Advanced AI Techniques for Commercial Contract Drafting

Introduction

Most solicitors have now used generative AI at least once. The question is no longer whether to use it - it is whether you are using it well. Tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot and Claude Cowork are capable of far more than producing a rough first draft, but only if you know how to instruct them properly.

This virtual classroom seminar moves past the basics that are covered in the session Contracts & Generative AI: Practical Drafting Techniques, Risks & Future-Proofing Your Practice - MBL Seminars

This advanced level session will focus on how to get genuinely useful, legally accurate output from AI in a commercial contract drafting context, through precise prompting, structured instructions and a clear understanding of where the technology succeeds and where it fails. You will leave with techniques you can apply in your work.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive course will cover the following:

• How to write prompts that produce accurate, jurisdiction-specific, commercially usable contract drafts - not just plausible-sounding text
• The difference in capability and approach between ChatGPT, Claude and Copilot - and when to use which
• How Claude Cowork and similar agentic tools are changing the drafting workflow and what that means for supervision and sign-off
• Advanced prompt structures for complex tasks: redlining, clause comparison, risk flagging, and drafting to a client brief
• Use cases in practice: service contracts, NDAs, SaaS agreements and consultancy terms
• Where AI still fails - hallucination, jurisdiction confusion, and confidentiality risks - and how to build workflows that catch errors before they matter
• SRA and Law Society guidance on AI use: what it means for your obligations without overstating the regulatory burden
• How to train junior staff to use AI safely and consistently and how to future-proof your practice as the tools continue to develop

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.