Addressing AI Challenges in the Evolving Legal Profession

On February 16, 2026, The Internship and Placement Cell of the University School of Law and Legal Studies, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, in collaboration with the Central Career Guidance and Placement Cell of the University and the team from ‘Legal Olympiad’ hosted a carefully curated seminar for law students of the Department concerning the recent developments in the legal profession, their challenges and solutions therewith.

Address by Key-Note Speakers:

1. The Co-Founder of Legal Olympiad, Ms. Sanjana Wadhwa commenced the session with an introduction of the platform she represents, the Legal Olympiad. Having emphasized the technical background, she hails from and her connection to the organization, she attempted to emphasize the necessity and in essence, the cross-disciplinary linkages of the legal profession.

2. Ms. Sanjana further highlighted how the ‘Legal Olympiad’ serves as a mechanism of merely hunting talent, but also providing it with opportunities to nurture it and make it useful for the candidates themselves and the wider society at large. By encouraging critical thinking, logical reasoning, and intra as well as inter-disciplinary academic linkages, it seeks to foster a more informed learning which is centered on building the necessary skill-sets for the rapidly transforming world we live in.

3. Further, Mr. Vikas Gogne, a practicing Advocate and associated with Legal Olympiad brought forth how the legal profession is faced with challenges, especially post the rapid advancements in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). He delved into aspects as to how the routine tasks of drafting contractual agreements, plaints and other application-oriented tasks could be sooner or later taken over by the LLM’s (Large Language Models) which might have unintended financial consequences for the first-generation legal practitioners. He however, made a critical differentiation between the possible negative consequences and the range of functions which cannot be performed by AI, like critical thinking, humanely analyzing situations, circumstances, appreciating the judgments and the spirit behind them which require a legal acumen, which can be nurtured and polished with a skill oriented academic training of the present students. 

4. The event concluded with the address by Mr. Praveen Sharma, Co- Founder of the Legal Olympiad who motivated and encouraged students to register and participate in the Legal Olympiad, scheduled to happen on March 14, 2026, which could enable them to identify their niche areas of interest and future specialization, pursue skill-enhancement practical courses integrating their classroom knowledge with these skills. He also highlighted how the ‘Legal Olympiad’ seeks to connect talented students and facilitate requisite opportunities for skill development through internships and access to numerous avenues for self-development.

Conclusion

The Event concluded with an enriching, yet insightful discussion of how the challenges of the legal profession can be addressed through a mindset of critical thinking and skill-development, and not capitulation to the seemingly emerging job crises induced by the AI.