In a previous blog post, we shared an annotated bibliography highlighting best practices for prompting generative AI during legal research. Effective prompting, however, is only one aspect attorneys must consider when using generative AI in their work. As generative AI tools become increasingly common in legal practice, lawyers must ensure that their use of these …
Generative AI tools can help with brainstorming, summarizing, drafting, and initial research. However, the quality of the output depends largely on the quality of the prompt. For law students and legal professionals, learning how to communicate effectively with AI systems is becoming an important research and practice skill. The resources below offer practical guidance, examples, …
Lawyers and pro se litigants are citing fake cases, fabricated quotes, and other misrepresentations of law through the misuse of generative AI tools. What do legal databases do about the problem?
Lexis+ has announced a new Protégé Ask feature: Survey of Laws and Regulations which was only available to faculty as of March 2026. When a user enters a prompt that includes phrases such as “50-state survey,” “Which states,” “What states,” or “State survey,” Protégé suggests any necessary refinements then returns an interactive table with expandable …
As generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools become increasingly integrated into legal research and writing, courts and judges across the country have responded. A growing number of judges have issued standing orders and other guidance addressing whether, and how, GenAI may be used in filings, raising important questions about accuracy, disclosure, and professional responsibility. There are …
Have you tried CoCounsel, Thomson Reuters’s generative AI legal assistant, yet? CoCounsel can help users perform a range of legal tasks, including researching, reviewing, summarizing, and drafting. Today, we’ll look at CoCounsel’s Compare Documents skill, which can find and compare specific information across two or more documents. What can you do with Compare Documents? You …
As Generative Artificial Intelligence programs have gotten more refined, the applications for this new technology have expanded into the legal sphere. Stories of GenAI blunders, specifically hallucinations in legal documents have made the rounds in major news outlets, with these blunders highlighting major ethical implications on the use of GenAI in legal work. While Generative …
I recently had the opportunity to attend the annual Relativity Fest conference held in Chicago, and the star of the conference, as with many legal technology conferences, was Generative AI (GenAI). Specifically, Relativity was excited to share news of newly developed tools that allow users to use GenAI for document review, case strategy, and privilege …
As professors, librarians, and other academics within law schools explore Generative AI (GenAI) tools, we’re beginning to see a body of scholarship developing. At the UNC Law Library, we recently compiled these articles in an annotated bibliography to distribute at a librarian-led workshop for law faculty on legal GenAI. I thought it may be helpful …
Like many other law librarians this past year, I am trying to figure out how to teach my students about generative AI. Large language model chatbots like ChatGPT, Bing Chat, Bard, and more offer both new possibilities and new challenges for legal research. Cautionary tales have emerged, but so have potential benefits. Major legal databases …