Module 01
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Build a practical mental model of generative AI, its limits, and the controls required before applying it to legal work.
Master AI Lawyer Certification · Level 1
AI Foundations for Legal Professionals
Build a responsible AI foundation for research, drafting, review, litigation, client service, law firm operations, and professional judgment.
- Level
- 1
- Modules
- 12
- Estimated time
- 36 hours
- Curriculum
- Version 2026.2
Course outline
What the curriculum covers
Each module connects practical AI capability to confidentiality, competence, verification, supervision, and defensible legal work.
Module 02
Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility
Apply duties of competence, confidentiality, supervision, candor, fairness, and reasonable fees to AI-assisted practice.
Module 03
Prompt Engineering
Design repeatable legal prompts that define the task, authority, constraints, output format, and verification procedure.
Module 04
Legal Research
Use AI to support research planning and synthesis while independently validating every authority, quotation, proposition, and treatment signal.
Module 05
Drafting
Use controlled AI drafting and document-review workflows without delegating legal judgment, factual accuracy, or client responsibility.
Module 06
Litigation
Apply AI to litigation support while protecting privilege, discovery integrity, evidence, court duties, and strategic judgment.
Module 07
Practice Areas
Adapt AI controls to different practice areas, client populations, risk levels, and sources of professional authority.
Module 08
Law Firm Operations
Improve firm operations with controlled automation, reliable knowledge, measurable pilots, and accountable process ownership.
Module 09
AI Security
Protect client and firm information through data classification, approved architecture, access controls, threat modeling, and incident response.
Module 10
Building AI Agents
Design narrowly scoped legal AI agents with controlled tools, trusted retrieval, permissions, evaluations, monitoring, and human approval.
Module 11
Business Growth
Use AI to improve service delivery and firm growth without deceptive claims, unauthorized practice, poor economics, or eroded client trust.
Module 12
The Future of AI in Law
Evaluate emerging legal AI capabilities, governance trends, professional change, and long-term firm strategy without speculative certainty.
Learning outcomes
What you will be able to do
- Evaluate AI tools for legal use cases, limitations, confidentiality, privilege, and professional-responsibility risks.
- Create reliable prompts and verification procedures for research, drafting, analysis, and review.
- Use AI-assisted workflows without delegating legal judgment or client responsibility to a model.
- Protect client information through secure tool selection, access controls, and documented supervision.
- Plan narrowly scoped agents and integrations around approved legal sources and firm systems.
- Build a practical adoption roadmap for attorneys, staff, clients, and firm leadership.
Assessment
Level 1 Final Comprehensive Examination
The final assessment measures how well you apply the curriculum to realistic legal research, drafting, review, and practice-management scenarios.
- Questions
- 25
- Time limit
- 90 minutes
- Passing score
- 80%
- Maximum attempts
- 3
Use AI in legal practice with confidence
Start with the professional duties, controls, and applied workflows covered across the complete Level 1 curriculum.