The Human Impact of AI - legal must-knows and must-dos on the cutting edge of Agentic AI, Physical AI and beyond

The Society for Computers and Law (SCL) holds its flagship Annual AI Conference 2026 on Wednesday 7 October 2026 in London, hosted and sponsored by international law firm DLA Piper at its Aldersgate Street offices and organised by the SCL AI Group. SCL describes itself as "the voice of tech law," and this is its headline AI event of the year, drawing solicitors, in-house counsel and technology-law specialists grappling with how artificial intelligence reshapes legal practice and regulation.

Pitched at the human impact of AI and the legal must-knows and must-dos that follow, the conference addresses the practical questions facing lawyers as AI systems spread through business and society, from governance and liability to compliance and risk, with attention to agentic AI, physical AI and AI in creative and recruitment contexts. At the time of listing the full programme and speaker line-up were still to be announced, with bookings already open and early-bird places limited. As a daytime, in-person gathering at a major law firm, it offers practitioners a concentrated day of expert discussion and peer networking rather than a sprawling expo. SCL also extends free membership and concessionary rates to trainee lawyers and UK students. For anyone whose work sits where AI meets the law, it is a well-established fixture in the UK tech-law calendar worth tracking as details firm up.