Generative AI for Legal Research and Analysis

Legal professionals face an ever-increasing volume of case law, contracts, and regulatory filings. Generative AI offers a powerful way to streamline these workflows, but using it effectively requires a solid understanding of its capabilities and limitations. This text-based course guides you through the practical application of modern AI technologies to legal research and document analysis. You will learn to draft precise prompts, verify AI-generated outputs, and maintain strict client confidentiality. What you'll learn: Understand the foundational concepts of generative AI and how large language models process legal texts; Apply legal-specific prompt engineering techniques to summarize complex documents; Analyze case law and synthesize legal arguments using AI-assisted workflows; Identify and mitigate AI hallucinations to ensure accurate citations and facts; Implement data privacy and security best practices when using AI tools; Explore how modern retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems improve legal search accuracy. The course begins with essential terminology and foundational AI concepts before moving into practical prompting strategies and ethical guidelines. Designed for lawyers, paralegals, law students, and legal researchers who are new to artificial intelligence, this course requires no prior technical background. Start reading today to modernize your legal research workflow.