AI prompts for law firms and legal teams
Legal work is full of reading, tracking and chasing: reviewing a draft against your precedents, remembering what changed in each redline, pulling every obligation out of a contract, sorting the morning's intake and chasing clients for documents. These prompts are based on real examples of firms and legal teams using AI for that work. They prepare drafts and checklists for a lawyer to review; they are not legal advice and do not replace professional judgment.
7 free prompts across 3 categories. Each one links to the real-world example it is based on.
How to use these prompts
- Use an AI plan that keeps your data private (business or enterprise terms with no training on your inputs) before pasting any client material.
- Redact names and identifying details you don't need, and follow your professional-conduct rules on confidentiality and supervision.
- Always check every citation, clause reference and date against the source document; AI can misread or invent them.
- Keep your negotiating playbook and precedents in one document so you can paste the same context into every review.
The 7 prompts: what to paste and what to check
| Job (prompt) | What you paste in | What to check |
|---|---|---|
| Summarize a long document Documents · beginner |
| Read the original for anything you will sign or act on |
| Compliance evidence pack Compliance · intermediate |
| Check every document is current before you hand it over |
| Missing-documents chaser Client documents · intermediate |
| Check the missing list against the client file before chasing |
| Keep a running log of a contract negotiation Negotiation tracking · intermediate |
| Check each logged change against the actual redline |
| Review a draft agreement against your precedents and playbook Agreement review · advanced |
| A lawyer makes the final call on every issue raised |
| Set up a shared daily intake review that your whole team maintains Team recurring tasks · beginner |
| Someone owns the task and checks its output each morning |
| Pull every promise out of a client contract and turn it into an owned, dated checklist so nothing gets missed Contract obligation tracking · intermediate |
| Check each obligation and date against the contract wording |
What AI should never decide on its own
Let these prompts draft, sort and flag. Keep a person responsible for:
- Legal advice to a client, or whether to accept a clause
- Conflict checks, engagement and whether to take on a matter
- Court, limitation and contract deadlines (check every date against the source)
- Any citation, quote or clause reference that goes into a filed or sent document
Frequently asked questions
Can ChatGPT review a contract?
It can produce a useful first-pass review if you give it the draft, the precedents you rely on and your playbook, and ask it to cite the clause for every point. The agreement review prompt below works that way. A qualified lawyer must review the output; it is not legal advice.
Is it safe to put client documents into AI tools?
Only on a plan whose terms keep your data confidential and out of model training, and only to the extent your professional rules allow. Remove details you don't need, and check your firm's AI policy first.
What's a low-risk first use of AI in a law firm?
Internal admin: summarizing long documents for your own reading, sorting daily intake, keeping a negotiation log and chasing clients for missing documents. These save time without the AI giving advice to anyone.
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