Stanford Law Grad & Startup Founder Vincent Sheu on AI Best Practices for Successful Lawyers

<p>In this episode of <em>Status Check with Spivey</em>, Mike has a conversation with Vincent Sheu, an attorney and AI startup founder with a JD and a Master&#39;s in Computer Science from Stanford (in addition to degrees in Statistics, Molecular and Cell Biology, and Bioengineering).</p><p>Mike and Vincent discuss how he uses AI in his legal work today (19:20, 22:20), how he expects to be using AI in legal work in the future (37:23), how important his human contributions are vs. the contributions of AI (25:32), whether AI will be able to learn EQ (27:12), the sorts of AI tooling skills that employers are (and will be) looking for (29:19, 42:45) and how they screen for those skills (33:39), the benefits of using AI for legal work as well as the risks (24:04, 31:21, 44:23), how the next generation of lawyers will be advantaged and disadvantaged in the new landscape of legal practice (30:03), whether Vincent would hire a new lawyer who was brilliant and likable but has no familiarity with AI (32:52), Vincent’s recruiting process out of law school (14:03) and what his hours looked like in biglaw vs. as an in-house general counsel (19:36), how Vincent went 23 for 25 during his law school admissions cycle as a “super splitter” (3:32), and more.</p><p>Near the beginning of the episode, Mike and Vincent chat about a viral video from 2014 in which Vincent rapidly completed a Rubik’s Cube at a college basketball game. While the original video is now private, you can find the referenced SportsCenter article <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/video-student-does-rubiks-cube-during-cal-stanford/"><u>here</u></a>.</p><p>Mike also mentions the recent case of a defendant attempting to use an AI avatar to make their opening argument in court. You can find that video <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reels/DT-UxNLDZHz/"><u>here</u></a>.</p><p>You can listen and subscribe to <em>Status Check with Spivey</em> on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/status-check-with-spivey/id1477090223"><u>⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠</u></a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/1axZqBvq28wpvhKEq2l7sV"><u>⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠</u></a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA_Rbmm6gSV09dUwrnlBjyQ/"><u>⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠</u></a>. You can read a full transcript of this episode with timestamps <a href="https://www.spiveyconsulting.com/podcasts/vincent-sheu"><u>here</u></a>.</p>