As agentic AI and contextual drafting tools mature, contract workflows are shifting from document-by-document drafting toward systems that generate, adapt, and refine language based on business context, risk tolerance, and prior precedent. This session explores how these capabilities are changing the role of the lawyer—from hands-on drafter to strategic reviewer, quality controller, and risk steward—while raising important questions around trust, accountability, and governance. Designed for legal leaders seeking practical guidance rather than hype, the discussion will focus on where these technologies are delivering real value today, how legal teams can implement them responsibly, and what change management looks like in practice.

Discussion topics include:

• How agentic AI and contextual drafting workflows operate in real-world contracting environments, and where human judgment remains essential
• The evolving responsibilities of lawyers as oversight, validation, and escalation become central to contract quality and risk management
• Ethical, governance, and adoption considerations, including credibility of outputs, auditability, and managing organizational change within legal teams