# Building AI Skills, Holding Space, and the Value of the Struggle with Larissa Meredith-Flister
Episode of Studying Law Around the World, hosted by Claudio Klaus.
Published: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:00:00 GMT
Duration: 00:27:53
## Summary
In this week's episode of Studying Law Around the World, I sat down with Larissa Meredith-Flister. Larissa is a solicitor qualified in England, Wales, and Canada, with an LLM from the University of Cambridge and a deep background in economics. She has practiced complex litigation in London and now focuses on competition law and digital markets. She generously shared her insights on how to ethically integrate modern technology into legal practice while maintaining the crucial human elements of our work.What you will learnHolding Space: Why the ability to listen and make clients feel truly heard is just as vital as your legal strategy, whether you are dealing with municipal bylaws or the victims of an international disaster.Creating AI Skills: How to stop treating AI like a simple chatbot and start building specific, source verified instructions to eliminate repetitive tasks and legal hallucinations from your workflow.The Value of the Struggle: Why the intellectual friction of digging through case law and reading full decisions is absolutely essential for developing the legal judgment that technology cannot replace.Why this mattersWhat is the unspoken rule of modern legal practice? Technology can accelerate your output, but it cannot replicate your critical thinking or your professional accountability.Larissa highlights a crucial tension. While AI tools can provide instant answers, relying on them blindly creates a false sense of confidence. To truly succeed, lawyers must step out of their comfort zones, build diverse networks of people who challenge their perspectives, and accept that the "struggle" of complex problem solving is exactly what builds world class legal judgment.Three takeawaysBuild specific workflows. Do not just accept frustrating, repetitive mistakes from generative tools. Take the time to actively train the tool by creating strict parameters, such as demanding mandatory source verification and exact paragraph citations for every claim.Embrace the intellectual struggle. Do not let instant answers rob you of your training. The hours spent reading full cases, connecting disparate concepts, and wrestling with complex legal theories are necessary to develop the strategic judgment that clients actually pay for.Show up for people unconditionally. Build bridges with individuals who think differently than you do. Offering genuine help and friendship without expecting anything in return is the most reliable way to build a resilient, global career.Guest: Larissa Meredith-Flister, Solicitor in England, Wales, and Canada. Larissa specializes in competition law, complex litigation, and the ethical integration of artificial intelligence in digital markets.Where to listen and how to support the showSearch Studying Law Around the World on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or your favorite podcast app.If you found value in this episode, please take a moment to follow or subscribe to the show on your platform of choice. Leaving a rating and review is the best way to support the podcast, helping us continue to grow and bring these invisible rules of the legal profession to more junior lawyers around the world.Selected episodes of Studying Law Around the World are eligible for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credit with the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) and Continuing Legal Education (CLE/CPD) credit with the Law Society of British Columbia (LSBC).For approved episodes, accreditation details, and participation information, please visit:⁠ https://law-learn-link.base44.app/Episodes
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