Opening remarks by SJ at Hong Kong Legal Week 2026: LawTech Forum (English only) (with photo)
Following are the opening remarks by the Secretary for Justice, Mr Paul Lam, SC, at Hong Kong Legal Week 2026: LawTech Forum today (November 5): Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, Good afternoon. It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the LawTech Forum at the Hong Kong LawTech Fest 2026. The theme of today's Forum is "Human in the Loop, Integrity at the Core - Redefining Legal Practice with LawTech". It underscores how lawyers should meet this challenge. Artificial intelligence (AI) may be powerful and, in some cases, even deliver output immaculately. It cannot, however, replace human beings, at least not for the time being, unless we allow that to happen. In legal practice, the human in the loop is not a hindrance to innovation. Rather, it is the compass that keeps innovation aligned with the pursuit of justice, the discharge of professional duties and where public interest lies. At last year's conference (LawTech Conference "The AI Era: Shaping the Legal Landscape in the 21st Century"), I advocated the "Human+AI" approach: harnessing the benefits of technology while preserving advocacy, ethical judgment, commercial acumen, critical decision-making, emotional intell
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