AI+ Legal Agent

Hours: 8 / Access Length: 12 Months / Delivery: Online, Self-Paced
Online Hours: 8
Retail Price: $195.00

Course Overview:

This course provides a comprehensive foundation in legal AI, covering core concepts like legal workflows and NLP alongside advanced topics such as predictive analytics and Generative AI. Through a hands-on capstone project, you will design real-world AI agents for contract review and compliance tracking, ensuring you are career-ready for AI-powered legal roles.

Recommended Prerequisites:

• Basic understanding of legal workflows or law-related contexts
• Interest in automation, AI, or legal innovation
• No prior coding experience required (coding templates provided)
• Familiarity with digital tools (e.g., spreadsheets, cloud platforms) is helpful but not mandatory or law-related contexts

Course Outline:

Lesson 1: Introduction to LegalTech and AI Agents

• 1.1 AI Basics
• 1.2 What is LegalTech?
• 1.3 A Brief History of AI
• 1.4 Why AI in Law?
• 1.5 Emerging Trends in Legal AI Agents and the Rise of Intelligent Automation
• 1.6 Case Study: Revolutionizing Legal Drafting: Allen & Overy’s Integration of Harvey AI:
• 1.7 Case Study: AI-Powered Contract Review in a Multinational Legal Department

Lesson 2: What is an AI Agent?

• 2.1 AI Agents in the Legal Field
• 2.2 Defining Characteristics of an AI Agent
• 2.3 How AI Agents Differ from AI Tools
• 2.4 Types of AI Agents (High-Level Functional Overview)
• 2.5 Types of AI Agents (Design Architecture-Based)
• 2.6 Case Study
• 2.7 Tools and Libraries for AI Agent Development in LegalTech
• 2.8 Legal AI Agents in Trend

Lesson 3: GPT and NLP Foundation for Legal Agents

• 3.1 Introduction to NLP in AI Agents
• 3.2 Language Models
• 3.3 Customizing GPT for Legal Work
• 3.4 The Rising Role of Prompt Engineering in Legal AI

Lesson 4: AI Agents for eDiscovery

• 4.1 Introduction: What Is eDiscovery and Why Automate It?
• 4.2 Introduction to DISCO AI (Cecilia)
• 4.3 Cecilia Q&A
• 4.4 AI-Powered Investigations with Reveal AI

Lesson 5: Contract Review in Legal Workflows

• 5.1 What is Contract Review?
• 5.2 What Is an AI Contract Review Agent?

Lesson 6: Legal Research Agents

• 6.1 What is a Legal Research Agent?
• 6.2 Real-World Insights — AI Lawyer in Action
• 6.3 AI Legal Research – Use Cases in Practice

Lesson 7: Compliance & Risk Monitoring Agents

• 7.1 Compliance and Risk Monitoring
• 7.2 Compliance & Risk Monitoring Agents
• 7.3 Hands-On Activity

Lesson 8: Legal Chatbots & Virtual Legal Assistants

• 8.1 Introduction to Legal Chatbots
• 8.2 Key Use Cases in Legal Practice
• 8.3 Legal Architecture & Design Principles

Lesson 9: AI Agents for IP Filing and Patent Drafting

• 9.1 Introduction to AI in IP Filing and Patent Drafting
• 9.2 Core AI Agent Functionalities
• 9.3 Introduction to AI Tools for Patent Drafting and Management

Lesson 10: Case Outcome Prediction Agents

• 10.1 Introduction to Case Outcome Prediction?
• 10.2 Feature Engineering in Legal Case Outcome Prediction
• 10.3 The Rise of Multi-Agent Legal Workflows

Lesson 11: Ethics, Fairness, and Transparency in Legal AI

• 11.1 Managing Bias in Legal AI
• 11.2 Legal Accountability in Autonomous Agent Deployment

Lesson 12: Capstone Project – Building Your AI Legal Agent

• 12.1 Applying AI to Solve Real Legal Problems
• 12.2 Document Your Inputs and Prompts

All necessary course materials are included.

System Requirements:

Internet Connectivity Requirements:

• Cable, Fiber, DSL, or LEO Satellite (i.e. Starlink) internet with speeds of at least 10mb/sec download and 5mb/sec upload are recommended for the best experience.

NOTE: While cellular hotspots may allow access to our courses, users may experience connectivity issues by trying to access our learning management system.  This is due to the potential high download and upload latency of cellular connections.   Therefore, it is not recommended that students use a cellular hotspot as their primary way of accessing their courses.

Hardware Requirements:

• CPU: 1 GHz or higher
• RAM: 4 GB or higher
• Resolution: 1280 x 720 or higher.  1920x1080 resolution is recommended for the best experience.
• Speakers / Headphones
• Microphone for Webinar or Live Online sessions.

Operating System Requirements:

• Windows 7 or higher.
• Mac OSX 10 or higher.
• Latest Chrome OS
• Latest Linux Distributions
  

NOTE: While we understand that our courses can be viewed on Android and iPhone devices, we do not recommend the use of these devices for our courses. The size of these devices do not provide a good learning environment for students taking online or live online based courses.

Web Browser Requirements:

• Latest Google Chrome is recommended for the best experience.
• Latest Mozilla FireFox
• Latest Microsoft Edge
• Latest Apple Safari

Basic Software Requirements (These are recommendations of software to use):

• Office suite software (Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, or LibreOffice)
• PDF reader program (Adobe Reader, FoxIt)
• Courses may require other software that is described in the above course outline.