Beginner · 4 lessons · about 30 min · free certificate
AI for paralegals
A practical course on using AI to speed up document summaries, chronologies, discovery organization and first drafts, while keeping the attorney in charge and every citation checked.
For: Paralegals and legal assistants who want to use AI safely and become the person their team trusts with it.
Start lesson 1When you finish
- You can name which paralegal tasks AI can speed up, which it can only assist, and which stay fully human.
- You can write prompts that summarize a deposition, build a chronology, or draft a client update with fake or removed details.
- You can check an AI draft against the source document and catch invented facts and citations.
- You can follow confidentiality and supervision rules when using any AI tool.
- You can build a 30-day plan and describe your AI skills honestly to your attorney.
Lessons
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- How AI is changing the work of a paralegalabout 6 minWhen you finish, you can sort your own tasks into AI-can-draft, AI-assists-you-decide, and stays-human.
- Your first AI wins: 5 everyday tasksabout 6 minWhen you finish, you can run five common paralegal tasks through AI with a strong prompt and a clear checking step.
- Guardrails for paralegalsabout 6 minWhen you finish, you can say what never goes into a consumer AI tool and how to use AI inside your firm's rules.
- Grow with AI: your 30-day planabout 5 minWhen you finish, you can follow a four-week practice plan and describe your AI skills honestly to your attorney and on a resume.
Final exam and certificate
8 questions. Score 7 or more for a free certificate of completion you can share and add to LinkedIn. Unlimited tries.
Take the final examPrompts you can use today
Copy one, replace the [brackets] with your details, and paste it into the AI tool you use. Leave out anything private.
Summarize a deposition section
You are helping a paralegal prepare a working summary. Below is a section of deposition text with names replaced by labels (Witness A, Company B). Summarize it in a table with columns: page and line, topic, what the witness said, and anything that looks inconsistent with an earlier statement. Quote exact words only when I ask. Do not guess about anything not in the text. Text: [paste de-identified text]
Build a chronology
From the notes below, build a chronology as a table: date, event, source document, and a column called 'Needs checking' where you flag any date that is unclear or conflicts with another. Do not fill gaps with assumptions. Notes: [paste de-identified notes]
Draft a client status update
Draft a short, plain-language status update for a client. Tone: calm and respectful. Include what has happened, what happens next, and what the client needs to do, if anything. Do not predict outcomes or give legal opinions. Facts to use: [list facts without names or case numbers]
Make a discovery response tracker
Here is a list of discovery requests, each with a number and a short description. Create a tracker with columns: request number, what is being asked, likely document types that could respond, who may have them, and a blank column for status. Mark anything vague as 'Ask attorney'. Requests: [paste de-identified requests]
Plain-language explanation of a form
Explain what each section of this court form is asking for, in plain language at an 8th-grade reading level. List the information the person must gather before filling it in. Do not tell them what to write. Say 'check with the attorney or court clerk' for anything that depends on local rules. Form text: [paste blank form text]
Review checklist for a draft
Act as a careful second reader. Review the draft below and list: (1) places where a name, date or amount appears twice with different values, (2) sentences that make a factual claim with no source, (3) every legal citation, listed separately so I can verify each one myself. Do not correct the citations. Draft: [paste de-identified draft]
Meeting notes to action items
Turn these meeting notes into a list of action items with owner, task and due date. If an owner or date is not stated, write 'not stated'. Do not invent either. Notes: [paste notes]
Ask the AI tutor
Ask anything about this course, in any language. The tutor is an AI: it can be wrong, and it never needs your personal details.
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