Director of Artificial Intelligence Initiatives
AI for Lawyers: Obstacles and Opportunities
What You'll Learn
- Critically analyze the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, climate change, and their relationship with development and adaptation.
- Explain different definitions of adaptation and show how each connects to development across different levels of decision-making and governance.
- Synthesize and integrate multiple disciplines and methods to design and evaluate sustainability solutions.
- Understand the implications of different adaptation actions for climate justice.
2 Modules
4 Hours
2 hrs per module (approx.)
Rating
About AI for Lawyers: Obstacles and Opportunities
Explore the different obstacles and opportunities that artificial intelligence poses for lawyers and other advocates. What are the pitfalls to avoid? What are the advantages to leverage?
This initial course in the four-part series “AI for Lawyers and Other Advocates” is designed to help you become more comfortable with AI, more creative with AI, and better able to evaluate its various strengths and weaknesses.
Skills You'll Gain
- AI Agents
- AI-Based Legal Compliance
- AI Innovation
- Communication Strategies
- Creativity
- Critical Thinking
- Ethical AI
- Generative AI Agents
- Responsible AI
What You'll Earn
- Certificate of Completion
- Certificates of completion acknowledge knowledge acquired upon completion of a non-credit course or program.
Course content developed by U-M faculty and managed by the university. Faculty titles and affiliations are updated periodically.
Welcome Message
Welcome to AI for Lawyers: Obstacles and Opportunities, a course in the AI for Lawyers and Other Advocates series. This course helps learners develop practical, skills-based fluency with artificial intelligence in legal and advocacy contexts. You will evaluate which AI tools add real value, learn how to ask better questions, and explore how professionals can remain indispensable while navigating ethical, creative, and technological change.
This abbreviated syllabus description was created with the help of AI tools and reviewed by staff. The full syllabus is available to those who enroll in the course.
Course Schedule
Module One: Conspicuously Good
- Using AI in Legal Practice
- Building “Mechanical Sympathy” for AI Tools
- Practicing Creative Prompting
Module Two: AI Experimentation
- Exploring Generative Image Tools
- Developing Visual Advocacy Skills
- Examining Ethical and Legal Questions
Grading Policy
Course materials and assignments are available for self-paced learning. To pass the course and earn the certificate, you must achieve an overall grade of 80% or higher.
- Course One Test — 100%
- Quiz: Course One Test — 100%
Knowledge checks and writing activities are ungraded and do not contribute to the final course grade, but they are strongly encouraged.
Beginner Level
No prior experience required
