Workshop: AI for Legal Teams (AIW-LEG50)

This workshop is designed for legal professionals who want to use AI tools to handle routine tasks more efficiently. No technical background is required. Participants will learn how to apply AI to the kinds of work that fill a legal professional's day: reviewing and summarizing documents, drafting correspondence and internal communications, conducting preliminary research, and preparing materials for attorneys, clients, and stakeholders. The course is tool-agnostic and can be delivered using whichever AI platform your organization already uses, including ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, or Gemini. Examples throughout the course are drawn from common legal workflows.

By the end of the session, participants will be able to use AI tools with confidence in a legal work environment. The workshop closes with a hands-on case study that walks through a realistic legal scenario from start to finish. Case studies can be customized to reflect your organization's practice areas and workflows. This course is taught from a tool-usage perspective and does not cover legal compliance requirements, regulatory guidance, or legal subject-matter expertise. Participants should continue to rely on qualified legal professionals for all substantive legal guidance.

1. AI and the Legal Professional
   1. What AI tools can and cannot do
   2. How legal teams are using AI today
   3. A tour of the AI platform being used in this workshop
2. Writing Effective Prompts for Legal Work
   1. The anatomy of a strong prompt
   2. Prompting for summarization, drafting, and research support
   3. Iterating: refining outputs through conversation
3. Responsible Use in a Legal Context
   1. How hallucinations happen and why they are especially risky in legal work
   2. What information should never be submitted to an AI tool
   3. Building a verification habit for legal outputs
4. AI for Legal Workflows
   1. Reviewing and summarizing contracts and legal documents
   2. Drafting correspondence, memos, and internal communications
   3. Supporting preliminary research and issue spotting
   4. Preparing summaries and materials for attorneys and stakeholders
5. Case Study: AI in Action for Legal Teams
   1. Scenario overview and objectives
   2. Applying prompting techniques to a legal workflow
   3. Reviewing, verifying, and refining AI outputs
   4. Discussion: adapting this approach to your organization

Each student receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all class examples.