I recently found myself fascinated with Lawrence Freedman’s work On strategists and strategy , specifically his essay titled "Strategy’s Evangelist," which reflects on the profound legacy of the late Colin Gray. Gray, whom Freedman describes as a tireless advocate for the importance of sound strategic thinking, provided a maxim that is helpful for the modern legal practitioner: “Strategy is ever varying in character, but not in its nature, which is unchanging” (p. 150). As we witness a massive shift in the character of law, largely driven by generative AI, it is easy to mistake these tools for a revolution in the legal profession itself. However, Freedman helps remind us that the nature of legal strategy remains exactly what it was a century ago. Just as Gray argued that the core issues of conflict (like balance of forces, morale, and terrain) remain recognizable across history despite new weaponry, the fundamental legal tasks of allocating risk, defining leverage, and securi...