Teaching Associates to Write Well With Responsible AI Aid

Legal and business writing coach and advisor Julie Schrager co-authored an article for Law360 titled “Teaching Associates To Write Well With Responsible AI Aid.”

The article explores how law firms can train new associates to use generative AI responsibly while continuing to develop strong analytical, writing, and professional judgment skills. The authors recommend a "first thinker, AI, last thinker" framework that positions associates as active participants throughout the legal writing process, with AI serving as a tool to support their judgment.

“By ensuring associates remain the first thinker and the last thinker, while using AI intentionally in the middle, firms can embrace AI's efficiencies without sacrificing the judgment clients hire lawyers to provide,” the authors conclude.