AI for Legal

AI Fundamentals for Legal Professionals

How AI works, explained through legal examples. Context windows as contract page limits, capabilities versus limitations in legal work, hallucination risks in case citations, and ABA Model Rule 1.1 — your duty of competence now includes understanding technology.

You do not need to be a technologist

You are a legal professional, not an engineer. You do not need to understand neural network architecture any more than you need to understand how Westlaw's search index works in order to run an effective precedent search. What you need is a working mental model — enough understanding to know what AI can and cannot do, where it is reliable, and where it will get you in trouble.

This module gives you that mental model using the legal concepts you already know. No jargon from computer science. No abstract theory. Just the practical understanding you need to use AI effectively and ethically in your practice.

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How would you describe your current understanding of how AI works?