The Worst Way to Use AI as a Lawyer Is to Start With It
I've been helping put together guidance on how lawyers should actually work with AI, and the core idea is simple: AI doesn't make lawyers better. It makes them faster and cheaper. Only the lawyer makes the work better.
So the workflow I push is:
- Do your own thinking first. Outline the argument, the response, the motion.
- Then bring in AI to build it out: find more support, stress-test it, tighten the prose.
- Verify everything. Your name is on it, not the model's.
If you start with a blank prompt, you get a generic draft and an anchored brain. If you start with your own outline, AI just makes your best thinking go further.
How is your team drawing the line between AI drafting and lawyer judgment?
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