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Foreword by Bjarne Philip Tellmann, former General Counsel of Pearson plc, GSK Consumer Healthcare, and Haleon · By the author of The Legal Tech Ecosystem · Amplify Publishing · October 6, 2026
"Code Switched is an indispensable resource for the practitioner of today who is looking to become the effective expert of tomorrow. Levy offers an essential roadmap that cuts through the hype, proving that AI’s real value isn’t replacing lawyers, but amplifying what makes them irreplaceable: human judgment, strategy, and creativity.”
Ray Brescia
Honorable Harold R. Tyler Chair in Law & Technology, Albany Law School; author of Lawyer 3.0
The Moment We're In
The future of legal practice is already here
The future of legal practice is already here. AI is no longer a fringe topic; it is moving into everyday legal work, from contract review and research to compliance, drafting, and client communication. For most lawyers the question is no longer whether these tools will touch their practice, but how to use them well: with rigor, discipline, and sound judgment.
WHY THIS BOOK NOW
Legal professionals are being asked to manage more complexity with less time, tighter budgets, and greater expectations. Regulation keeps expanding, matters cross more borders and systems, and clients expect faster, clearer, and more cost-effective advice.
Code Switched explains why AI matters in that environment and how lawyers can use it without compromising professional responsibility.
It offers a measured path between two unhelpful extremes: rejecting change outright, or embracing it without understanding the risks.
The best results come from a strong partnership between human judgment and AI capability.
Our Foundation
Built to move lawyers from curiosity to confidence
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A Clear View of AI in Law
How AI is reshaping legal practice across research, drafting, review, and workflow — explained without hype or hand-wringing. What's real, what's overstated, and what you need to know now.
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Practical Daily Guidance
How to prompt well, check outputs, and build dependable oversight into daily work. Skills that make AI a reliable part of your practice without replacing your professional judgment.
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Ethics & Accountability
Clear frameworks for confidentiality, professional responsibility, and accountability — so you can use AI in ways that hold up to scrutiny and strengthen client trust.
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Books Published
Oct 6, 2026
Publication Date
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General Counsel, Malbek
Who It's For
Written for lawyers across the field
Code Switched is written for lawyers and legal professionals across the field — including in-house counsel, law firm attorneys, solo practitioners, legal operations leaders, and those working to expand access to justice.
It is for readers who want to understand what AI changes, what it does not, and how to use it in ways that improve outcomes for clients and organizations.
What You'll Walk Away With
Clarity on what AI does well and where human expertise leads
Practical prompting skills you can apply the same week
A governance framework for responsible AI adoption in your organization
Confidence to evaluate tools and push back when vendors overpromise
A human-centered approach that treats AI as a force multiplier for judgment — not a substitute for it
endorsements
What legal leaders are saying
“As AI reshapes the legal industry, Colin S. Levy’s book comprehensively covers everything from AI’s applications to ethics and economics to the regulatory landscape. Perhaps most essentially, Levy places an important focus on the human element… Code Switched is a must-read.”
Monica Zent
Founder & CEO, ZentLaw; Managing Director, Law Innovation Agency; author of Venture Legal
“Colin S. Levy has written a timely and practical book that captures both what AI is genuinely changing about legal work and what it can never replace. A valuable read for anyone in law ready to think seriously about what comes next.”
Robert Hanna
Founder & CEO, KC Partners; Host, Legally Speaking Podcast, sponsored by Clio
“Rather than asking whether AI will change legal practice, Code Switched focuses on the more important question: how lawyers can evolve alongside it. Colin Levy delivers a balanced and accessible guide for legal professionals navigating the future of their profession.”
Olga V. Mack
CEO, TermScout
What's inside
A Practical Guide to AI in Legal Practice
Code Switched is written for lawyers and law firms who want a clear, practical understanding of where AI fits into legal practice. Across nineteen chapters in seven parts, it explains AI fundamentals in plain language before exploring document drafting and review, legal research, ethics, professional responsibility, law firm costs, and regulations such as the EU AI Act.
Real-world scenarios show how these issues appear in everyday legal work. The closing chapters provide ready-to-use prompts for contract review, research, and document drafting, and the appendices add key terminology, further reading, continuing education, and a framework for evaluating AI tools and vendors.
Key Themes
What readers will explore
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Legal Identity in the AI Era
How AI is reshaping legal tasks and professional identity — and why the lawyer's role becomes more strategic, not less relevant, as automation expands.
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Core AI Competencies
Why verification, oversight, and thoughtful prompting are now core professional skills — and how to build them deliberately into your daily practice.
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Responsible Implementation
How legal organizations can adopt AI in ways that strengthen service, trust, and accountability — without sacrificing the values that make legal work matter.
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The Human Edge
Why the future belongs to lawyers who know how to direct technology rather than compete with it — and what that shift means for how you build your practice.
Our Approach
Built on one straightforward premise
Code Switched shows lawyers where AI actually helps in legal work: which tasks it handles well, which ones it still gets wrong, and where a lawyer's judgment remains the deciding factor.
Hand the research, first drafts, and routine review to AI, and what's left is reading what a matter actually calls for, weighing risk, and deciding what a client needs. That is not a threat to the profession. It is an opportunity
Grounded in legal reality
Every concept in this book is anchored to actual legal work — not theoretical workflows or Silicon Valley talking points.
Built for the long term
The skills and frameworks here will outlast any single tool. The goal is durable judgment, not platform-specific knowledge.
General Counsel
Adjunct Professor, Albany Law School
Fastcase 50 honoree
Author of The Legal Tech Ecosystem
Co-author, CLM for Dummies
About Colin S. Levy
At the intersection of law, technology, and innovation
Colin S. Levy's work is focused on helping legal professionals use technology to improve legal service without losing the professional values that make the work matter. Code Switched extends that work with a practical guide for lawyers who want to adapt thoughtfully and lead with judgment.
