Legal tech startup, Wordsmith, has launched what it’s calling a training framework for ‘legal AI engineers’. It comprises several modules and will be supported by online educational resources.
The course is free, aimed at inhouse lawyers – which are the legal AI company’s main customers – and it’s estimated it will take two months to get from level 0 to level 4 on each part of the program. It has been designed so that ‘GCs can blend it into their competency frameworks to train their team’.
CEO Ross McNairn told Artificial Lawyer: ‘The legal profession is scrambling to figure out AI, but there’s no structured way for lawyers to develop these skills. We’re seeing a new type of legal professional emerge – those who really understand AI systems, not just use the tools.
‘We built a practical framework with three tracks (operational, technical, leadership) that takes lawyers from complete beginner to industry expert. Each level has clear actions and measurable outcomes.
‘This is part of our bigger drive to help establish community standards around AI in legal practice. Rather than everyone figuring this out alone, we’re giving the profession a shared roadmap.’
An example is below, showing level one: operator. And the image below that shows the three main strands.
The project comes not long after Wordsmith bagged $25m in new funding.
Is this a big deal?
Well, if you want people to use your technology, showing them why it matters and what it can do via an educational initiative like this makes a lot of sense. Other companies have tried this. iManage, for example, launched an ‘AI University’ some years ago.
Such moves both help as marketing channels and as noted build capabilities among customers so they can get the most out of your products. After all, one reason why some lawyers under-use AI tools is not that they don’t work, but that the lawyer feels uncertain about how to get beyond simple prompt-based Q&As and move into really applying AI across their workflows. So, a nice move that will help to educate the market.
(The news also follows that of Freshfields offering an LL.M in LLMs – see previous article.)
You can see more here.
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