Tales from a Trial: From Experiment to Evidence
Includes a Live Web Event on 09/23/2026 at 3:10 PM (CDT)
Determining what legal Gen AI program to subscribe and purchase is a difficult and expensive decision as the landscape is constantly evolving at an ever accelerated pace. Insights learned from ten month long carefully organized trial and comparison analysis of competing legal Gen AI programs is described for the lessons learned that can be applied by the attendee.
Participants will gain insights from a structured, real-world comparison of major legal generative AI tools conducted through rigorous, librarian-led testing and evaluation. You’ll discover frameworks for assessing emerging platforms, learn what factors matter most in selecting the right AI companion for different research needs, and come away equipped to make informed, evidence-based decisions in an environment of constant technological flux. Join us to turn uncertainty into strategy and exploration into expertise. Focus is on the process and procedure and not on the individual vendor products.
TAKEAWAYS:
- Learn lessons that can be applied to select legal Gen AI programs by carefully planned comparative trials utilizing focus groups, online surveys, and in-person interviews by creation of a scorecard methodology and evaluation matrix.
- Recognize the similarities and differences between various legal Gen AI programs.
- Learn how to cut through the marketing noise, presenting insights derived from nearly a year of diligent, head-to-head trials and organized comparative analysis of leading legal Gen AI programs.
SPEAKERS:
- Nathan Rosen, Herrick, Feinstein LLP
AALL BODY OF KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS: Research + Analysis, Management + Business Acumen
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Nathan Rosen
Manager of Research & Knowledge Services
Herrick, Feinstein LLP
Nathan Rosen has been a law librarian in New York City for the last 43 years in law firms, corporate legal department, investment banking library, public library, university library, and law school library. He is a member of the bars of US Supreme Court, US Tax Court, & Missouri State & Federal courts having earned law degree at University of Missouri at Kansas City and a Master’s in Science from Columbia University School of Library Service. Rosen has published more than 200 articles in the areas of library management and research, is a frequent speaker at AALL and SLA (now ASIS&T) events, and is currently the Manager of Research & Knowledge Services, Herrick, Feinstein LLP.

