The AI Skills Every Attorney Needs Think, Prompt, Win

Overview

This session is a structured, practical guide to the three core AI skills every attorney needs to develop - the ability to think through a task before engaging AI, the ability to prompt effectively for legal output, and the ability to apply and evaluate that output strategically.

Attendees will leave with a clear framework for integrating AI into their legal practice in a way that is efficient, professional, and ethically sound. No prior AI experience required.

Why you should Attend

The attorneys who will lead their firms, win more clients, and deliver more value in the next five years are the ones building AI skills today. If you are waiting until AI is standard practice before you learn it - you are already behind. And if you are using AI without understanding how to think through a task before you prompt, how to evaluate what comes back, and how to apply it within professional and ethical boundaries - you are taking risks you may not be aware of. This session closes that gap completely.

Areas Covered in the Session

• Why AI literacy is now a core professional skill for attorneys 
• The three-skill framework  Think, Prompt, Win  and how it applies to legal practice 
• Think  how to break down a legal task before engaging AI for maximum output quality 
• Think  identifying what AI can handle and what requires attorney judgment 
• Prompt  the anatomy of an effective legal prompt and why most attorneys get this wrong 
• Prompt  techniques for drafting, summarisation, research organisation, and client communication 
• Prompt  how specificity, context, and instruction structure determine output quality 
• Win  how to evaluate, refine, and apply AI output to real legal work product 
• Win  using AI strategically to serve clients better and work more efficiently 
• Ethical and professional responsibility considerations when using AI in legal practice 
• Building a personal AI workflow that is consistent, reliable, and professionally sound

Who Will Benefit

• Attorneys
• Associates
• Legal Counsel
• In-House Counsel
• Law Firm Partners
• Solo Practitioners
• Paralegals
• Legal Operations Professionals
• Legal Managers
• Law Students Entering Practice