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Week of Sunday 3 November 2024

Webinar: Getting the Best of GenAI - How to Use Prompt Engineering

November 6th, 2024

Using GenAI effectively means asking good questions or specifying precise instructions, a task known as prompt engineering. In this session, instructors Catherine Sanders Reach of the North Carolina Bar Association and Valerie McConnell of Thomson Reuters will give you some practical skills needed to use GenAI by crafting effective prompts.

By the end of  this webinar participants will be able to:

  • Understand the basics of prompt engineering,
  • Learn best practices for writing effective prompts,
  • Understand common challenges and solutions in legal AI prompting, and
  • Apply AI prompting techniques to legal and court-specific cases.

Following the webinar, participants will receive access to a sandbox where they can practice prompt engineering in a safe environment.

In her role as director of the North Carolina Bar Association’s Center for Practice Management, Reach provides practice technology and management assistance to lawyers and legal professionals. She has held similar legal technology positions with the American Bar Association and Chicago Bar Association.

McConnell, a senior director for customer success at Thomson Reuters, uses her litigation background to help build software solutions for attorneys. She previously served as vice president of client success at Casetext.

Moderators:

  • Diane Robinson |Principal Court Research Associate,  National Center for State Courts
  • Natalie Runyon | Director, ESG Content and Advisory Services, Thomson Reuters Institute

Presenters:

  • Catherine Sanders Reach | Director, Center for Practice Management, North Carolina Bar Association
  • Valerie McConnell | Senior director for customer success, Thomson Reuters

Register today.

For more information, email Grace Haviland.

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Webinar: Engaging Community Partners in Civil Diversion Programs

November 7th, 2024

Successful civil diversion programs leverage existing legal, financial, and social service resources in a community to provide support to litigants who want to resolve their disputes outside of traditional litigation.

Learn how courts around the country are thinking creatively and holistically as they work to help litigants address both the immediate legal crisis and their underlying needs through strong collaborative partnerships with community service providers.

In this third session, panelists will discuss how courts have thoughtfully engaged with community partners to bolster their civil diversion programs and better meet the needs of their litigants in these high-volume dockets.

Panelists:

  • Hon. Steve Duble, Justice of the Peace, Harris County JP 1-2, Houston, Texas
  • James Reynolds, Director of the Landlord Tenant Resource Center, Housing Solutions, Tulsa, Oklahoma
  • Rae Kyritsi, Caldera Dialogue, Chicago, Illinois

Register today.

For more information, email Laina Combest-Friedman.

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