Unlocking the Power of Generative AI for Legal Work: It All Starts with Crafting the Right Prompt (Including 1 Hour of Ethics)

Sterling Miller | Hilgers Graben, PLLC

Sterling Miller is CEO and Senior Counsel at Hilgers Graben PLLC, a nationwide law firm (and the largest female-owned law firm in the US). He has enjoyed a wide and varied 30-year legal career. He is a three-time General Counsel, having served in that role at Marketo, Inc., Sabre Corporation, and Travelocity.com where he managed international teams handling a myriad of complex legal issues including “bet-the-company” litigation, M&A, IPO, corporate secretarial, data privacy, government affairs, and commercial agreements.

Out of law school, he was an associate at Gallop, Johnson, and Neuman in St. Louis. He began his in-house career in 1994 at American Airlines. He led the legal team for Sabre Corporation’s successful IPO in April 2014. In January 2019, after leading the legal team that worked on the successful sale of Marketo to Adobe, he returned to the Dallas office of firm Hilgers Graben PLLC for a second stint as Senior Counsel, focusing on commercial matters, litigation, and data privacy. He became CEO of the firm in 2022. He has published five books with a sixth on the way in 2024.

Sterling earned his J.D. degree from Washington University in St. Louis (Order of the Coif/Law Review) and his bachelor’s degree from Nebraska Wesleyan University, where he was Student Body President among other honors. He is certified in data privacy/security by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (CIPP/US). He is a highly sought-after speaker for legal department offsites and for legal and industry panels including presenting at the South-by-Southwest conference in Austin, TX and keynoting several ACC events. In all, he has presented over 300 times and growing.

Under his leadership, Inside Counsel magazine named the Travelocity Legal Department one of the “Ten Most Innovative” legal departments in the United States (with the Sabre legal department later winning honorable mention under his tenure). He has been a multi-year finalist for the Dallas Business Journal’s “Best Corporate Counsel” award. Sterling also writes frequently for legal publications, including for Thomson Reuters, on topics like artificial intelligence, the use of data analytics, and issues of interest to in-house lawyers generally. In 2020, he prepared a teaching module for Baylor Law School on the application of artificial intelligence and the practice of law.

Sterling serves on the Board of Directors of Terrasoul Superfoods and the advisory boards of Travefy.com and Kyte.com. He publishes a widely-read and award-winning legal blog entitled “Ten Things You Need to Know as In House Counsel.” The ABA published three of his books: “Ten Things You Need to Know as InHouse Counsel: Practical Advice and Successful Strategies” in 2017, “Ten (More) Things You Need to Know as In-House Counsel: Practical Advice and Successful Strategies (Vol II)” in 2019, and “Showing the Value of the Legal Department: More Than Just a Cost Center” in 2021. His third book – a cookbook titled “The Slow-Cooker Savant” – came out in late 2018. Sterling’s first book, “The Evolution of Professional Football: 1920 – 2015”, was published by Mill City Press in 2015. His sixth book, and fourth for the ABA, is out now and titled, “The Productive In House Lawyer: Tips, Hacks, and the Art of Getting Things Done.”

You can follow him on Twitter @10ThingsLegal and LinkedIn where he regularly shares his commentary and insights on legal issues.

Eran Kahana | Maslon, LLP

Eran Kahana is an experienced attorney concentrating his practice on artificial intelligence, privacy, cybersecurity, and intellectual property.

A graduate of the FBI’s Citizen Academy, Eran leverages his experience in public service and depth of relationships in government, private, and academic sectors to guide his clients on best practices relating to privacy and cybersecurity. His clients rely on him to review and draft information security policies, incident response plans, and cybersecurity breach response plans; to advise on compliance with emerging U.S. and European Union privacy regulation, including General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); and to conduct thorough tabletop exercises and cybersecurity insurance assessments.

Eran also serves as IP counsel to technology-focused companies across a wide range of industries. In this capacity, he manages clients’ trademark and copyright portfolios, including prosecution and enforcement, and drafts and negotiates all manner of IP and technology development, licensing, and service agreements, including Software as a Service (SaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS). Eran has also arbitrated infringing domain names through the Internet Uniform Domain Resolution Procedures (UDRP).

A fellow at Stanford Law School and a member of the advisory board of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Law Society, Eran has developed significant expertise in best practices relating to the assessment, implementation, and deployment of AI and other advanced technologies. Leveraging his unique experience in privacy and IP, Eran is ideally suited to guide clients on the development of effective strategies, frameworks, and policies for responsible AI use and governance.

Eran is a member of the governance committee of the InfraGard National Members Alliance, an organization affiliated with the FBI dedicated to the protection of critical infrastructure. In addition to his role at Stanford Law School, Eran is an adjunct professor of law at the University of Minnesota Law School and a member of the Scientific Council of the Israeli Association for Ethics in Artificial Intelligence.

An established thought leader, Eran is a co-author of The Law of Artificial Intelligence and Smart Machines, a publication of the American Bar Association. He has provided commentary on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, privacy, and technology law for Bloomberg Law, BBC, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), KABC Radio, WCCO Radio, Minnesota Public Radio, Star Tribune, TheStreet.com, Stanford University Radio, KZSU FM, Twin Cities Business magazine, and Quartz. Eran is also a frequent speaker at Stanford Law School’s annual Digital Economy Conference, where he speaks on current topics relating to artificial intelligence and IP.

Session I – Unlocking the Power of Generative AI for Legal Work: It All Starts with Crafting the Right Prompt | 1:00pm – 2:00pm

• What is generative AI and why it matters to lawyers
• How to create clear, specific, and results-oriented prompts that optimize AI outputs
• Techniques to use AI prompts to maximize efficiency in daily tasks
• Real-world (live) examples of AI prompts for legal analysis, contract review, risk management, and more!

Break | 2:00pm – 2:10pm

Session II – Navigating the Ethical Challenges of Generative AI in the Practice of Law | 2:10pm – 3:10pm

• Define artificial intelligence (AI) and understand the specific characteristics and functionalities of GenAI
• Assess the impact of GenAI on legal operations, including its potential benefits, challenges, and ethical implications
• Identify potential ethical dilemmas and develop strategies to ensure compliance with professional rules of conduct while maintaining client trust
• Effectively integrate GenAI and other AI applications into legal workflows while mitigating risks and ensuring the delivery of high quality legal services