Generative AI Productivity for Legal Professionals

Discover how ChatGPT and other GenAI tools can help revolutionize your legal practice by enhancing efficiency, accuracy, and strategic decision-making. Instructor Nick Abrahams, a global innovation leader from a major law firm, demonstrates practical applications for GenAI, including conducting legal research, generating first drafts of legal documents, and deciphering complex legal documents efficiently. Along the way, he shares methods for maintaining ethical standards while using GenAI and highlights when human expertise remains irreplaceable. Designed for lawyers and legal professionals—no technical background required!—this course offers straightforward demonstrations that showcase how to integrate these cutting edge tools meaningfully into your practice.

Learning objectives
Identify the key benefits of AI in a legal practice.
Differentiate between AI as a tool and the irreplaceable value of human expertise in legal work.
Describe the basic principles and applications of generative AI.
Explain when it’s best to use AI in legal research (and when it’s not).
Identify the key steps for brainstorming marketing and business development strategies with AI.