The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) tools into legal team workflows, is reshaping how legal teams conduct research, draft and review documents, manage discovery, and organize cases. For legal assistants and paralegals, these technologies offer meaningful opportunities to improve efficiency, consistency, and accuracy — while also raising important considerations related to professional responsibility, quality control, supervision, and client confidentiality.

This informative session provides a practical overview of AI tools commonly encountered in legal practice, including generative AI platforms, document automation systems, and e-discovery technologies. The accomplished panel examines how AI can assist with drafting and editing tasks, cite checking, document review, and litigation support, while highlighting the limitations and risks associated with AI-generated outputs. The panel emphasizes the critical role legal assistants and paralegals play in exercising judgment, verifying results, and ensuring AI-assisted work complies with ethical obligations and firm or office policies.

This session equips you with the foundational knowledge needed to use AI tools responsibly and effectively as trusted members of today’s legal teams.