When Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami took the stage at the 16th Annual General Conference of the Muslim Lawyers’ Association of Nigeria (MULAN) in Ilorin, it was clear this would be no ordinary address. Armed with a rare blend of policy expertise and an unflinching grasp of AI’s disruptive potential, Pantami laid bare the legal profession’s unpreparedness for a fast-arriving digital future. In his keynote, he not only traced the sweeping promise of AI for legal research, trial management, and client services, but also painted a sobering portrait of the threats it poses — to privacy, accountability, and even the very idea of culpability in law.
