Using AI in Your Law Practice: A Step-by-Step Guide

Aaron Bath | Balfour Beatty

Aaron B. Bath is the U.S. Vice President of Litigation Support & Legal Operations at Balfour Beatty; a global infrastructure leader headquartered in London. With over 25 years of complex commercial litigation experience and more than 100 trials to his name, Aaron brings deep practical insight to the evolving intersection of law, operations, and technology. He also serves as an adjunct professor at Southern Methodist University (SMU), where he teaches courses on legal technology, eDiscovery, and the use of AI in law.

Aaron is a recognized thought leader in legal innovation, serving on the advisory boards for Consero’s Legal Operations and Litigation & Investigations Forums, as well as Brightflag’s Global Client Advisory Board. He is a former President of the Dallas Area Paralegal Association (DAPA) and a founding board member of the North Texas Chapter of ACEDS.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Jurisprudential Studies and Philosophy from SMU, completed graduate studies in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at MIT, and is currently a second-year law student at the University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law, where he earned top oral argument honors in his section and was selected to represent the school in the Emory National Civil Rights & Liberties Moot Court Competition.

A frequent speaker at industry conferences and legal tech events, Aaron is known for making complex concepts accessible and actionable, bringing a rare blend of frontline litigation experience, operational leadership, and AI fluency to every audience he engages in.

I. Foundations of generative AI | 1:00pm – 2:00pm

• Understanding transformer models, large language models, and prompt engineering as the essential groundwork for using GenAI in law

Break | 2:00pm – 2:10pm

II. Custom GPTs & Copilot agents | 2:10pm – 2:40pm

• Demonstrating how to build custom-built GPTs in OpenAI and agents in Microsoft Copilot to automate repetitive workflows in transactional work, litigation management, and operations

III. Scaling with projects & platforms | 2:40pm – 3:10pm

• Using OpenAI projects and Microsoft Copilot’s integrations to structure, refine, and deploy AI-driven solutions across legal teams