Kennedys Partners with Spellbook for AI Training

Kennedys has partnered with Spellbook to create a legal training program addressing how AI automation is reducing traditional entry-level work for junior lawyers.

The insurance-focused law firm announced on October 1, 2025, a strategic collaboration with Spellbook, a generative AI platform, to launch a pioneering training program. The initiative will equip junior lawyers with skills needed as AI automates tasks like first-draft contract preparation and document review. The program will pilot across Kennedys' US and UK offices later this year.

AI-driven automation threatens to eliminate junior-level legal work that has traditionally been critical for training new lawyers. Without practical exposure to these tasks, junior lawyers risk missing essential skill development opportunities. This partnership represents one of the first large-scale initiatives in the legal sector directly addressing AI's impact on early-career training.

Program Details

The training program will combine Kennedys' expertise in legal practice with Spellbook's legal drafting and analysis technology. It will use simulated scenarios and AI-assisted drafting exercises to replicate learning opportunities disappearing from the workplace.