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Law and finance

Attorney

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AI drafts documents, summarizes contracts and puts together case summaries in minutes. The legal position, the signature and client confidentiality stay with the licensed attorney.

  • 6 lessons
  • 6 tools
  • 4 resources
  • Checked: October 2026

Where this job sits on the map

In the same group: 78 of 100 professions.

What changes

  1. AI writes the first draft of a contract, demand letter or client letter; the attorney edits it and is responsible for the result

  2. Checking every citation to a statute or a case becomes a required step: AI can confidently make up cases, and courts have already sanctioned lawyers for such citations

  3. With fewer hours spent on routine work, the question of what the client pays for, time or results, comes up more and more

AI drafts, the person decides

How the work splits here: AI prepares a draft, the person checks it and makes the call.

AI makes the draft

What AI does

  • Summarize a long contract and flag risky clauses
  • Compare two versions of a document and show what changed
  • Draft a demand letter, a client letter or a memo
  • Build a timeline of events from the correspondence and the case documents
  • Write a list of questions for the client before a consultation
You check itRead it, check the facts, fix it. Without this check the draft goes nowhere.
You decide and stay responsible

What stays with the person

  • The legal position and the strategy for the case
  • Checking cited statutes and decisions against official sources and legal research databases
  • Court appearances, negotiations and conversations with the client
  • Deciding which client information can go into a cloud service, under attorney-client privilege and your state's confidentiality rules
  • The signature and professional responsibility

What to learn first

6 lessons from the course, in order. Start with the first one.

  1. Your first 30 minutes with AI: where to startStarting from zeroYour first 30 minutes with AI: sign up, ask three questions, try seven everyday tasks, learn what never to share and which plan to pick.Start here
  2. How to write a good promptUserHow to give AI a task: the five parts of a good prompt, Plan Mode, and how to refine an answer instead of starting over.
  3. AI ethics and safety: hallucinations, attacks, biasUserHallucinations, prompt injection, bias, privacy and copyright: how not to trust AI blindly.
  4. AI for email: a smarter inbox, drafts and repliesConfident userEmail with AI: connecting Gmail, auto-drafts in your style, sorting your inbox and cold emails.
  5. Local AI models: Ollama, LM Studio and private AIBuilderOpen models on your own computer: Ollama, LM Studio, choosing by memory, an LLM router and a document processor.
  6. AI regulation & compliance 2026: the EU AI Act, GDPR, Anthropic's terms, and what small businesses should watch forBuilderAI regulation as of October 2026: the EU AI Act, GDPR, US state laws and a small-business checklist. A general overview, not legal advice.

Which tools to use

  • An AI assistant for long documents, analysis and code, with Claude Code and Cowork on paid plans.

    Freemium

  • Formerly NotebookLM: upload documents, links and videos and get cited answers based on them.

    Freemium

  • AI search with sources: answers with links, Deep Research and the Comet browser.

    Freemium

  • Translate and edit text across many languages with Write, Translator and Voice.

    Freemium

  • Transcription on your Mac without sending files to the cloud; 100+ languages.

    Freemium

  • E-signature for contracts, with AI features that help you make sense of an agreement's terms.

    Paid

Ready-to-use materials

  • A 30-second check before you hit send: what to remove, how to anonymize and what to do if it's already gone out.

    Free

  • Assess the risk, spot the signs of a made-up answer and run a 5-minute check before you act on what AI says.

    Free

  • A long document boiled down to the gist, key points with page references, numbers and deadlines, and questions for the author.

    Free

How to earn with AI

We don't promise income: results depend on your niche, your market and your work.

  • Job

    Hand the drafts and summaries to AI, and spend the time you save on the case position and on clients. Check every AI output as you would a new associate's work.

  • Service

    Contract review for small businesses at a clear flat fee: AI does the first pass, the attorney reviews it and writes up the findings.

  • Product

    A set of document templates for a narrow group of clients, such as freelancers or landlords, with an honest note about when they need to hire an attorney.

Similar professions

Health, law and finance: AI helps a licensed professional and does not replace one. Nothing here is personal medical, legal or financial advice.

Checked: October 2026