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Overview
How can lawyers harness the potential of generative AI (GenAI) to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal landscape? This course will equip lawyers with a fundamental understanding of how GenAI works, its practical uses and how to navigate its inherent risks.Â
Lawyers, law firms and in-house teams are already starting to use GenAI to improve productivity and create better outcomes for clients. But even lawyers who are hesitant to adopt GenAI will find it is unavoidable – as many software providers are already rushing to incorporate GenAI into their existing products.
The reality is that all lawyers now require a basic understanding of how GenAI works, its practical uses and how to navigate its inherent risks.
Enrol in this course to get a practical overview of what GenAI is, how lawyers can use it in their day-to-day practice, and key pitfalls to avoid. You’ll also get to discover our brand-new AI-powered learning activity - what could be a better way to learn about GenAI?
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Published: November 2023
Key takeaways
- Practice basic prompting with the new AI-powered chatbot developed by LawCPD
- Learn to navigate your professional and ethical obligations when using GenAI
- Understand governance issues, judicial and regulatory approaches to GenAI
- Be inspired by examples of how GenAI can be incorporated into legal practice
Meet the expert
Mitch Kowalski
Legal Operations Advisor
University of Calgary
Mitch Kowalski is a globally-recognized thought leader on the changing legal services ecosystem and the author of two critically acclaimed books in this area.
Reviews
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Very informativeVery topical and informative overview of AI and how it can be applied to legal world. Output is based on probabilities is a great summary of generative AI.P. Kakulas, SolicitorGenerative AI for Lawyers How can lawyers harness the potential of generative AI (GenAI) to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal landscape? This course will equip lawyers with a fundamental understanding of how GenAI works, its practical uses and how to navigate its inherent risks.ÂLawCPD
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Aware now how to cut my work load in halfEasy to understand. Very usefulS. Aslan, SolicitorGenerative AI for Lawyers How can lawyers harness the potential of generative AI (GenAI) to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal landscape? This course will equip lawyers with a fundamental understanding of how GenAI works, its practical uses and how to navigate its inherent risks.ÂLawCPD
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A good crash course in the basics of AIEasy to follow, good examples and informative background of AI and its use (and potential problems) moving forwardP. Kyros, SolicitorGenerative AI for Lawyers How can lawyers harness the potential of generative AI (GenAI) to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal landscape? This course will equip lawyers with a fundamental understanding of how GenAI works, its practical uses and how to navigate its inherent risks.ÂLawCPD
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Enlightening course.Although technical, the course was presented simply and clearly.M. Morgan, SolicitorGenerative AI for Lawyers How can lawyers harness the potential of generative AI (GenAI) to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal landscape? This course will equip lawyers with a fundamental understanding of how GenAI works, its practical uses and how to navigate its inherent risks.ÂLawCPD
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Excellent courseFast paced interesting and excellent use of chatbot to teach how to best use GenAI. Highly recommend as an introduction to using this effectively as a tool in one's practiceC. Georgiades, SolicitorGenerative AI for Lawyers How can lawyers harness the potential of generative AI (GenAI) to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal landscape? This course will equip lawyers with a fundamental understanding of how GenAI works, its practical uses and how to navigate its inherent risks.ÂLawCPD
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Very timelya good overview, and the examples of different areas of legal practice where this can be used really made it practical.C. Smythe, SolicitorGenerative AI for Lawyers How can lawyers harness the potential of generative AI (GenAI) to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal landscape? This course will equip lawyers with a fundamental understanding of how GenAI works, its practical uses and how to navigate its inherent risks.ÂLawCPD
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Amazing and so relevantI knew very little before I started this course and would likely not have stepped outside my comfort zone to start learning - but I now have the confidence to start learning more and utilising more Gen AI in my work and my home life. Excellent and highly relevant course.T. Jackson, SolicitorGenerative AI for Lawyers How can lawyers harness the potential of generative AI (GenAI) to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal landscape? This course will equip lawyers with a fundamental understanding of how GenAI works, its practical uses and how to navigate its inherent risks.ÂLawCPD
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Excellent overview of AI and it’s use and governanceThe course covers a very broad spectrum of what is AI in all its key forms; its uses cases and suitable application in the legal services profession. In addition, it guides on the way to use it and highlights the critical risks of doing so without properly verifying its outputs. Overall, this was a very good overview of the topic and has piqued enough interest to learn more.B. Menadue, SolicitorGenerative AI for Lawyers How can lawyers harness the potential of generative AI (GenAI) to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal landscape? This course will equip lawyers with a fundamental understanding of how GenAI works, its practical uses and how to navigate its inherent risks.ÂLawCPD
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this is a great courseNew material, relevant and highly informative.S. Coppock, SolicitorGenerative AI for Lawyers How can lawyers harness the potential of generative AI (GenAI) to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal landscape? This course will equip lawyers with a fundamental understanding of how GenAI works, its practical uses and how to navigate its inherent risks.ÂLawCPD
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A new dimension to the practice of lawThe course is informative and challengingK. Chow, SolicitorGenerative AI for Lawyers How can lawyers harness the potential of generative AI (GenAI) to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal landscape? This course will equip lawyers with a fundamental understanding of how GenAI works, its practical uses and how to navigate its inherent risks.ÂLawCPD
