Confidently integrate AI into your legal work - safely, effectively and responsibly. This practical session demystifies how AI works and shows support staff and legal professionals where it genuinely fits into day‑to‑day legal practice. Learn how to use AI to streamline common tasks, improve outputs through effective prompting, and navigate the key risks of accuracy, confidentiality and professional obligations - so you can use AI with confidence, clarity and control.
Tuesday, 9 June 2026
5.00pm to 6.00pm Using AI Effectively and Responsibly in Legal Contexts
- Practical AI in Legal Workflows: where AI fits into day-to-day legal practice and how it can streamline common tasks
- Understanding AI: simple breakdown of how AI works, what it does well and common misconceptions
- Using AI effectively: practical prompting techniques and real examples of how lawyers and support staff can get better outputs
- Risks, limitations and guardrails: key considerations for responsible use, including accuracy, confidentiality, and professional obligations
Presented by Jeanette Merjane, Legal Transformation Analyst, Accredited Specialist – Family Law, Lander & Rogers
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour
Learning Objective:
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Develop confidence in using AI safely and effectively in everyday legal work while managing key ethical and professional risks.
Chair:
Nick Murfett, Director, New Paradigm Coaching
Presenters
Jeanette Merjane, Legal Transformation Analyst, Accredited Specialist – Family Law, Lander & Rogers
Jeanette is a Legal Transformation Analyst and Accredited Specialist in Family Law. Drawing on her years of experience as a family law practitioner, Jeanette now focuses on modernising legal service delivery through AI enabled solutions, digital tools and firm-wide process transformation. Jeanette's specialist accreditation and experience as a family lawyer gives her a deep understanding of the realities of legal work. She uses these insights to design solutions that are practical, human centred and transformative for both lawyers and clients.
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Nick Murfett, Director, New Paradigm Coaching
Nick practiced law actively for approximately 25 years from 1985 to 2010. His experience was at large firms and from 1990 to 2010 at his own firm “Murfett Legal”. The firm’s main practice areas were insolvency, commercial litigation and general commercial. Since retiring from active practice in 2010 Nick has pursued his interest in professional and executive coaching and is accredited as a Senior Practitioner coach with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council and as an ADHD coach the ADD Coach Academy. Nick is also engaged in diverse business and non profit interests and maintains his legal practice certificate.
This seminar is part of a series
Legal Support and Executive Series
Join our four‑part virtual training series designed for legal executives, support staff, and lawyers, focusing on essential skills in wellbeing, communication, AI capability, and resilience. Led by industry experts, these practical sessions offer clear, actionable strategies to strengthen professional effectiveness, support mental health, and enhance overall workplace performance.
Description
Attend the full series and earn 4 CPD hours
If you register for the full series as a live online product after the date of an individual session, you will be sent the recording for the sessions that have passed. Alternatively, you can register for individual sessions by following the links below.
*This webinar series is also suitable for Junior Lawyers
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