Practice Skills for the Modern Lawyer: Using AI safely and effectively in your legal Practice
Presented by Jennie Pakula
1 point in Core area 2 - Practice Management
Generative AI technologies are starting to revolutionise legal practice and reshape the development of modern lawyer skills, but not always as we might imagine. When it first came out, we were told it would do legal research, document drafting, document management and e-discovery for us, but the realities are sometimes a bit disappointing. What's more, we remain concerned about how GenAI impacts our professional identity and ethical obligations.
This session aims to help us move from hype to reality. Learn the principles for how you can start or grow in your use of AI in your law practice today and into the future.
This session will include the following topics:
- What is GenAI and how does it work?
- AI Tools – general and applied
- Ethical issues: confidentiality, competence & IP
- The context: your real legal life
- Principles for using GenAI in legal practice
- Examples and experiments
This session will equip you with key principles and real-world examples, boosting your confidence and skill to elevate your practice's effectiveness.
JENNIE PAKULA
PRINCIPAL
THE LAWYER'S FRIEND
Jennie Pakula is Principal of The Lawyer’s Friend, a boutique firm that helps lawyers navigate their regulatory obligations and serve their clients better.
Jennie worked in legal services regulation from 1994-2023. She has been an ethics adviser and complaint handler with the Law Society of NSW, and in Victoria, she conducted many complaint investigations and prosecutions. From 2010-2018, she managed the team that dealt with the bulk of complaints and enquiries. In that role, she read and allocated about 14,000 client complaints, pioneered the innovative Rapid Resolution approach to complaint handling, instigated several policy initiatives and designed the first iteration of the VLSB+C’s compliance auditing program.
Jennie’s last role at the VLSB+C was as Manager, Innovation & Consumer Engagement. In that role, she gained a deeper understanding of the consumer experience of legal services and worked closely with the Consumer Panel. Jennie conceived and executed many initiatives designed to overcome barriers to innovation, including devising and running the ‘Innovation In-box’, where legal services innovators receive regulatory guidance on new ways of working. She was responsible for a series of practical regulatory guidance pieces, the most recent relating to lawyers’ use of generative AI.
Throughout her career, Jennie has seen and deeply understood systemic problems and common issues and has converted these insights into practical guidance for consumers and the profession. She particularly loves encouraging and helping lawyers in small firms – especially those who want to do things differently
DETAILS
- This is an on-demand webinar you can watch at anytime - a link and password will be sent to you when you register
- Cost: Members - $50, Non-members $70
- CPD: Members will receive 1 point in Core Area 2
- This event was recorded as part of the Fundamentals Series on Tuesday 26 November 2024
- This recording will expire on 31 December 2024
Registration
| Member Registration | $50.00(GST incl.) | Register |
| Non-member Registration | $70.00(GST incl.) | Register |
