Chantal McNaught 😸
@ckmcnaughty.bsky.social
PhD candidate in law - helping lawyers navigate the conflicts between law as a profession and law as a business with ethics | #legaltech | #law | #ai
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👋 Kia ora, I’m Chantal. I’m an Aussie based in Auckland, New Zealand. I’m also a PhD candidate doing a thesis on how lawyers can navigate conflicts between law as a profession and law as a business. Here’s a thread about me 1/7
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It requires a certain courage, a certain craziness, to be able to live life without compromise, to step out the door and risk ridicule… They might all look at me and they might talk about me and they might think I’m weird. And you know what? I couldn’t possibly disappoint them.
November 4, 2025 at 6:49 AM
It requires a certain courage, a certain craziness, to be able to live life without compromise, to step out the door and risk ridicule… They might all look at me and they might talk about me and they might think I’m weird. And you know what? I couldn’t possibly disappoint them.
“Professional organisations such as law firms are not passive recipients of change, but may in fact be active drivers of it, and introduce new technologies including GenAI as a means of competitive advantage.”
October 23, 2025 at 3:32 AM
“Professional organisations such as law firms are not passive recipients of change, but may in fact be active drivers of it, and introduce new technologies including GenAI as a means of competitive advantage.”
Listening to System of a Down and it’s prophetic.
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Listening to System of a Down and it’s prophetic.
I have this worrying feeling that AI is going to be the tool of this new generation of fascism. I hope I’m being ridiculous
October 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I have this worrying feeling that AI is going to be the tool of this new generation of fascism. I hope I’m being ridiculous
“I now believe that balancing the benefits and threats of artificial intelligence — saving humanity with and from AI — is the defining challenge of our age.” Richard Susskind in ‘How To Think About AI’ at 14. #LawSky
October 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
“I now believe that balancing the benefits and threats of artificial intelligence — saving humanity with and from AI — is the defining challenge of our age.” Richard Susskind in ‘How To Think About AI’ at 14. #LawSky
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There is absolutely no good faith reason to use the term “AI” for any technology one is selling.
It serves only for dazzling people into thinking the technology has capabilities that it doesn’t.
If one wants a technology to be trustworthy, just use a transparent, informative term without hype.
It serves only for dazzling people into thinking the technology has capabilities that it doesn’t.
If one wants a technology to be trustworthy, just use a transparent, informative term without hype.
September 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
There is absolutely no good faith reason to use the term “AI” for any technology one is selling.
It serves only for dazzling people into thinking the technology has capabilities that it doesn’t.
If one wants a technology to be trustworthy, just use a transparent, informative term without hype.
It serves only for dazzling people into thinking the technology has capabilities that it doesn’t.
If one wants a technology to be trustworthy, just use a transparent, informative term without hype.
“Expertise, is a core professional ideal leading to monopoly power where professions ‘exercise economic power and control over the market for their services.’” #lawsky
September 17, 2025 at 2:14 AM
“Expertise, is a core professional ideal leading to monopoly power where professions ‘exercise economic power and control over the market for their services.’” #lawsky
From all the accounts of ChatGPT-5, it’s giving Wild E Coyote. Its professionalism at pretending to be human, including pretending to do the tasks no one wants to do is *chef’s kiss* #chatGPT
September 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
From all the accounts of ChatGPT-5, it’s giving Wild E Coyote. Its professionalism at pretending to be human, including pretending to do the tasks no one wants to do is *chef’s kiss* #chatGPT
“Future legal education must bridge the gap between traditional legal theory and practical market dynamics to prepare attorneys who can effectively navigate through modern legal challenges.” Jelena Schidzig in “the Law Firm of 2030: how the future law firm might look” p34-5 #law
September 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
“Future legal education must bridge the gap between traditional legal theory and practical market dynamics to prepare attorneys who can effectively navigate through modern legal challenges.” Jelena Schidzig in “the Law Firm of 2030: how the future law firm might look” p34-5 #law
It’s only effective automation if it comes from the automation region of France. Otherwise, it’s just sparkling legaltech for legaltech sake. #law
September 2, 2025 at 3:10 AM
It’s only effective automation if it comes from the automation region of France. Otherwise, it’s just sparkling legaltech for legaltech sake. #law
“Great legal technology will assist lawyers in exercising their skilled human judgement” - Douglas O Linder and Nancy Levit quoting Blake Masters in “The Good Lawyer” (2014 Oxford University Press)
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August 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
“Great legal technology will assist lawyers in exercising their skilled human judgement” - Douglas O Linder and Nancy Levit quoting Blake Masters in “The Good Lawyer” (2014 Oxford University Press)
#law
#law
“The Bar is now a competitive business and its practitioners are selling their services. Whilst training, credentials and expertise persist as recognisable features of traditional professionalism, much more is required of Barrister these days.”
