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The legal profession is undergoing its most significant transformation in decades as artificial intelligence reshapes how law is practiced, who practices it, and what ethical guardrails govern its use. From Baker McKenzie's headline-grabbing layoff of 700 staff to over 600 documented cases of AI hallucinations in court filings, the industry is grappling with two existential questions: whether AI will displace legal professionals at scale, and who bears liability when AI-generated legal work goes wrong.