LegalTechTalk 26 - Daryna Sydorenko

At LegalTechTalk 2026, David Woolstencroft sat down with Daryna Sydorenko, Senior Legal Counsel & Senior Legal Ops, to discuss one of the biggest challenges facing legal professionals today: learning how to work with AI, not just use it. For Daryna, AI isn't simply another chatbot. The real opportunity lies in understanding how it works, asking better questions, and building practical solutions that make legal teams more efficient without becoming dependent on external providers. 💡 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀: ↳ AI delivers the most value when legal professionals understand how to use it effectively ↳ Small legal teams can build practical AI workflows without relying entirely on external vendors ↳ Lawyers need to develop new skills in prompting, data handling and AI literacy ↳ The future legal professional will increasingly combine legal expertise with technology skills. One insight stood out: "𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘵. 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴." AI isn't replacing legal professionals. It's raising the bar for what great legal professionals need to know. #PeopleInLegal #LegalTechTalk #LegalAI #LegalOps #AIinLaw #LegalInnovation #FutureOfLaw #LegalTechnology #AILiteracy