Lesson 4 of 4 · about 5 min
Grow with AI: your 30-day plan
When you finish, you can follow a four-week practice plan and describe your AI skills honestly to your attorney and on a resume.
Stuck? Ask the AI tutorSkills that gain value
As routine drafting speeds up, some skills matter more. Fact checking against sources. Spotting what is missing. Writing precise instructions. Managing a clean file. Explaining things to clients kindly and clearly. Knowing local court rules. Building small repeatable processes your whole team can use.
Notice that none of these is about knowing a secret tool. They are about judgment and care. AI tools will change, but the habit of checking and the ability to teach others will still be valuable.
Your four-week plan
Week one: map your tasks and learn your firm's AI rules. Practice with made-up text only. Week two: pick two tasks, such as summaries and chronologies, and do each five times, comparing the AI output against your own work. Keep a note of what it got wrong.
Week three: build a personal prompt sheet for your three most common tasks, with a built-in checking step. Week four: with permission, try your best workflow on a low-risk real task using an approved tool, and measure the time saved and errors found. Then write a one-page summary for your attorney.
Describing AI skills honestly
On a resume, describe what you actually did. “Built prompt templates for deposition summaries and chronologies; verified all output against source documents under attorney supervision.” That is specific and honest. Avoid claims like “AI expert”. Do not claim experience with tools or data you were not allowed to use.
In an interview, you can tell a short story: a task, how you used AI, the error you caught, and what you changed afterward. Employers hearing that story learn that you are both useful and careful.
Talking with your attorney and clients
Bring a small proposal, not a demand. “Could I try a first-pass summary workflow on de-identified practice material and show you the time and error results?” Make clear that you will follow the firm's rules and that every output will be checked.
With clients, be honest and simple if they ask. You might say the firm uses approved tools for some drafting support and that attorneys review all work. Do not promise what you cannot control. If the firm has a policy, use its wording.
Practice now
- Write your own week-by-week plan with one task per week, using the structure in this lesson.
- Write two honest resume lines about your AI practice so far, even if it is small.
Use any AI assistant you have. Do not paste private, client or patient information into it.
Check yourself
1. Which resume line is most honest?
2. What is a good way to start with your attorney?
3. Which skill is likely to gain value?
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