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Start Date
3-8-2023 12:00 PM
Description
ChatGPT and its family of generative tools may seem new, but the process that ChatGPT imitates is as old as Egyptian papyri: The end-user still had to adapt the form text to each person’s unique situation.
Similarly, modern attorneys may use AI to adapt legal documents to their clients’ needs. But they must also learn how to spot problems in AI-generated documents — omissions, wrongful additions, inaccurate law, legalese, and poor typography. They need to instruct ChatGPT or other generative AI to continue revising until the document reflects best practices.
In short, our students as future attorneys need to know how to help AI be helpful. A student who hasn’t learned how to approach drafting or redrafting a good legal document will be at AI’s mercy rather than being able to use the AI tech to create good documents. A clueless student using AI is really no better off than generations of lawyers who have blindly recycled old forms that are full of problems.
Specifically, Charles and Cooney’s presentation will cover these topics:
- Brief history of legal forms (positive and negative)
- Survey results of how other disciplines are using AI
- A real-to-life positive approach to working with AI to generate legal documents
- Experience from incorporating AI into teaching Research & Writing, Advocacy, and Drafting
- How to arm students with knowledge about what makes a document sound, navigable, and enforceable
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“You’ve Got a Friend in Me”: Helping Students Help AI
ChatGPT and its family of generative tools may seem new, but the process that ChatGPT imitates is as old as Egyptian papyri: The end-user still had to adapt the form text to each person’s unique situation.
Similarly, modern attorneys may use AI to adapt legal documents to their clients’ needs. But they must also learn how to spot problems in AI-generated documents — omissions, wrongful additions, inaccurate law, legalese, and poor typography. They need to instruct ChatGPT or other generative AI to continue revising until the document reflects best practices.
In short, our students as future attorneys need to know how to help AI be helpful. A student who hasn’t learned how to approach drafting or redrafting a good legal document will be at AI’s mercy rather than being able to use the AI tech to create good documents. A clueless student using AI is really no better off than generations of lawyers who have blindly recycled old forms that are full of problems.
Specifically, Charles and Cooney’s presentation will cover these topics:
- Brief history of legal forms (positive and negative)
- Survey results of how other disciplines are using AI
- A real-to-life positive approach to working with AI to generate legal documents
- Experience from incorporating AI into teaching Research & Writing, Advocacy, and Drafting
- How to arm students with knowledge about what makes a document sound, navigable, and enforceable
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