Claude and ChatGPT for lawyers (2026 Edition)
Craig Brody runs Craig Brody, LLC, a software training and consulting business. Craig has trained thousands of employees, managers, executives and students in application software including Microsoft 365 and Adobe Acrobat Pro.
Live Video-Broadcast: October 21, 2026
2 hour CLE
Tuition: $195.00
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Program Summary
Two assistants, four applications, one workday’s worth of tasks
Claude and ChatGPT are two powerful AI assistants, and both reach into the applications legal professionals live in — Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel. This webinar shows how to work effectively with each, through live demonstrations showing both assistants in action on legal document examples. It opens with an overview of the two — and the differences between them.
The gains run across the whole desktop. In Word, summarize, draft, compare, edit, and format documents. In Outlook, draft and edit emails, schedule, and manage inbox items. In Excel, manage legal data, create reports, calculate data, and create charts. Create and edit PowerPoint presentations, perform basic legal research, and see how both assistants work with PDFs and different file types to extract data.
Output quality tracks prompt quality, so the program builds effective prompting skills — tips and best practices — and maps where Claude and ChatGPT differ, so the right assistant lands on the right task. Attendees leave knowing what each one can do, how they answer questions and make recommendations, and how to ask.
Key topics to be discussed:
- AI Assistant Foundations
An overview of the Claude and ChatGPT AI assistants, effective prompting skills with tips and best practices, and the differences between the two. - Word Demonstrations
Summarizing, drafting, comparing, editing, and formatting legal documents. - Outlook Demonstrations
Drafting and editing emails, scheduling, and managing inbox items. - Excel and PowerPoint
Managing legal data, creating reports, calculating data, and creating charts — plus creating and editing PowerPoint presentations. - Legal Research and Recommendations
Performing basic legal research, and how Claude and ChatGPT answer questions and make recommendations. - PDFs, File Types, and Data Extraction
How both assistants work with PDFs and different file types, and extract data.
This course is co-sponsored with myLawCLE.
Date / Time: October 21, 2026
- 12:00 pm – 2:10 pm Eastern
- 11:00 am – 1:10 pm Central
- 10:00 am – 12:10 pm Mountain
- 9:00 am – 11:10 am Pacific
Closed-captioning available
Speakers
Craig Brody, Technology Trainer | Craig Brody, LLC
Craig Brody runs Craig Brody, LLC, a software training and consulting business. Craig has trained thousands of employees, managers, executives and students in application software including Microsoft 365 and Adobe Acrobat Pro.
- Education & Credentials
Mr. Brody earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Penn State University in University Park, PA in 1979. After he began teaching computer software courses, he enrolled in La Salle University’s Masters of Business Administration program, specializing in Management Information Systems, earning his MBA in 1993.
- Recognition & Leadership
Besides technology, Craig’s passion extends to the fields of American history and Freemasonry. He served as leader of his Masonic Lodge, Columbia Lodge No. 91 in Philadelphia, in 2018. He currently serves as the representative of his lodge to the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. As a member of the PA Masonic Speakers Bureau, Craig makes presentations across Pennsylvania on early American Freemasons. He leads tours of the Masonic Temple of Philadelphia and Independence Hall in Philadelphia as a volunteer Park Ranger for the National Park Service.
- Professional Involvement
Conducts and facilitates in person and online training workshops for professionals in the fields of Accounting, Business, and Law. Conducts workshops, classes and consulting services for the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business School and Penn Carey Law School.
- Experience
Provides clients with spreadsheet analysis and design, software programming, consulting services and course curriculum including videos, reference guides and related materials
Agenda
SESSION 1 – Claude and ChatGPT for lawyers | 12:00pm – 2:10pm
Learn how Claude and ChatGPT, two powerful AI assistants, help legal professionals work effectively with Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel to increase their productivity and save time completing tasks. This webinar includes live demonstrations showing Claude and ChatGPT in action using legal document examples.
Credits
Alaska
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2 General
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2 General
Arkansas
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
Arizona
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
California
Approved for CLE Credits
2 Technology in the Practice of Law
Colorado
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Connecticut
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
District of Columbia
No MCLE Required
2 CLE Hour(s)
Delaware
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Florida
Pending CLE Approval
2 Technology
Georgia
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Hawaii
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
Iowa
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Idaho
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Illinois
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Indiana
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Kansas
Pending CLE Approval
2 Law Practice Management
Kentucky
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Louisiana
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Massachusetts
No MCLE Required
2 CLE Hour(s)
Maryland
No MCLE Required
2 CLE Hour(s)
Maine
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Michigan
No MCLE Required
2 CLE Hour(s)
Minnesota
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Missouri
Approved for CLE Credits
2.4 General
Mississippi
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Montana
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
North Carolina
Pending CLE Approval
2 Technology
North Dakota
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2 General
Nebraska
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
New Hampshire
Approved for CLE Credits
120 General minutes
New Jersey
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2 General
New Mexico
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
Nevada
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
New York
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2 General
Ohio
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Oklahoma
Pending CLE Approval
2.5 General
Oregon
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Pennsylvania
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
Rhode Island
Pending CLE Approval
2.5 General
South Carolina
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
South Dakota
No MCLE Required
2 CLE Hour(s)
Tennessee
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
Texas
Approved for CLE Credits
2 General
Utah
Pending CLE Approval
2 General
Virginia
Not Eligible
2 General Hours
Vermont
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2 General
Washington
Approved via Attorney Submission
2 Other (Office Management) Hours
Wisconsin
Pending CLE Approval
2 Law Practice Management
West Virginia
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2.4 General
Wyoming
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2 General
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