AI for Lawyers: Obstacles and Opportunities
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AI for Lawyers: Obstacles and Opportunities
This course is part of AI for Lawyers and Other Advocates Specialization
Instructor: Patrick Barry
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What you'll learn
How to identify the strengths and limits of various AI tools
How to use AI to enhance your written and visual advocacy
How to avoid common pitfalls when engaging AI as a thought partner
How to evaluate the perspectives of AI critics and AI champions
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There are 2 modules in this course
Explore the different obstacles and opportunities that artificial intelligence poses for lawyers and other advocates. What are the pitfalls to avoid? What are the advantages to leverage?
This initial course in the four-part series “AI for Lawyers and Other Advocates” is designed to help you become more comfortable with AI, more creative with AI, and better able to evaluate its various strengths and weaknesses.
This module introduces the ambitious goal of becoming "conspicuously good" at AI by the end of the course. Learners will explore the foundational aspects of using AI, understanding its risks and limitations, and adapting to new AI tools and trends. Through engaging video lectures, the module will highlight the importance of being AI-savvy, the potential professional benefits, and the dynamic nature of AI advancements.
What's included
5 videos10 readings1 discussion prompt1 plugin
5 videos•Total 28 minutes
- Conspicuously Good•5 minutes
- Unprepared for What Has Already Happened•5 minutes
- Mechanical Sympathy•5 minutes
- Title Search•5 minutes
- AI Interns•7 minutes
10 readings•Total 101 minutes
- AI Experimentation: Real-World Examples•3 minutes
- Meet Professor Barry•3 minutes
- Help Us Learn About You!•5 minutes
- Course Syllabus•5 minutes
- Title Search: Instructions and Examples•30 minutes
- AI Power Users: Habits and Strategies•5 minutes
- (Optional Materials) Digital Lawyering: Advocacy in the Age of AI•2 minutes
- (Optional Materials): A Coder, an Economist, and an AI Pioneer•15 minutes
- Edit Our Edits•3 minutes
- (Optional Podcast and Video): How Large Language Models Work•30 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
- "Title Search"•10 minutes
1 plugin•Total 5 minutes
- Check for Your Understanding•5 minutes
This module provides an in-depth, hands-on exploration of AI tools, focusing on their practical applications and critical evaluation. Through lectures, activities, and discussions, learners will gain a comprehensive understanding of visual advocacy and the varied perspectives on AI.
What's included
3 videos5 readings1 assignment2 discussion prompts1 plugin
3 videos•Total 13 minutes
- Picture This•6 minutes
- Comedians and Critiques•2 minutes
- Lawyers Still Roam the Earth•5 minutes
5 readings•Total 85 minutes
- "Picture This" Exercise: Instructions•30 minutes
- "Comedy and Critiques" Exercise•25 minutes
- (Optional) AI Litigation•10 minutes
- (Optional Materials) AI Bias, AI Lawsuits, and AI Parrots•15 minutes
- Post-Course Survey•5 minutes
1 assignment•Total 10 minutes
- Course Test•10 minutes
2 discussion prompts•Total 10 minutes
- Share Your Picture This Experience•5 minutes
- (Optional) Comedians and Critiques: Resource Share•5 minutes
1 plugin•Total 5 minutes
- Check for Your Understanding•5 minutes
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