Role-Based Programme
RB1649

AI-Powered Legal Research & Documentation

Smarter Research, Drafting, Review & Legal Knowledge Management

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Duration
8 Hours
Level
Basic
Delivery
Instructor-Led
Format
Workshop

Programme Objectives

  • Understand how AI can support Legal Research and Documentation across issue identification, source discovery, summarisation, drafting, comparison, and knowledge organisation.
  • Apply AI-assisted techniques to analyse legal documents, regulations, cases, contracts, policies, and supporting materials.
  • Use structured prompting for legal research questions, document summaries, clause comparison, drafting support, and legal briefing notes.
  • Explore AI-supported approaches for organising legal information, identifying research gaps, extracting obligations, and maintaining reusable legal knowledge.
  • Build responsible AI-assisted legal research workflows while maintaining confidentiality, source verification, accuracy, professional judgement, and human oversight.

Tools covered

Generative AI AssistantsAI Search & ResearchDocument AILegal Research AIContract & Clause AnalysisCitation & Source ReviewKnowledge Management AIWorkflow Automation

Who should attend

  • Legal Researchers
  • Legal Executives
  • Legal Associates
  • Corporate Legal Professionals
  • In-House Legal Professionals
  • Legal Operations Professionals
  • Contract Management Professionals
  • Compliance Executives
  • Regulatory Research Professionals
  • Legal Documentation Professionals
  • Paralegal Professionals
  • Policy & Legal Research Professionals
  • Legal Knowledge Management Professionals
  • Legal Research & Documentation Team Leads

Prerequisites & Participant Readiness

  • Basic understanding of legal research, legal documentation, contracts, or compliance activities
  • Familiarity with legal documents, regulations, policies, agreements, or research notes is helpful
  • Basic computer, internet, and document-handling skills
  • No AI or programming knowledge required
  • No previous AI training required

TOC Modules

Concepts
  • Understanding Generative AI and its relevance to legal research and documentation
  • Identifying AI applications across research, summarisation, drafting, comparison, and knowledge management
  • Understanding AI assistance versus qualified legal judgement and professional responsibility
  • Recognising limitations such as hallucinations, outdated information, fabricated citations, and missing legal context
Practical activities
  • Mapping a typical legal research and documentation workflow
  • Identifying repetitive and information-intensive legal tasks suitable for AI assistance
  • Comparing a traditional legal research task with an AI-assisted approach

Scenarios

Legal Question to Research Brief

Legal Question → Issue Breakdown → AI-Assisted Research Plan → Source Review → Key Authorities → Findings → Unresolved Questions → Legal Brief

Participants use AI to structure a sample legal research question, organise relevant source material, identify key findings, and prepare a concise research brief for authorised legal review.

Document Comparison to Legal Review Summary

Two Document Versions → AI-Assisted Comparison → Clause Changes → New / Removed Obligations → Review Questions → Risk Areas → Legal Summary

Participants use AI to compare sample legal documents, identify important textual changes, organise review questions, and prepare a structured summary while retaining final interpretation with qualified legal professionals.

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