Daily, entertainment lawyers are bombarded with marketing messages that, with GenAI, we can and should be doing all our lawyering tasks at the speed of light. Entertainment lawyer Kirk Schroder talks with Heidi K. Brown, Professor and Associate Dean for Upper Level Writing at New York Law School, about giving ourselves permission to first decelerate, ease up on the throttle that’s materialized in our hands, and unhurriedly practice using GenAI writing tools (and AI-driven legal research tools) to generate high-quality legal work.
Professor Brown will share techniques and strategies for “shaking hands with” and introducing ourselves to these potentially transformative tools and incorporating them into our workflow in a way that does not short-change depth with velocity.
Please note, the positions and opinions expressed by the speakers are strictly their own, and do not necessarily represent the views of their employers, nor those of the D.C. Bar, its Board of Governors or co-sponsoring Communities and organizations.
(1) Heidi’s blog on "shaking hands" with the chatbots: Shaking Hands with Generative AI Chatbots | by Heidi K. Brown | Jan, 2024 | Medium
(2) Heidi’s blog on applying the medical profession's teaching/learning model to legal writing: Enhancing GenAI Writing Output Through “See One, Do One, Teach One” | by Heidi K. Brown | Feb, 2024 | Medium
(3) Professors Ethan and Lilach Mollick of Wharton, Practical AI for Instructors and Students Part 1: Introduction to AI for Teachers and Students: https://youtu.be/t9gmyvf7JYo
(4) Write.law's course: W7: GPT for Legal Writers
(5) Writing.io's AI Courses: Home | Writing.io Academy
(6) Jordan Furlong's article about the newest lawyer competence: quality control Jordan Furlong | Substack
(7) Professor Scott Graham's article on new GenAI skills we need to teach and learn: Composition Studies 51.1 (Spring 2023) (wordpress.com)
(8) Heidi’s website with links to all her books: www.theflourishinglawyer.org
(9) Litigation, Comparison Table - Federal ...ding Orders on Artificial Intelligence (blackboardcdn.com) This is the spreadsheet summarizing all the judges' standing orders on the use of AI in court filings--across the country--as of 1/30/24
(10) This is a good reference for all the cases so far in which lawyers have been reprimanded for improperly using AI in court filings: Beware the Legal Bot: Spooky Stories of AI in the Courtroom - AI Law Librarians
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