Lex Prompt: Mastering AI Prompting for Legal Practice

Think better. Prompt smarter. Use AI responsibly.

This course is designed to introduce law students and professionals to the practical skill of prompt engineering, enabling them to effectively use AI tools for legal research, drafting, and analysis.

Moving beyond basic usage, the course focuses on how to structure prompts using the CREF framework, ensuring clarity, precision, and high-quality outputs in legal work. It also highlights the ethical responsibilities involved in using AI, helping learners avoid common pitfalls such as over-reliance, inaccuracies, and misuse of confidential information.

Through structured learning, real scenarios, and practical examples, participants will gain the ability to integrate AI into legal workflows while maintaining professional standards.

“AI is not a replacement for legal thinking — it is a tool that becomes powerful only when guided by structured human intelligence.”

WHAT STUDENTS WILL LEARN FROM THIS COURSE:

• What prompt engineering is and why it matters in legal practice
• How to structure effective prompts using the CREF framework
• Practical breakdown of real legal prompts
• Ethical obligations while using AI (accuracy, confidentiality, responsibility)
• How to analyse real-life ethical scenarios in AI usage
• Step-by-step workflow of AI-assisted legal research
• Using AI for structuring legal writing and argument development
• Ready-to-use sample prompts for different legal tasks
• Common mistakes in prompting and how to avoid them
• Practical checklist and resources for responsible AI use

ASSESSMENT & ENGAGEMENT

• TMid-course quiz to test conceptual understanding
• hPractical assignment based on prompt creation and application
• iScenario-based learning for real-world clarity

ABOUT THE EDUCATOR- Adv. Arundhati Thakur

Advocate Arundhati Thakur is a B.A. LL.B. graduate and an LL.M. (Corporate Law) scholar at IILM University, Greater Noida. She brings hands-on experience in legal research, teaching, and structured legal writing, with a keen focus on how AI can be used responsibly to enhance legal drafting—without compromising legal reasoning or ethics.

She has authored the published paper “Opacity, Equality and Political Finance: Evaluating the Supreme Court’s 2024 Verdict on Electoral Bonds” in the LawFoyer International Journal of Doctrinal Legal Research and has an upcoming international publication on ICC–ICJ non-enforcement and global power asymmetries. Her academic and conference engagements reflect a strong focus on constitutional values, democratic accountability, and global governance, which meaningfully shape her research and drafting approach.