Vol. I · Est. 2026Subscribe

Future Counsel

A Review of Law, Technology & the Profession Ahead

Practice

The Knowledge Management Renaissance

Firms that organized their precedents are reaping rewards. Everyone else is scrambling.

By Eleanor Whitcombe · August 22, 2026 · 7 min read

For years, knowledge management was the department partners forgot. Generative AI has made it the most strategic function in the firm.

AI tools are only as good as the documents they can draw on. Firms with curated precedent banks and tagged work product get dramatically better results.

The new KM leader is part librarian, part data engineer and part change manager — and in high demand.

If your firm's best work lives in individual inboxes, the time to fix that was last year. The second-best time is now.

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Further reading

Practice

Why Small Firms May Win the AI Decade

Lean practices can adopt faster, price more creatively and market more personally than their larger rivals.

Daniel Ferreira · October 6, 2026 · 6 min