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Very useful course.Excellent practical examples of how GenAI will impact on the legal profession. Resistance is futile.W. Nazzari, SolicitorGenerative AI for Lawyers How can lawyers harness the potential of generative AI (GenAI) to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal landscape? This course will equip lawyers with a fundamental understanding of how GenAI works, its practical uses and how to navigate its inherent risks.ÂLawCPD
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Excellent courseExtremely informative on the uses and pitfalls of AI.R. Keough, SolicitorGenerative AI for Lawyers How can lawyers harness the potential of generative AI (GenAI) to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal landscape? This course will equip lawyers with a fundamental understanding of how GenAI works, its practical uses and how to navigate its inherent risks.ÂLawCPD
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Useful courseThe course provides a useful summary of the key considerations and draws attention to important practical considerations.P. Sena, SolicitorGenerative AI for Lawyers How can lawyers harness the potential of generative AI (GenAI) to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal landscape? This course will equip lawyers with a fundamental understanding of how GenAI works, its practical uses and how to navigate its inherent risks.ÂLawCPD
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An excellent start to understanding AIA well presented and informative course that was easy to understand, with a practical insight into using AIB. Butler, SolicitorGenerative AI for Lawyers How can lawyers harness the potential of generative AI (GenAI) to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal landscape? This course will equip lawyers with a fundamental understanding of how GenAI works, its practical uses and how to navigate its inherent risks.ÂLawCPD
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good contentExtensive coverage of topicB. Marshall, SolicitorGenerative AI for Lawyers How can lawyers harness the potential of generative AI (GenAI) to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal landscape? This course will equip lawyers with a fundamental understanding of how GenAI works, its practical uses and how to navigate its inherent risks.ÂLawCPD
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Good application of the issues in AI to legal workThe course was well organised and thought provoking/G. Douglas, SolicitorGenerative AI for Lawyers How can lawyers harness the potential of generative AI (GenAI) to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal landscape? This course will equip lawyers with a fundamental understanding of how GenAI works, its practical uses and how to navigate its inherent risks.ÂLawCPD
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Great introductionAn interesting review of ethical duties and Generative AIK. Strang, SolicitorGenerative AI for Lawyers How can lawyers harness the potential of generative AI (GenAI) to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal landscape? This course will equip lawyers with a fundamental understanding of how GenAI works, its practical uses and how to navigate its inherent risks.ÂLawCPD
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This course is highly informativeThe course was easy to followN. Roufail, SolicitorGenerative AI for Lawyers How can lawyers harness the potential of generative AI (GenAI) to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal landscape? This course will equip lawyers with a fundamental understanding of how GenAI works, its practical uses and how to navigate its inherent risks.ÂLawCPD
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Great courseContent was informative.M J. Evans, SolicitorGenerative AI for Lawyers How can lawyers harness the potential of generative AI (GenAI) to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal landscape? This course will equip lawyers with a fundamental understanding of how GenAI works, its practical uses and how to navigate its inherent risks.ÂLawCPD
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Loved it!Very instructive and useful as an introduction into a topic I knew I needed to know more about. I feel more confident and empowered to find out how to use AI to be more efficient and productive at work.V. Serdev-Patterson, SolicitorGenerative AI for Lawyers How can lawyers harness the potential of generative AI (GenAI) to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal landscape? This course will equip lawyers with a fundamental understanding of how GenAI works, its practical uses and how to navigate its inherent risks.ÂLawCPD
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Great coursePresenter was excellent, great content - especially relevant to today's AI worldS. Riddington, SolicitorGenerative AI for Lawyers How can lawyers harness the potential of generative AI (GenAI) to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal landscape? This course will equip lawyers with a fundamental understanding of how GenAI works, its practical uses and how to navigate its inherent risks.ÂLawCPD
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One of the best courses on LawCPD!This course was very informative and able to distil the essential points about a complex technology. The AI chatbot portions of the course were also very helpful in illustrating how prompts can be effective when written well. It was also good to see how courts around the world have begun to address the use of AI.C. Torres-Villanueava, SolicitorGenerative AI for Lawyers How can lawyers harness the potential of generative AI (GenAI) to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal landscape? This course will equip lawyers with a fundamental understanding of how GenAI works, its practical uses and how to navigate its inherent risks.ÂLawCPD
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An excellent courseThis course was interesting and innovative especially in using GenAI as a conversational learning tool.G. Alexander, SolicitorGenerative AI for Lawyers How can lawyers harness the potential of generative AI (GenAI) to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal landscape? This course will equip lawyers with a fundamental understanding of how GenAI works, its practical uses and how to navigate its inherent risks.ÂLawCPD
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This was a great course!Highly informative, and provided a great historical timeline review of AI, the different types of AI, and how lawyers can use AI in their everyday legal practice activities. Also provided a pdf resource for the management of AI within law firms and highlighted the various AI platform providers and present developments of AI within Australia and internationally. Very well-researched course. Well worth the investment.S. Toleafoa, SolicitorGenerative AI for Lawyers How can lawyers harness the potential of generative AI (GenAI) to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving legal landscape? This course will equip lawyers with a fundamental understanding of how GenAI works, its practical uses and how to navigate its inherent risks.ÂLawCPD
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