- 1Activity 1
Under the Hood
A large language model does not look anything up. It predicts the next word from patterns in its training data, which is why it can write a fluent summary of a real case…
- 2Activity 2
Who Governs AI?
A Florida company that launches a customer chatbot and an AI hiring screener is regulated by Texas if it sells there, by Colorado starting in 2027, by the European Union…
- 3Activity 3
The Lawyer's Duties
No new rule was needed to sanction the lawyers in Mata v. Avianca. Competence, candor to the tribunal, and supervision of the work did the job, and the same rules now…
- 4Activity 4
Verification as a Craft
Sanctions for fabricated citations have climbed from $5,000 in 2023 to five-figure fines, fee awards, and bar suspensions, and the standard courts now apply is personal…
- 5Activity 5
From Prompts to Context Engineering
You upload a lease and type "identify any risks in this contract," and the model returns a few observations about rent escalation and the security deposit while missing…
- 6Activity 6
Who Owns the Output?
The largest copyright settlement in American history, a pending trial over whether training on news articles is fair use, and a Supreme Court order confirming that a…
- 7Activity 7
When AI Hurts People
Tort law was built around a person who makes a decision that causes harm. When the decision comes from software trained by one company, integrated by another, and…
- 8Activity 8
Algorithms That Decide
A software vendor's screening tool is defending a nationwide age discrimination collective, landlords have paid more than $140 million over rent-setting algorithms, and…
- 9Activity 9
AI in the Courtroom
A phone can now fabricate a photograph, a voice, or a video that a jury cannot distinguish from the real thing, and a model can generate an analysis that no human expert…
- 10Activity 10
The Client Who Talked to a Chatbot
Most people with a legal problem never see a lawyer, and a growing number now ask a chatbot first. The client who walks into a legal aid clinic with three pages of…
- 11Activity 11
Building the Workflow
Nearly seven in ten legal professionals now use generative AI at work and the share using legal-specific tools doubled in a year, yet half of firms offer no training and…
- 12Activity 12
The Frontier
The subject of this course changes faster than any syllabus can. A case settles, a rule stalls, a state passes a statute, a company ships a tool, and the activity…
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AI Adoption Playbook
Firms are adopting AI faster than they are governing it, and the person who closes that gap for a real-sized firm on a real process is doing a job that did not exist…