Justinian Society CLE
AI for Legal Research:
Ask Better Questions, Check the Answers
Thursday, December 3, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Virtual via Zoom
Pending Approval:
1 CLE Credit & 1 Professional Responsibility Credit
AI can uncover a useful argument—or send your research in the wrong direction with a convincing answer. In this hands-on workshop, Stephen Murphy shares findings from his work with Illinois legal materials and walks through real-world research and document-review examples. We'll start with a short exercise: ask AI to identify possible problems in a public Illinois legal document, then test its findings against the source. From there, we'll explore how to uncover overlooked issues, challenge weak assumptions, and get research back on course without simply steering the AI toward the answer we want.
The techniques apply across general-purpose AI assistants and specialized legal research tools. Participants leave with a ten-point checklist and an editable AI instruction template. Bring a laptop and an AI tool you already use; no paid subscription is required, and everyone can participate through shared examples, polls and discussion.
REGISTRATION
Members: FREE | Non-members: $50
NOTE: After registering, you’ll receive a confirmation email with the Zoom registration link. Registration through Zoom is required to access this CLE.
PRESENTER DETAILS
Stephen Murphy
Founder, LawEngine
Stephen Murphy is an award-winning AI developer, engineer and data scientist, and the founder of LawEngine. His project, My (Jetson) Gemma, won the NVIDIA Jetson Prize in Google's Gemma 3n Impact Challenge on Kaggle.
He holds degrees in mechanical engineering and mathematics and an Executive MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and previously applied machine learning to forecasting and optimization at Zillow.
Today, he builds legal research systems and investigates citation and quotation problems in Illinois legal materials, bringing hands-on AI engineering experience to the question of what lawyers can actually rely on.
Any questions? Please contact Justinians@camsuccess.com.
