Module 3: 1.15 – 2.45pm (1.5 Hours Professional Development & Solicitor Wellbeing CPD)

Tuesday 9th December 2025

A Practical Guide To Making AI Work for Your Practice

‘Clear Answers To “Why & How To Use AI”

This session is designed specifically for practitioners who want to transition from understanding AI to implementing it in a way that enhances productivity, client service, and profitability, without requiring a technical background.

Topics Covered Include:

  1. The Business Case for AI in Legal Practice:
  • Why AI matters for small and mid-sized firms
  • How AI improves time management, margins, and service
  • Quick success stories from the legal industry
  1. Practical Use Cases by Department:
  • Admin: Meeting notes, scheduling, reminders
  • Fee Earners: Case research, clause summaries
  • Marketing: Newsletters, blogs, LinkedIn content
  • Client Comms: Email drafting, tone adjustments
  • Knowledge Management: AI assistants trained on firm docs
  1. Prompt Engineering & LLMs:
  • What a prompt is and why it matters
  • Use a simple structure: Role + Task + Context + Format
  • Show side-by-side comparisons: weak vs. strong prompts
  • Demo: draft email, rewrite clause, plain-English summary
  1. AI Implementation Roadmap:
  • Start with one process
  • Map the process workflow
  • Vet tools (cost, security, ease of use)
  • Pilot, gather feedback, iterate
  • Set usage guidelines
  • Share checklist or quick-start plan
  1. Smart Habits & Common Pitfalls:
  • Good practices: AI lead, internal prompt library, team training
  • Pitfalls: tool overload, poor change management, blind trust in AI
  1. Q&A and Group Discussion:

Speaker

Paul is a Certified AI Consultant and digital marketing expert (MSc with Distinction), who now helps small and medium-sized businesses harness AI to solve real commercial problems—automating processes, improving customer engagement, and unlocking new growth. He knows what drives performance, and he uses AI as a powerful tool to scale what works. If you’re looking for practical, business-focused AI strategy and hands-on implementation that delivers measurable impact, Paul can help.

With over 25 years of commercial leadership experience, he has helped businesses of all sizes achieve sustained revenue and profit growth by turning strategy into execution. From tripling digital revenues at Digicel to driving mobile internet sales past $1.9bn at VEON, Paul led high-impact initiatives that transformed performance. His approach combines deep commercial know-how with practical execution across pricing, digital marketing, customer experience, and data-led product strategy.

Category of CPD: Professional Development & Solicitor Wellbeing
Duration: 1.5 Hours