The UK has just approved its first fully AI-powered law firm — could Nigeria be next?
In May 2025, the UK’s Solicitors Regulation Authority made headlines by approving Garfield AI, the first AI-driven law firm authorised to generate legal documents ranging from statements of case and skeleton arguments to trial bundles and settlement offers.
As countries around the world begin to explore similar innovations, the big question is: Can Nigeria replicate this model?
In this piece, our Associate, Foluso Olusanya, examines the legal, regulatory, and infrastructural realities of deploying AI-powered legal services in Nigeria and what this could mean for the future of access to justice.
