From Pilot to Production: How Axiom’s Clients Cracked the Legal AI Adoption Code

Join CJ Saretto as he corrals Peter Duffy of Titans Legal, Alex Fortescue-Webb of Legora, and Chris Frickland of Axiom for an inside look at running successful AI pilots in legal organizations.

After helping Axiom test dozens of tools and compress months of contract review work into mere days, this group of legal AI experts unlocked the secret to achieving 10x efficiency gains that few in-house teams know.

In today’s episode, learn why 14-day trials doom AI adoption before it starts, why training your AI on thousands of past contracts degrades it doing the exact opposite of what lawyers expect (get smarter; but no, it gets dumber)— and how focusing on one specific use case beats trying to solve everything at once.

The panel shares hard-won insights from their innovative structured 8-week pilot program, including why dummy data kills engagement, how vendor engagement and support make or break adoption, and why it’s crucial to give your lawyers three to six weeks to build new habits around AI tools.

💡Don't let your AI initiatives fail from lack of embedded enablement and proven tools.

Whether you’re a GC evaluating generative AI tools, a legal ops leader running pilots, or a law firm partner wondering about how to measure ROI, this conversation offers field-tested strategies for what drives AI adoption in legal settings vs. expensive experimentation.

Key topics:

• Structured pilots vs. side-of-desk testing
• Why playbooks beat historical data
• The 90-day sweet spot
• Building momentum with quick wins
• The future of AI-augmented legal work

Start scaling AI in legal with the right tools, talent, and insights.