King & Spalding Prioritizes AI Training Amid Client Pressures
King & Spalding has launched attorney training to ensure responsible AI use in response to client expectations.
Why it matters: As law firms rapidly adopt AI, comprehensive training is crucial to minimize errors and meet rising client demands for quality and efficiency. Firms lacking proper training risk reliability issues and reputational harm.
- King & Spalding is implementing internal training to reduce AI-related mistakes by attorneys.
- Clients are increasingly seeking information about law firms' AI use and efficiency gains.
- In 2025, U.S. courts logged 487 AI errors in court documents, a tenfold increase from 2024.
- 54% of law firms lack responsible AI training programs.
Law firms are under mounting pressure to deploy artificial intelligence tools efficiently and responsibly, with King & Spalding leading an industry push for internal AI training. Chairman Robert Hays emphasized that “our clients are very eager that [AI] be used and leveraged, and they and we are obviously interested in it being used responsibly.”
- Clients now routinely ask firms about their AI capabilities and expect transparency on how technology is leveraged to improve efficiency. Some even request the use of specific AI tools for discovery work in client engagements.
- The industry has rapidly embraced generative AI—63% of mid-sized law firms now use these tools, with Microsoft Copilot leading adoption despite persistent concerns about reliability.
- These concerns are well founded: 2025 saw 487 documented instances of AI-produced errors in court filings, more than ten times the previous year's total. Notably, licensed attorneys were responsible for nearly 38% of these problematic filings.
- Yet, 54% of law firms still offer no training on responsible AI use—and have no plans to start, according to the 8am Legal Industry Report.
Firms without robust AI education expose themselves to heightened risk and client dissatisfaction. As 81% of law firm leaders flag reliability as a top concern, structured AI training is poised to become an industry standard for quality assurance and reputation management.
By the numbers:
- 487 — AI errors in court documents in 2025, up 10x from 2024
- 54% — Law firms with no AI training and no plans to implement it
- 63% — Mid-sized law firms using generative AI tools
Yes, but: Details about the specific content and effectiveness of King & Spalding's AI training are not publicly disclosed.