Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the practice of law. Large language model (LLM)-based generative AI (“gen AI”) tools can answer legal research questions with minimal input in a fraction of the time such tasks once took to perform. However, the quality and accuracy of gen AI output remains subject to dispute, and examples abound of attorneys facing sanctions or discipline for irresponsible use of AI. In this class, learn what gen AI can – and cannot – do for you, and how to use AI responsibly for legal research.  

Class covers:

• What gen AI is, how it works – and how it doesn’t
• What legal researchers need to know about AI hallucinations, and how to spot them
• How hallucinations and other errors are measured and which types of AI tools tend to perform better
• How to engineer effective AI prompts for legal research
• AI as rough draft and idea generator: why you need to verify and improve upon AI outputs

Earn 1.5 hours California participatory MCLE credit in subtopic of Technology