CHANGES IN LEGAL PROFESSION BROUGHT BY AI AND THEIR INTEGRATION IN SERBIAN PRACTICE

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This study investigates the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in the legal industry through the transformation of the legal profession in South East Europe (SEE) the case of the Republic of Serbia. The study was conducted on the data, collected through literature review and semi-structured interviews with Serbian lawyers. The data shows that Western law firms used AI extensively, while Serbian lawyers are still at a basic level. This gap is due to a delay in AI tool availability in Eastern Europe. The existing literature on the transformation process offers various potential forms of change, though it remains uncertain whether these will be significant or not. There is no consensus on the overall impact of such transformation. Instead, authors present three different perspectives: pessimistic, optimistic, and moderate. The decision that lawyers must make regarding the adoption of AI is not predetermined. They must individually choose the approaches and tools that best support their practice. In Serbia, many lawyers remain unaware of AI's transformative potential, but this is expected to change as AI adoption increases on local level. This investigation codifies various applications and potential transformations within the legal profession in one place. The lawyers should be better informed to embrace changes and adopt existing best practices in AI. The interviewees identified three principal topics while using AI around which they expect future issues, disputes and legal matters to arise ethical implications and liability, personal data protection and privacy issues and intellectual property.

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