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Description

AI for Lawyers: Understanding the Use Cases, Writing Prompts and Verifying Outputs

One day to learn what these tools can genuinely do and what a lawyer must never entrust to them

  • 1 day — 7 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Intermediate
  • Up to 6 participants

Firms hear about tools able to summarise a ruling, suggest a clause or draft a memo. Trials produce results that look convincing in form yet are sometimes wrong in substance: a single citation that does not exist is enough to discredit a piece of work and expose professional liability.

These 7 hours set the ground rules before any use on a live matter. Participants understand how these tools generate an answer, learn to frame a precise legal instruction, practise systematic verification of every source cited and identify the information covered by professional secrecy that must never be shared with such tools.

Learning objectives

  • Explain how a generative tool works and where its errors originate
  • Write a legal instruction specifying the role, the context and the format
  • Verify every reference and source cited as a matter of routine
  • Identify information covered by professional secrecy and client confidentiality
  • Select the firm's tasks best suited to a first deployment

What makes this programme different

Flawed legal outputs analysed line by line with the group
A prompt library aligned with the firm's usual documents
A written rule for handling client data drafted during the session

Programme

1Understand Before You Use

Why the tool is confidently wrong

  • How the answer is generated and the absence of verification
  • Where fabricated references come from
  • Currency and coverage of the underlying sources
  • The difference between a general-purpose tool and a legal research database

2Writing Your Prompts

Carrying legal precision into the request

  • Role, matter context and intended recipient
  • Framing the point of law at issue
  • Expected format and imposed length
  • Supplying the relevant documents and extracts
  • Follow-up prompts to correct an imprecise answer

3Verification and Confidentiality

What protects the firm

  • Method for checking the sources cited
  • Substantive review and the lawyer's own responsibility
  • Data covered by professional secrecy and client privilege
  • Choice of tool and where data is hosted
  • Informing the client about how these tools are used

Who is it for

Lawyers, in-house counsel and law firm associates wishing to use generative artificial intelligence tools.

Prerequisites

Current practice in a legal role and routine use of standard office software.

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.