Learn practical AI skills to gain a competitive advantage
AI is already changing how legal work is researched, drafted, reviewed and delivered. The challenge for lawyers is no longer whether to use AI, but how to use it effectively without sacrificing quality, confidentiality or professional judgment.
Many lawyers have experimented with ChatGPT, Claude Cowork, Perplexity, Harvey, Legora or similar tools, but still use them only occasionally and superficially. They know AI could save time, improve output and create new ways of working, yet they are unsure which tools to use, how to prompt them, how to verify results and where the real risks lie. At the same time, clients and competitors are moving quickly.
This course closes that gap. It shows lawyers how to use AI in real legal workflows: research, drafting, document review, analysis, business development, automation and even building simple applications. You will learn not only what the technology can do, but how to make it reliable, repeatable and useful in daily practice.
The goal is simple: to help you become faster, more capable and more valuable as a lawyer, while staying firmly in control of the work product.
What you’ll learn
This cutting-edge 8-hour course will help you be not one, but two steps ahead of your competition. You will be amazed what is possible.
LLMs, tokens, context windows, training and inference; hallucinations; reasoning models; search, RAG, deep research; multimodal AI.
Why models differ; what AI agents are; giving sufficient context; defining tasks and outcomes; assigning roles; setting constraints.
Specifying output formats; providing examples; breaking tasks into stages; self-critique; iterative prompting; improving prompts with AI.
Researching legal questions; primary sources; deep research; legislation and legislative history; jurisdictions; case-law research.
Verifying citations; competing interpretations; research memos; statutes, judgments and commentaries; first drafts; contract clauses.
Client instructions to documents; legal prose; tone and style; precedents; emails, memos, pleadings; contract review; due diligence.
Analysing PDFs; extracting information and tables; working with spreadsheets; creating charts and visualisations.
Analysing images and scans; transcription; meeting summaries; extracting action points.
Turning voice or handwritten notes into structured work product; creating presentations.
Projects and workspaces; reusable instructions; prompt libraries; knowledge bases; custom and specialised AI assistants.
Using internal law-firm know-how; standardising legal workflows; from prompts to workflows to agents; AI tool use.
Browser and computer use; email, calendar and database connections; n8n, Make and Zapier; human approval; autonomy limits.
Building software without coding; calculators; questionnaires; document generators; internal databases; client-intake applications.
Legal decision trees; simple web apps; client alerts; LinkedIn content; conference and client-meeting preparation.
Researching prospects; pitches and proposals; follow-up emails; presentations; seminar and article ideas; repurposing content.
Professional secrecy; confidentiality; privilege; data protection; client information; provider terms; data retention.
Consumer vs enterprise AI; hallucinations and verification; human responsibility; disclosure; supervision; billing; AI policies.
EU AI Act; automation of legal work; cheaper services; billable hour; junior training; future skills; AI-native law firms.
Learn directly from Niklas
Dr. Niklas Schmidt
🚀 Lawyer | 📘 Author | 📢 Speaker | 🎯 Investor | 💻 Technologist
Who this course is for
Lawyers who are innovative and want to boost their business development in order to get more clients.
Lawyers who are curious and want to learn how to integrate AI into their skill-set in order to become more efficient.
Lawyers who are forward-thinking and want to be ahead of the curve in order to anticipate change in the practice of law.
What's included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Dr. Niklas Schmidt in a real-time, interactive format.
Slide deck
Review the more than 300 extremely practical slides.
Lifetime access
Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.
Community of peers
Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.
Certificate of completion
Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.
Homework
Apply what you've learned — practice turns knowledge into skill.
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Course syllabus
Week 1
Nov
5
Live class (2 hours)
Nov
4
Live class (2 hours)
Nov
3
Live class (2 hours)
Nov
2
Live class (2 hours)
Schedule
Live sessions
8 hrs
Mon, Nov 2
5:00 PM—7:00 PM (UTC)
Tue, Nov 3
5:00 PM—7:00 PM (UTC)
Wed, Nov 4
5:00 PM—7:00 PM (UTC)
Thu, Nov 5
5:00 PM—7:00 PM (UTC)
Homework
2 hrs
Frequently asked questions
Law firms that have participated
My past attendees have come from firms such as Abreu Advogados; AKD; Arendt & Medernach; Arthur Cox; Atlas; Baldi & Caratsch; Bär & Karrer; Bedell Cristin; Brækhus; Bratschi; CBA; Charles Russell Speechlys; Corrieri Cilia; Creel; Cuatrecasas; Dickinson Gleeson; Dissmann Orth; Fischer Ramp Buchmann; Grant Thornton; GSK Stockmann; Harneys; HVK Stevens; KC Legal; Kellerhals Carrard; KENDRIS; Kinship Law; Kobre & Kim; KPMG; Lenz & Staehelin; Maisto e Associati; Maples Group; Marcuard Family Office; MME; Molitor; Norton Rose Fulbright; Old Square Tax Chambers; Paul Hastings; Pillsbury; POELLATH; Quilvest; Ruchelman; Saffery Trust; Schellenberg Wittmer; Siemens; Simmons & Simmons; Sorainen; Spencer West; Taylor Wessing; TELLES; Thorsteinssons; Uría Menéndez; Valadas Coriel & Associados; Vistra; Walkers; Wenger Plattner; Withers; Wolf Theiss; Zepos & Yannopoulos and many others.
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