This unit introduces core AI concepts and practical vocabulary tailored to legal practice, demystifying common myths and outlining realistic implications for job roles and professional responsibilities. Students will learn prompt anatomy and foundational prompt-writing skills, hear practitioner perspectives, and prepare to apply tools, ethics, and advanced workflows in subsequent units.
Learning Objectives
- Analyze foundational AI concepts and distinguish between common misconceptions and real-world capabilities as they relate to legal workflows
- Apply prompt engineering principles to compose clear, task-specific prompts for legal activities such as summarization, research, and drafting, and justify prompt design choices
- Demonstrate professional fluency by correctly defining key AI terminology from the legal AI glossary and using those terms accurately in situational legal examples
- Evaluate potential impacts of AI adoption on legal job roles and ethical responsibilities, and identify at least three strategies or resources to mitigate risks and support responsible integration
Curriculum
- 1 Section
- 8 Lessons
- 30 hours
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- Unit 1 — Foundations of Legal AI8
- 1.1AT A GLANCE20 mins
- 1.2NO PHD REQUIRED: BREAKING DOWN AI FOR THE LEGAL MIND20 mins
- 1.3FROM LUDDITE TO LEGAL AI LEGEND20 mins
- 1.4SEPARATING AI FROM SCI-FI: WHAT AI REALLY MEANS FOR YOUR JOB SECURITY20 mins
- 1.5ANATOMY OF A PROMPT20 mins
- 1.6YOUR LEGAL AI ROSETTA STONE: COMPREHENSIVE AI GLOSSARY FOR LEGAL20 mins
- 1.7ILAN SHERR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AISCENSION AND LEGAL DIRECTOR, DLA PIPER20 mins
- 1.8NOTES20 mins
Instructor
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