The Dakota County Law Library currently offers one monthly Continuing Legal Education session via Zoom. The Zoom presentation will require you to pre-register. If you are interested in attending the session, please
contact the law library at least 24 hours ahead of the program. We cannot guarantee that you will receive a response to your email if it is received after that time frame.
If you are interested in attending future CLEs, please indicate this as well and your name will be placed on a list to receive monthly notifications about upcoming CLEs.
If you only contact the law library asking for information to attend a specific CLE, you will not be placed on the email notification list.
Upcoming sessions
Working 'in Tandem' - AI for Legal ResearchMarch 21, noon-1 p.m.
Since the 12th century, the technology we use to access the law has framed the way we think about the craft of practicing the law. Are new artificial intelligence tools situated at the cutting edge, reforming our perception of legal practice? Or are they better situated in a prior era? The answer is, 'it depends.' We'll briefly review some basic principles of AI including:
- What's AI good for in law and more specifically, are LLM's good for legal research?
- Some terminology (RAG, LLM, Temperature, etc.)
- Is 'trust but verify' a workable, long-term paradigm?
We'll also take a look at real-world research examples using Westlaw Precision and other tools. We'll consider strategies for using AI as part of (rather than a replacement for) a research project. We'll also consider whether pairing AI with other tools like legal taxonomies (i.e., SALI and the Key Number System) might deliver better results for researchers.
Presenter Bio
Mike Carlson is owner and founder of Gray Paper Legal, LLC. He was the practice management advisor for the Minnesota State Bar Association and served for a decade as reference staff attorney at Thomson Reuters.
If interested, you can
register through Zoom. If you have any questions, please contact the Law Library at 651-438-8080 or email margaret.meehan@co.dakota.mn.us.