Program Details
2025-06-12 13:00:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2025-06-12 13:00:00
2h CLE Credits
Intermediate
2
1:00 pm - 1:20 pm ESTThis session introduces artificial intelligence as technology that emulates human-like processes, emphasizing the critical principle of ‘trust, but verify.’ Participants will learn key distinctions between generative AI, machine learning types, and essential technical terms like hallucinations and RAG, while understanding the difference between vertical and horizontal AI solutions.
Gerard M. Stegmaier 1:20 pm - 1:40 pm ESTExplore how business leaders are mandating AI adoption and what this means for legal professionals, with 77 percent believing AI will have transformative impact within five years. This session examines the productivity paradox, shifting billing models, and current barriers preventing widespread adoption in legal practice.
Gerard M. Stegmaier 1:40 pm - 2:00 pm ESTDiscover how AI delivers significant time savings in information retrieval and enables processing of massive data volumes that previously took weeks. Through practical examples like 50-state surveys, learn how tasks requiring dozens of lawyers can now be completed faster and often with better quality.
Gerard M. Stegmaier 2:00 pm - 2:10 pm ESTA short intermission allowing participants to refresh and reflect on the concepts covered in the first three sessions. Use this time to prepare questions for the remaining practical implementation sessions.
Gerard M. Stegmaier 2:10 pm - 2:30 pm ESTExamine the primary applications of AI across legal research, document review, eDiscovery, and transactional work with specific workflow examples. Learn how AI tools are transforming NDA review, contract management, litigation document analysis, and how decreased costs may actually increase overall legal work volume.
Gerard M. Stegmaier 2:30 pm - 2:50 pm ESTUnderstand the essential features legal practice requires from AI tools, including transparency, traceability, and human oversight for quality management. This session covers workflow proliferation, integration points with existing systems, and critical training implications for developing the next generation of lawyers.
Gerard M. Stegmaier 2:50 pm - 3:00 pm ESTAddress the qualitative issues affecting AI reliability including algorithmic bias, hallucinations, drift, and confidentiality concerns. Explore practical challenges like AI note-takers in multi-party consent states and critical considerations around data provenance and evaluation of AI products.
Gerard M. Stegmaier 3:00 pm - 3:10 pm ESTLearn strategic approaches for both firm leaders and individual lawyers, covering skills development, governance, productivity gains, and value creation. This session emphasizes professional responsibility obligations, addresses ethical concerns, and reinforces that the human-machine partnership optimally serves clients while positioning data as a critical strategic asset.
Gerard M. StegmaierGerard M. Stegmaier is a partner in Reed Smith LLP’s Tech & Data Group focusing on corporate governance, intellectual property, Internet issues, cryptocurrency, and digital assets, particularly as they relate to privacy, information security, and consumer protection. He is an experienced litigator who dedicates significant practice to prelitigation and advisory services concerning business strategy for privacy by design, data protection, intellectual property, and emerging technologies.
Gerard M. Stegmaier is a partner in Reed Smith LLP’s Tech & Data Group focusing on corporate governance, intellectual property, Internet issues, cryptocurrency, and digital assets, particularly as they relate to privacy, information security, and consumer protection. He is an experienced litigator who dedicates significant practice to prelitigation and advisory services concerning business strategy for privacy by design, data protection, intellectual property, and emerging technologies.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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