Overview

A practical, jargon-free look at what AI means for legal practice, across research, document review and drafting. Legal professionals learn where AI is changing the law, how to use today’s tools for real tasks, and how to use it responsibly, with confidentiality, accuracy and professional duties front of mind. Four short units.

Target Audience

Legal professionals, including solicitors, paralegals, trainees and in-house counsel. No technical background required.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion, learners will gain a full and clear understanding of:

• What AI is and isn’t, in plain language
• Where AI is transforming legal research, review and drafting
• How to use today’s AI tools effectively for real legal tasks
• The specific risks of AI in law, above all inaccuracy and confidentiality
• How to use AI responsibly, in line with professional duties
• How to talk about AI confidently with colleagues, clients and the court

Features and Benefits

• Written for complete beginners: practical, jargon-free and easy to follow.
• Current and fact-checked: researched against up-to-date 2026 sources, including the latest tools and regulation.
• Four short, focused units with gated progression; each unit unlocks once the previous one is passed.
• Light, formative interactions running through every unit (click-to-reveal, quick knowledge checks and estimate-and-reveal sliders), never scored.
• An end-of-unit quiz that finishes with a marking screen showing which answers were right or wrong, with a short explanation for each.
• Easy retakes: a failed quiz drops the learner straight back into freshly shuffled questions, with no need to click through the unit again.
• Optional audio narration on every screen (the learner chooses to listen), plus narrated motion-graphic video introductions, with captions throughout for accessibility.
• Responsive layout, suitable for PC, tablet and mobile.
• SCORM 1.2 conformant (single SCO); reports completion and an averaged score to any compliant LMS.

Course Contents

Unit 1: AI Foundations for Law

• What AI is and why law is adopting it
• Why accuracy is the central concern
• Confidentiality, which runs through everything
• What AI is good at and where it falls short

Unit 2: AI Across Legal Practice

• Legal research, document review and e-discovery
• Contract analysis and due diligence
• Drafting support and litigation analytics
• Client service and knowledge management

Unit 3: Generative AI for Legal Tasks

• Drafting, summarising and explaining in plain English
• Prompting well and protecting confidentiality
• A real warning, Mata v. Avianca and fabricated cases
• The limits to respect (not legal advice)

Unit 4: Using AI Responsibly in Law

• Confidentiality and privilege
• Accuracy and the duty to verify
• Hallucinations, accountability and competence
• The professional rules and regulation