On August 29, the "Tenth Emerging Legal Services Industry Development Forum" hosted by Legal New Media was held in Shanghai."Tenth Emerging Legal Services Industry Development Forum"was held in Shanghai.
At the forum, the Legal New Media 2026 Emerging Legal Services Industry "Top List" was officially released,and Mankun Law Firm was successfully selected for the "Legal New Media 2026 Top List: Top 10 Pioneer Lawyer Teams in Legal AI Application."
This list focuses on lawyer teams' exploration and application of artificial intelligence tools in legal service practice, as well as the practical results they have achieved inimproving business process efficiency, innovating service models, and upgrading case-handling capabilitiesand other aspects.
The selected teams are regarded as pioneers in the legal industry's embrace of technological change, exploring new paths for combining AI with professional capabilities through real business scenarios.
From using AI tools to exploring law firm working methods in the AI era
For Mankun, AI is not simply a tool for improving efficiency, but is gradually being integrated into the firm'sclient service, knowledge management and collaboration enhancementthe entire process.
In recent years, Mankun has continued to explore practical application scenarios for artificial intelligence in legal services, and has carried out practice in areas such asAI Agents, knowledge management, professional content production, and optimization of client service processes, hoping that through technological means, lawyers' experience can be better accumulated and clients can obtain professional support more efficiently.
In the course of this exploration, Mankun has gradually formed an approach:
the true value of AI lies not merely in helping lawyers complete a certain task, but in helping the firm rethink how clients come to know lawyers, how they obtain services, and how professional capabilities can be continuously accumulated.
Redesigning how clients come to know lawyers, starting from the first time they add WeChat
In the past, a client often came to know a lawyer starting from adding WeChat once.
After an event or an introduction by a friend, a client might say:
"Lawyer Liu, would it be convenient to send a team introduction?"
The lawyer would need to search for materials such as personal profiles, team PPTs, and practice introductions, and then supplement and send them according to the client's needs. These materials are not without value, but for a client who has just met the lawyer, the information is often scattered and difficult to quickly understand:
Who is this lawyer?
What problems are you skilled at solving?
Do you truly understand your own industry?
Based on this practical scenario, Mankun explored and developed a law firm mini-program, hoping to give lawyers a "digital business card" that can continuously showcase their professional capabilities."digital business card"。
Mankun mini-program homepage: access lawyer introductions, professional content and legal services from WeChat | development version screenshot
When clients open a lawyer's homepage through WeChat, they can view the lawyer'sareas of expertise, educational background, practice experience, as well as the professional articles and industry research the lawyer has produced over time。
Lawyer's personal homepage: areas of expertise, educational background and practice experience | development version screenshot
For clients in the technology industry, a lawyer's past research output is itself an important reflection of professional capability. An article oncrypto payments, AI compliance, data governance or virtual asset regulationis not merely a piece of content publication, but also records a lawyer's sustained attention to and judgment on industry issues.
Lawyer's past articles: titles, authors and publication dates are retained, recording the lawyer's sustained research and judgment
Through this accumulated content, clients can form a more well-rounded understanding of a lawyer before formal communication.
From "knowing a lawyer" to "understanding the issues a lawyer focuses on over the long term,"AI has helped the firm establish a new way of connecting with clients.
Turning legal service introductions into products clients can understand
In addition to individual lawyer profiles, Mankun also continues to explore the productization of legal services.
Traditional legal service introductions often rely on dozens of pages of PPT or complex proposal documents.
But the questions clients truly care about are usually more specific:
"What problems can you solve?"
"Is this service suitable for my situation?"
"Who should I contact next?"
Therefore, Mankun has attempted tostructurally organize team capabilities, professional articles and legal service scenariosso that clients can find the corresponding information entry point for their own issues.
Legal service details: using CRS tax compliance as an example, view the service introduction and content directory | development version screenshot
For example, incross-border business, AI products, and digital assetsand other new economy sectors, the issues clients face are often not a single legal question, but a combination of business models, regulatory requirements, transaction structures, and other factors.
Through clearer presentation of service scenarios, clients can understand their own needs in advance, and lawyers are also helped to get to the specific issues faster in subsequent communications.
Typical service scenarios: learn about services from practical issues such as outbound investment, compensation, and multiple identities | development version screenshot
This is also how Mankun understands the productization of legal services:
translating lawyers' professional capabilities into service content that clients can understand, can use, and can participate in discussing.
Putting Mankun lawyers into AI, allowing professional experience to accumulate continuously
In addition to optimizing the service experience for clients, Mankun is also exploring how AI can help the firm achieve knowledge accumulation internally.
Based on years of servingWeb3, AI, and fintechBased on the research findings accumulated in new economy fields, Mankun seeks to further structure public research, regulatory materials, and professional content, using AI to help users obtain information more efficiently.
Mankun AI Product Introduction: Starting from Three Client Needs
Currently, Mankun AI is exploring several practical needs:
First,helping users conduct legal information searches and preliminary organization around specific business issues.
For example,in scenarios such as stablecoin payments, cross-border business, and digital asset compliance,users can first use AI to understand the framework of the issue, and then engage in in-depth discussions with lawyers with clearer questions.
Example interaction for stablecoin payment collection consultation (non-real-time response)
Second,helping users understand regulatory changes and industry trends.
For fast-evolving industries such as Web3 and AI, policy, regulatory and market changes occur frequently. AI can assist in organizing relevant materials, enabling users to more quickly identify the issues that require attention.
Example of regulatory developments interaction: dates, sources and original texts are retained
Third,help users find, among a large volume of professional articles, the research content relevant to their own business.
Over the past few years, the Mankun team has continuously produced industry research and practice articles. Organizing these materials through AI can help clients more quickly find analyses relevant to their own issues.
Example of real-world assets (RWA) research interaction: the original article can still be viewed
In the AI era, legal services still return to professional judgment
Mankun believes thatAI does not replace lawyers; rather, it helps lawyers reduce repetitive work and devote more energy to the analysis of complex issues, commercial understanding and legal judgment.
Legal services in the future are not merely a combination of people and tools, but ratherthe synergy of professional experience and intelligent systemsA single service engagement, a single article or a single client interaction may all become the basis for enhancing service capabilities next time.
This is also the direction of Mankun's ongoing exploration of building an AI law firm:
enabling professional knowledge to be better accumulated, clients to more easily find suitable lawyers, and the team to continue growing through every practice.
This selection in Legal Vision's 2026 "Top 10 Legal AI Application Pioneer Lawyer Teams" is a milestone recognition of Mankun's ongoing exploration ofthe integration of legal technologyat this stage.
In the future, Mankun Law Firm will continue to focus on the deep integration of artificial intelligence and legal services, exploring more practical applications of AI in legal research, knowledge management, brand operations and professional services. While improving efficiency, it will uphold lawyers' professional judgment, quality control and boundaries of responsibility, so that technology truly serves legal services themselves.
