AI Prompting Essentials for the Legal Profession

Join us for a focused, expert-led session on AI prompting in legal practice. This 2-hour CLPD-certified course is designed to help legal professionals in the Middle East region stay up to date on evolving technologies and sharpen their legal acumen through practical, accredited learning. Developed by LexisNexis in collaboration with the DIFC Academy, the course explores real-life applications of Large Language Models (LLMs) to enhance legal research, drafting, and analysis while maintaining ethical and regulatory standards.

Key topics include understanding how LLMs process legal input and generate relevant output, assessing the suitability of AI tools for legal work with attention to compliance, data privacy, and professional standards, applying effective prompting methods to improve the speed and quality of legal research and drafting, designing prompt strategies that enhance legal workflows while upholding ethical and regulatory obligations, and using AI responsibly in client-facing and internal legal tasks with confidence.

The course will be conducted virtually via Zoom on 25 March 2026, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon GST. Participants will earn 2 CLPD Accredited Points upon completion. The session will be led by Lara Salem, Head of Content Strategy at LexisNexis Middle East, who brings extensive experience in integrating AI tools into legal research and training teams on AI utilization.

This course is ideal for legal practitioners, in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and legal consultants seeking to enhance their efficiency and stay ahead in their legal careers by leveraging AI-powered prompting techniques.