TIME
Registration: 11:45 a.m.
Seminar: 12:00 - 2:15 p.m. (with 15 minute break)
COST
$100 - ECBA Members (Judges & Attorneys) and their Paraprofessional Staff
$130 - Non-members
NOTE: All lunches are $10 in addition to the rates.
This course has been approved for 1 Hour Substantive and 1 Hour Ethics CLE Credit
SPEAKER
Kathy Serenko is a speaker and trainer in the areas of AI risk, efficiency, and governance. She helps law firms, construction companies, and members of professional and trade associations reduce exposure by equipping individuals to use AI responsibly. She is the owner of AI Efficiency Labs, a CLE instructor, and Forbes contributor on the topic of AI. She has helped nearly 1,000 professionals bridge the gap between AI hype and practical business applications, without introducing technical complexity.
SEMINAR
Capturing the potential of AI’s efficiency requires both risk awareness and the practical skills to safely integrate AI into daily legal work. This two-hour course will combine instruction, group discussion, and hands-on skill development specific to legal applications. Learning will prioritize the mastery of a prompt engineering process that will optimize user input and positively impact AI responses. Through analysis of sanction-based scenarios and hallucinations, participants will learn:
- Why AI-generated errors occur by design
- Why sophisticated mistakes evade routine review
- Why instances of AI hallucinations and errors continue to skyrocket
- What risk management and ethical standards should be established
Takeaways will include a prompt engineering template, industry-specific prompts, and a risk-mitigation template. Participants are encouraged to bring laptops to fully engage in practical exercises.
Help Us Tailor This Session! To ensure this seminar is as valuable as possible, please take two minutes to complete our brief survey so Kathy can customize the hands-on exercises for our membership. [Take the 2-Minute AI Use Survey]
Reservations due to the ECBA office by April 17, 2026.
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