August 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
“The Bar is now a competitive business and its practitioners are selling their services. Whilst training, credentials and expertise persist as recognisable features of traditional professionalism, much more is required of Barrister these days.”
‘“Ethical infrastructures consist of the policies, procedures, systems and structures - in short, the ‘measures’ that ensure lawyers in their firms comply with their ethical duties and that non-lawyers associated with the firm behave in a manner consistent with the lawyers’ duties”’ #law
August 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
‘“Ethical infrastructures consist of the policies, procedures, systems and structures - in short, the ‘measures’ that ensure lawyers in their firms comply with their ethical duties and that non-lawyers associated with the firm behave in a manner consistent with the lawyers’ duties”’ #law
“Remember when AI couldn’t count how many Rs there are in strawberry? That was eight months ago”
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Worth reading what GPT-5 wrote in the intro to my new post when asked to do something dramatic.
The second image explains the tricks it used. open.substack.com/pub/oneusefu...
The second image explains the tricks it used. open.substack.com/pub/oneusefu...
August 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
“Remember when AI couldn’t count how many Rs there are in strawberry? That was eight months ago”
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“In addition to being less susceptible to various kinds of biases, machines do not suffer from other problems affecting Human lawyers exercising such judgment”
- Benjamin Alarie, Anthony Niblett, & Albert Yoon ‘How Artificial Intelligence Will Affect the practice of Law’ (2017) #law #legalAI
- Benjamin Alarie, Anthony Niblett, & Albert Yoon ‘How Artificial Intelligence Will Affect the practice of Law’ (2017) #law #legalAI
August 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
“The overwhelming barrier to change is that their [law firms] entire business model is based on the hour. All of it; how you evaluate lawyers, how you measure profitability, how you measure everything. It is all in the hours” #law
July 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“The overwhelming barrier to change is that their [law firms] entire business model is based on the hour. All of it; how you evaluate lawyers, how you measure profitability, how you measure everything. It is all in the hours” #law
“Business—is not the enemy of lawyers but an important tool to implement our service profession” Judith A McMorrow in ‘In Defense of the Business of Law’ (2012) 40(1) Fordham Urban Law Journal 459, 461 #law
July 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
“Business—is not the enemy of lawyers but an important tool to implement our service profession” Judith A McMorrow in ‘In Defense of the Business of Law’ (2012) 40(1) Fordham Urban Law Journal 459, 461 #law
Some days you’ll feel like you’ve been writing the same sentence over and over. Others you will have almost 4K words down. Trust the process! #phd
July 23, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Some days you’ll feel like you’ve been writing the same sentence over and over. Others you will have almost 4K words down. Trust the process! #phd
This is your sign to invite yourself to the table. Don’t wait. I’m mentoring at New Zealand’s first law hackathon at @aucklanduni.bsky.social and this is how I did it
July 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
This is your sign to invite yourself to the table. Don’t wait. I’m mentoring at New Zealand’s first law hackathon at @aucklanduni.bsky.social and this is how I did it
The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool from his friends. But even a fool can learn from his friends if his friends are willing to call him one. - Jay Kristoff, Empire of the Damned #books
July 10, 2025 at 4:48 AM
The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool from his friends. But even a fool can learn from his friends if his friends are willing to call him one. - Jay Kristoff, Empire of the Damned #books
The solution to the dilemma (of there being no safe place) is not to be afraid, poppet. It is to be feared - Jay Kristoff, Empire of the Damned #booksky
July 9, 2025 at 4:15 AM
The solution to the dilemma (of there being no safe place) is not to be afraid, poppet. It is to be feared - Jay Kristoff, Empire of the Damned #booksky
Total 6,500 words and draft send to my supervisor for review. What a wonderfully productive couple of days! 💪 ✍️ #phd
I’ve got a goal to write 500-1,000 words every day over the next 4 days. Super proud of myself that I’ve done over 1,000 today. Let’s keep this streak 🔥 🔥 #phd
July 1, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Total 6,500 words and draft send to my supervisor for review. What a wonderfully productive couple of days! 💪 ✍️ #phd