner notably added: “It’s a forum that is guiding the market positioning and long-term vision for AI in legal.”
Epiq AI Labs places a strong emphasis on education — grounding emerging developments in objective, scientific reality through benchmarks and studies. A goal of Epiq AI Labs is to provide realistic projections on the trajectory of these technologies and contextualize them within frameworks the industry already understands and increasingly accepts.
To learn more head to https://www.epiqglobal.com/en-us/epiq-ai-labs