London, 28 October 2025 – Daniel Long, CTO and co-founder of Garfield AI, participated in the inaugural Future of Law masterclass at the London School of Economics. The session, part of a comprehensive series preparing students for an evolving, tech-driven legal landscape, explored how artificial intelligence is fundamentally transforming legal practice.

Equipping Future Lawyers for AI-Driven Practice

The Future of Law masterclass series represents LSE's strategic initiative to ensure law students develop the skills needed to thrive in a rapidly changing profession. The inaugural session featured Daniel Long in conversation with Professor Bruce Braude, global Chief Technology Officer of Deloitte Legal and Visiting Professor at LSE, examining the practical realities of building and deploying AI in legal services.

Speaking at LSE about how we built the world's first SRA-regulated AI law firm was an opportunity to show tomorrow's lawyers that AI isn't replacing legal professionals: it's expanding what's possible. The students asked sophisticated questions about technical architecture, regulatory compliance, and the future of access to justice.

Daniel Long, CTO and Co-founder, Garfield AI

Distinguished Series on Legal Innovation

The Future of Law masterclass series brings together leading voices across multiple dimensions of legal practice transformation:

AI and Legal Technology:

Daniel Long (Garfield AI) - Building regulated AI legal platforms
Professor Bruce Braude (Deloitte Legal / LSE) - Legal technology implementation at global scale

Leading Law Firms:

Dorothea Bannerman-Bruce (Linklaters) - How major firms prepare lawyers for technological change
Claire M. (Slaughter and May) - Future-ready skills at elite practices

The series runs alongside complementary masterclasses in Fintech, Arbitration, Trade and Finance, Migration, and Corporate Governance, providing LSE Law students with comprehensive preparation for diverse legal career paths.

From Academia to Practice: Garfield AI's Journey

Long's participation alongside Braude brought together two distinct perspectives on legal technology implementation, from startup innovation to enterprise-scale transformation. As CTO of Garfield AI, Long has architected the technical systems that power the platform's automated small claims process, combining expert systems with large language models whilst maintaining professional standards through SRA regulation. Braude, as global CTO of Deloitte Legal, oversees digitization of legal service delivery across one of the world's largest legal practices and develops bespoke digital solutions for major corporate clients.

The conversation explored several key themes:

Technical Architecture of Legal AI: How Garfield AI's hybrid approach combines traditional software engineering with strategic AI integration, ensuring reliability and regulatory compliance through 20-30 different API calls handling specific legal process stages.

Regulatory Innovation: The eight-month journey to becoming SRA-regulated, demonstrating how startups can work within established professional frameworks to deliver innovative services with consumer protection.

Access to Justice: How AI makes previously uneconomical legal work viable, serving the 7.5 million SMEs who often cannot afford traditional legal services for smaller claims.

Practical Implementation: Moving from theory to deployed systems serving real clients, with insights from Garfield's successful debt recovery cases.

Preparing Students for Transformation

The masterclass series reflects LSE's recognition that legal education must evolve alongside the profession. Organised by Professor Andrew Murray, Dr Neli Frost, and Visiting Professor Bruce Braude (global CTO of Deloitte Legal), the initiative ensures students understand not just traditional legal principles but also how technology is reshaping their future practice.

Today's law students will enter a profession where AI is transforming legal services at every level. Whether they join magic circle firms implementing AI workflows or work with platforms like Garfield expanding access to justice, understanding these technologies is essential.

Daniel Long, CTO and Co-founder, Garfield AI

From Magic Circle to Legal Tech Startups

The juxtaposition of Garfield AI's startup perspective with insights from Linklaters and Slaughter and May provides students with a comprehensive view of AI's impact across the legal spectrum. While elite firms explore AI to enhance efficiency for high-value work, platforms like Garfield demonstrate how technology can serve entirely new markets.

This diversity of perspectives illustrates that AI transformation isn't monolithic. Different parts of the legal profession are adapting technology to solve different challenges, from improving service delivery for major corporate clients to expanding access for small businesses previously priced out of legal services.

LSE Leadership in Legal Education

LSE's commitment to preparing students for technological transformation demonstrates academic leadership in responding to professional evolution. The Future of Law series complements traditional legal education with practical insights from practitioners actively shaping the profession's future.

The masterclass format, featuring conversations between academics and practitioners, ensures students receive both theoretical frameworks and real-world implementation experiences, preparing them to navigate and lead in a technology-driven legal landscape.

Building on Garfield's Educational Outreach

This appearance at LSE builds on Garfield AI's commitment to legal education and professional dialogue. Previous and future engagements include:

Cambridge University Faculty of Law panel on AI and the legal profession
Royal Society conference on AI and law
Technology and Construction Court AI conference
SRA Innovate events on legal innovation

These engagements position Garfield AI as both practitioner and thought leader, demonstrating working AI systems whilst contributing to broader professional discourse about technology's role in legal services.

The Future of Legal Practice

The LSE Future of Law masterclass series arrives at a critical moment for the legal profession. As AI capabilities expand and regulatory frameworks evolve, tomorrow's lawyers must understand both the opportunities and challenges these technologies present.

The students I spoke with at LSE are entering a profession that will look very different from their professors' early careers. But the core mission (ensuring access to justice, maintaining professional standards, and serving clients effectively) remains constant. Technology is a tool for achieving those goals more effectively.

Daniel Long, CTO and Co-founder, Garfield AI

For more information about Garfield AI's approach to legal technology and access to justice, visit garfield.law.

About Garfield AI Garfield AI is the world's first SRA-regulated AI law firm, combining expert systems with large language models to automate small claims processes. The platform helps SMEs recover unpaid debts through innovative technology whilst maintaining the highest standards of legal practice and expanding access to justice.