Lokeshwari Varshika works at the intersection of law, business strategy, and emerging technology. She currently serves as a Corporate Strategy Analyst at InstaPill, where she supports high-value mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and corporate growth initiatives within the pharmaceutical sector. Her work involves transaction structuring, due diligence, commercial negotiations, and cross-functional collaboration across legal, finance, and business teams. Alongside her corporate...

It has been a belief that lawyers would be replaced by AI since AI adoption among lawyers jumped from 19% to 79% between 2023 and 2024. However, AI won’t replace lawyers, but lawyers who use AI will replace lawyers who don’t. With the advent of AI, new roles, such as legal engineer, have emerged. Yes, it is an actual designation that has the job of working at the intersection of law and technology. Richard Susskind predicted the requirement of this job in his book, The End of Lawyers? as he...

Sruthi Bandhakavi works at the intersection of law, technology, and policy in India. She is currently a Senior Legal Counsel at Leegality, a legal technology company that provides digital infrastructure and privacy compliance solutions for businesses. Her work spans the full spectrum of in-house legal functions, with a particular focus on technology and privacy laws, product compliance, and driving technology adoption within legal operations. Prior to joining Leegality, Sruthi worked with...