Why is the ISAIL Membership NOT FREE? Here's WHY

From Abhivardhan, our Chairperson

Here's an interesting short story to tell. ✨

I am asked by random people in the legal tech and other startup circles to advise them on legal tech and technology law for free, and I decline them unequivocally for a reason. 🚫

I just respect my work, because I am a specialist in AI Governance / Technology Law, and will always stand with those who develop specialisation in things. 💼 Unlike corporate lawyers who claim they are the only "AI lawyers", I am one of the few AI Governance specialists in India, humbly and happily, because I love what I do. 💡

Why? Today's world has a weird pain that being a specialist in any area - tax, climate, governance, health - is being seen in a discouraging manner, because of these AI solution providers making ambitious claims. 🔍

Now, beyond this common sense point, there is another reason why I never intend to (1) keep the membership of Indian Society of Artificial Intelligence and Law FREE; and (2) advise for free. ⚖️

Indic Pacific Legal Research LLP alone hosts 115 blogs at Visual Legal Analytica for FREE, with 305 contributions (downloadable papers and reports) at https://indopacific.app - go read it - who stopped you? 📚

The Indian Society of Artificial Intelligence and Law houses 188 blogs on their isail.in site since 2019, mind you. 🌟 ISAIL also has a major share in the number of 305 publications on the IndoPacific App. Go, read them, share them, and learn.

Since we have enough free resources for a lawyers, law students and businesses to learn, we do not owe anyone any charity. 📣

That being said, the ISAIL membership will have a payment requirement because it is a commitment from individuals and organisations. 💯

I have explained this in a podcast in Hindi, as well: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/indopacific/episodes/Bharat-Pacific-ka-AI--Episode-1--WTF-is-ISAIL-IN-e31nvnb

If you cannot show a basic commitment to a not-for-profit community like ISAIL that has changed lives of many, then you need to introspect. 🤔

At my own time, I help a lot of Masters & PhD Scholars in law, technology and policy, who are not supported by India's education system so that they get some help and become better teachers or do some innovation. 🌱

I think I've done enough of my "social cause" side, and while I will still do and ISAIL will remain not-for-profit, we will not enable "freebies" because I built India's biggest technology law knowledge repository, like ever. 🏆

What are you waiting for? Start learning 🚀