The AI Translator: Megan Ma

Update: 2025-08-25

Description

Dr. Megan Ma, founding executive director of Stanford's Lift Lab, shares her journey from childhood language fascination to leading groundbreaking legal AI research. From inventing her own dialects as a trilingual child in Toronto to developing empirical benchmarks that compare human lawyers to AI tools, Megan reveals how her work is shaping the future of legal practice and education. She discusses her TurboTax analogy for legal AI adoption, insights from comparing associates to AI using senior partner evaluations, and her vision for simulation-based legal training. Essential listening for understanding how AI will enhance rather than replace lawyer expertise. Learn more at www.lawdroidmanifesto.com

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