How AI is Exposing Decades of Legal Incompetence ft. Nicole Black
Between the Briefs · 2026-03-05 · 44 min
Episode notes
Everyone’s worried that AI will take their job. But what they should be worried about is AI exposing how bad some people have been at their jobs. In this episode of Between the Briefs, hosts Adrian Cea and Joe Stephens welcome Nicole Black, Principal Legal Insight Strategist at 8AM, for an eye-opening discussion on how AI is really shaping the ground reality of law today. What You’ll Learn: Why hallucinated case citations and fabricated legal propositions represent a systemic competence crisis How to build internal AI governance policies and training frameworks that protect your firm The strategic difference between guardrailed AI systems and open-ended legal research AI Why not using AI may soon constitute malpractice once hallucination problems are solved How to evaluate legal tech adoption for firms of all sizes, from solo practitioners to large firms Why authentic access-to-justice promises often mask profit-driven corporate interests Her insights as a legal technology authority make for essential listening.