This presentation begins by examining how information professionals evaluate legal research tools in an AI‑driven environment, where accuracy, transparency, and workflow fit matter as much as content. It highlights how their role has expanded from managing databases to assessing complex AI systems, scrutinizing vendor claims, and identifying risk. The presentation then shifts from firm‑wide resource evaluation to the needs of attorneys, focusing on the skills they must develop to determine which AI‑powered tools will best support their clients and their practice.

• Understand how information professionals evaluate today’s AI‑enabled legal research and workflow tools, including accuracy, reasoning quality, transparency, and vendor stability.
• Recognize why attorneys must build parallel evaluation skills, ensuring they can select the right tool for each task and avoid accuracy, ethics, and client‑risk pitfalls. 
• Learn practical frameworks for jointly assessing legal tech, enabling attorneys and information professionals to collaborate on tool selection, testing, and responsible adoption.