Speaking, Writing, and Doing

Guest Column @ Contract Nerds

  • How to Prime and Prompt ChatGPT for More Reliable Contract Drafting Support

    By learning how to communicate more effectively with ChatGPT, we can yield more reliable output when asking for contract drafting support.

    KEY POINTS:

    • The effectiveness of ChatGPT lies in the quality of what you put into it.

    • Lawyers and contract professionals should focus on learning how to correctly prime and prompt the model to yield more precise and helpful results.

    • ChatGPT can be used to draft a a more reliable limitation of liability clause using the Prompt Template provided in this article.

  • Deep Dive: How Can We Use ChatGPT to Draft Explanatory Comments in Our Contracts?

    ChatGPT can help you review redlines and justify the reasoning behind your responsive redlines and explanatory comments.

    KEY POINTS:

    • ChatGPT can be used to help craft explanatory comments to accompany your proposed redlines.

    • Responses should be reviewed and analyzed from an expert lens before applying to the contract negotiation at hand.

    • The more specific your prompt, the more specific and accurate the response will be.

  • How Can ChatGPT Help Us Negotiate Contracts More Efficiently?

    This column addresses that question through a series of real-life experiments.

    KEY POINTS:

    • ChatGPT can be used in contract negotiations to validate reasoning, provide additional arguments, draft clear explanations, and create playbooks.

    • The key to successfully using ChatGPT during contract negotiations is quality prompting.

    • Be cautious of security and confidentiality risks when using ChatGPT with contracts.

Notes to my (Legal) Self

Crafty Counsel

Given the rapid expansion and seemingly endless uses of AI-generated writing tools, Crafty Counsel has been in touch with in-house lawyers in our community to ask them how they’re going about using programmes like ChatGPT and what advice they can give to those who are just dipping in the AI pool. Read it here.