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Chapter 3 · Practical
AI in legal practice
Build source-linked chronologies, transcript work products, research tables, and drafting workflows.
What you will be able to do
Produce work that another lawyer can inspect against the record.
5 lessons16 min reading
Build a chronology that survives checking
Extract events, preserve conflicting dates, and audit coverage.
Turn a transcript into useful examination preparation
Preserve questions, answers, qualifications, and source locations.
Research with AI without outsourcing the authority check
Separate finding candidates from verifying propositions.
Build a drafting workflow around the record
Move from issues to an outline, then draft and verify one section.
Use AI to challenge an argument
Turn simulated opposition into source-linked questions you can investigate.
A useful way to work
Read in order for a gradual introduction, or use an individual lesson as a reference when a question comes up.