GenAI for Legal Researchers: Accelerating Case Analysis

In this course, we will challenge you to think of GenAI as a strategic partner in your research and analysis. Not as a magical tool that solves all problems on its own. We will explore how you can guide it to be your powerful legal assistant that enhances and augments human analytical effort and expertise. We will see how human-supervised GenAI tasks can help us capitalize on the unique strengths that GenAI presents while accommodating its current limitations. We will focus on analysis and parsing of lengthy statutes and regulatory sections. We will use ChatGPT and Claude – the two most widely available GenAI tools - to establish foundational skills and best practices that you can continue to build upon as you engage with these evolving and innovative technologies. Additionally, we will see how human supervision of GenAI can help accelerate drafting and enable quality assurance checks for human-created draft content. This course is designed for legal professionals, law students, paralegals, legal assistants, and in-house counsel who want to integrate GenAI into their research and analysis workflows. Whether you are a practicing attorney looking to optimize legal research, a law student seeking to enhance analytical skills, or a legal assistant aiming to improve efficiency, this course provides practical strategies for leveraging AI-powered tools effectively. Learners should have a basic understanding of legal research and analysis concepts to engage with GenAI in a meaningful way. Familiarity with AI-driven tools like ChatGPT and Claude is beneficial but not required, as the course will introduce best practices for applying these technologies in legal contexts. Prior experience in statutory interpretation and case law analysis will help participants maximize the benefits of AI-assisted research. By the end of this course, learners will be able to explain the conceptual foundations of GenAI and its relevance to legal research and analysis. They will analyze the role of human oversight in unlocking the full potential of AI-powered tools. Participants will also apply GenAI for conducting initial legal research on novel issues and instruct AI to navigate, parse, and analyze primary sources like statutes and regulations. Additionally, they will utilize GenAI both as a quality assurance tool for reviewing human-generated drafts and as a writing assistant for generating initial legal documents.