Cost Effective Legal Research: What Is It? Do I Still Have to Know How to Do It with AI? (On-Demand)

Course Description

Cost Effective Legal Research: What Is It? Do I Still Have to Know How to Do It with AI? is a one hour CLE designed to help attorneys and paralegals integrate the research components of GAI and use them effectively with cost effective legal research websites and strategies. It will review reputable websites that provide access to primary sources of American law, i.e., cases, statutes, and regulations. It will discuss research strategies, including prompt engineering when using a GAI. It will conclude with a check list that allows attorneys to effectively put the information together.

Syllabus

1. AI: Do I Need to Understand Legal Research Anymore?
2. ChatGPT, Co-Pilot, Proximity, & Legal AI: How Do I Include ?
3. Getting Started
4. Research Strategies Worksheet
5. Prompt Engineering
6. Evaluating Web Sites
7. Free Primary Sources of American Law: Cases, Statutes, & Regulations
8. Low Cost Primary Sources of American Law
9. Free Secondary Sources of American Law
10. Putting It All Together: Cost Effective Legal Research