How can young lawyers navigate through the AI era? The second session of the Young Lawyers Roundtable π was held.
On August 24, 2026, the "Youth Lawyers Roundtable π (Second Edition) - Young Lawyers in the AI Era: Efficiency, Value, and Boundaries" event was held at the DHHT Law Firm in Shanghai. This event was hosted by the Xuhui District Bar Association and the Jing'an District Bar Association, and was organized by the Xuhui District Young Lawyers Association and the Jing'an District Young Lawyers Association. DHHT Law Firm, Shanghai Jun Lun Law Firm, and the DHHT Shanghai Corporate Governance Business Committee the event. Young lawyers and legal professionals from different regions and professional fields participated in the event. Through practical sharing and viewpoints Collision， they jointly explored the new opportunities and challenges faced by young lawyers in the AI era.
Welcome Speech： Responding to Industry Changes through Youth Exchange
At the beginning of the event， Vice President of the Xuhui District Young Lawyers Association and Director of the International Legal Committee of Zhejiang Jingheng (Shanghai) Law Firm， Jing Lei， delivered the welcome speech.
Jing Lei stated that artificial intelligence is accelerating its entry into the legal industry， and young lawyers are not only important participants in the application of technology but also direct witnesses of the changes in future legal service models. By building an open platform for communication among young lawyers， different institutions and professionals with different professional backgrounds can share practical experiences， and in the process of exchange and collision， jointly think about the new trends in industry development.
Leadership Speech： Focusing on the Development of Young Lawyers in the AI Era
Subsequently， Director of the Jing'an District Bar Association， Ding Deying， delivered a speech.
Ding Deying discussed the opportunities and challenges brought by AI development to the legal industry and expressed expectations for young lawyers to actively embrace technology and enhance their professional capabilities. As AI tools continue to penetrate the working scenarios of lawyers， young lawyers need to master new tools while also attaching greater importance to the continuous accumulation of professional capabilities， professional ethics， and the value of legal services.
Practical Sharing： How AI Enters Lawyer Work from Specific Scenarios
In the practical sharing session， three guests shared the application of AI tools in the legal industry from different perspectives based on their own practices.
Han Chao， the director of Shanghai Chaoxin Law Firm， presented a talk titled "Self-created system linking the online services of the People's Court for automatic case filing and automatic interpretation of judicial text messages," introducing the application of AI and automated tools in specific scenarios such as case process management and information processing， allowing the participating young lawyers to see how technology can further integrate into their daily work.
Zhang Xuan， an equity partner of Beijing Guantao (Shanghai) Law Firm， shared a talk centered on "Deployment of tools in large-scale law firms， knowledge base accumulation， processization and quality control of contract and compliance review." From the perspective of large-scale law firm management， he discussed how to enhance the standardization and quality control of legal service processes through tool deployment and knowledge management.
Quote CEO Xu Shinan focused on the theme "The Difference between Legal Vertical Agents and General Agents" and shared the characteristics and application scenarios of different types of AI Agents based on the actual needs of the legal industry.
The three talks covered three levels： specific tools， law firm management， and AI technology forms， providing more specific practical references for the young lawyers present.
Review and Commentary： Further Thinking on AI and Legal Services from Application Experience
After the practical sharing session， Deputy Director of the Jing'an District Bar Association， Shi Yang， delivered a review and commentary.
Shi Yang， based on the aforementioned theme sharing， further commented on the application of AI tools in the legal industry and guided the participants at the scene to think： Beyond efficiency improvement， how will AI bring changes to lawyers' working methods and professional value？
From the practical experience of using specific AI tools to the problems encountered in actual work, the on-site discussion further extended from the theme sharing on the stage to the daily work scenarios of lawyers. Young lawyers from different law firms and with different professional directions shared their practical observations, which also brought the technical topic down from "industry trends" to "personal work".
Open Discussion Topics
In the core exchange Stage of the event， Wang Yu， a partner of DHHT Shanghai Office， served as the host. Huang Weijie， a partner of Wan Shang Tian Qin Law Firm， Zhang Yinan， a senior partner of Shanghai Jun Lun Law Firm， Lan Zhouda， a senior partner of Beijing Qing Law Firm， Xiong Yunfeng and Yu Siyao， young lawyers from Shanghai Jin Tian Cheng Law Firm， served as the discussants. They conducted in-depth discussions on three topics： "Which AI can do and which are illusions"， "How do young lawyers' growth paths and billing methods change"， and "What else can AI do beyond law?".
From the actual application and capability boundaries of AI to the changes in the growth paths and billing methods of young lawyers， and to the possible applications of AI in customer service， team management， business expansion and other fields， the participating guests shared their observations and thoughts based on their own practices. Through the exchange of viewpoints and the collision of ideas， they jointly explored the development direction of the legal industry in the AI era.
Summary of Topics： Professional Hold firm in the Context of Technological Changes
After the discussion on the topics， Zhang Yao， the managing partner of DHHT Shanghai Office， summarized the event.
She stated that the changes brought by AI have gradually moved from the level of individual tools to the specific processes of lawyers' work. For young lawyers, it is not only about learning and using AI tools, but also about rethinking the composition of their professional capabilities and establishing more stable and profound professional capabilities while improving efficiency.
After the event， Xue Jie， the managing partner of DHHT Shanghai Office and the secretary of the Communist Party Committee of Shanghai DHHT Law Firm， summarized the event.
Xue Jie said that young lawyers are an important force in the development of the legal industry. Facing the industry changes brought by artificial intelligence， they need to maintain an open mindset and continuous learning ability. Through the exchange and collision among young lawyers， the industry vision can be further expanded， and more possibilities can be provided for exploring new models and scenarios of legal services in the AI era.
This event also provided a communication platform for young lawyers from different regions and professional fields. Regarding the topic of AI， which is profoundly influencing the legal industry， the participants discussed what technology can solve and what it cannot solve， seeking a new balance between efficiency， professional value and professional boundaries.
After the event， the participating guests and young lawyers took a group photo to mark the end of the "Youth Lawyer Roundtable π" second session event.
From the specific application of AI tools to the long-term proposition of young lawyers' career development， this roundtable did not merely focus on the simple discussion of technological trends， but focused on the real work and growth of lawyers. In the future， DHHT will continue to pay attention to the development changes of the legal industry， actively participate in the communication and industry ecosystem construction of young lawyers， and work with more legal professionals to explore more possibilities of legal services in the AI era.
