Overview:
- AI is changing the way legal professionals work with information.
- The professionals who learn how to use it now will have a significant advantage.
- In this practical session, you'll learn how ChatGPT can help legal teams analyze spreadsheet data, create formulas, generate reports, build charts, identify trends, and transform legal information into meaningful business insights.
- Whether you're reviewing contract information, tracking legal matters, analyzing billing data, or preparing communications for clients and leadership, ChatGPT can help you work more efficiently and make better-informed decisions.
Course Objective:
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Use ChatGPT to analyze legal and business data from Excel
- Write prompts that produce useful and accurate results
- Create and troubleshoot Excel formulas using AI
- Generate charts and visualizations from spreadsheet data
- Summarize legal information and generate reports
- Create executive and client communications from data
Target Audience:
- Legal Professionals
- Paralegals
- Legal Assistants
- Law firm Administrators
- Compliance teams and Legal Operations staff who use Excel and want to work more efficiently with ChatGPT
Basic Knowledge:
Participants should have basic familiarity with Microsoft Excel, including opening workbooks, entering data, using simple formulas, sorting/filtering information, and navigating worksheets. No prior experience with Microsoft ChatGPT or AI tools is required.
Curriculum
Total Duration: 1 Hour
Introduction to ChatGPT and Excel
Responsible AI use and confidentiality considerations
Preparing spreadsheet data for AI analysis
Writing effective prompts for legal workflows
Analyzing contract and legal operations data
Summarizing large datasets using ChatGPT
Identifying trends, risks, and exceptions
Creating and troubleshooting Excel formulas
Calculating deadlines and contract renewal timelines
Reviewing matter and case tracking information
Analyzing billing and compliance data
Creating charts and visual summaries from spreadsheet information
Generating executive reports and leadership briefings
Drafting client communications from spreadsheet data
Turning data into recommendations and action plans
Best practices for reviewing and validating AI-generated content