AI in the Legal Field: Issues, Benefits & Risks

It’s been two years since ChatGPT launched, and now lawyers use AI tools every day to improve their work. This requires knowing the capabilities and limitations of AI tools and the strengths and weaknesses of different tools. Next week, LVK attorney Tom Bode is presenting to the Alaska Bar Association, Torts Section on the issues, benefits and risks of AI in the legal field. Tom has spent hundreds of hours developing AI tools to improve legal research and has been sharing his knowledge and experience with others since the early days of gen AI. This presentation will:

• compare the custom solutions designed specifically for legal professionals with the general purpose LLM applications
• showcase real examples of how to successfully use AI tools to improve legal work
• share best practices for prompting and using AI products
• discuss why generative AI can’t do real legal work.

Tom regularly presents to groups interested in learning how to use AI effectively. If you’re interested, please reach out.