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OVERVIEW
A half-day workshop in Nashville will bring together in-house lawyers from a wide range of industries across the Southeast for a series of presentations and interactive learning sessions, focused on AI.
Our workshop will cover unique challenges and opportunities facing in-house counsel as they relate to AI, and help participants to define, develop and implement strategies to leverage it to deliver value for their organizations.
The content of the program—with an emphasis on collaboration—will provide key contexts around the current and future state of AI, prompting sessions to help you apply AI in your workflow, ways to collaborate with third-party technology partners and discussions around ethics and AI.
STRUCTURE + AUDIENCE
- 1/2 day event held in Nashville on June 12, 2025 at Baker Donelson Nashville offices.
- This event is intended for senior-level decision makers from in-house departments (i.e.; General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer, Associate General Counsel, Senior Legal Counsel, Corporate Counsel, Legal Operations Leaders, etc.)
- Content will be thematically focused on key challenges facing legal departments, and the opportunity and risk around deploying AI to solve them
- The workshop’s content will consist of leadership presentations, hands-on AI prompting sessions, and group evaluation of use cases
Program
12:00 to 12:20Pm | INTRODUCTION TO THE WORKSHOP
12:20 to 1:20PM | FIRESIDE CHAT: THE CURRENT STATE OF AI FOR LEGAL DEPARTMENTS
AI is no longer a future concept — it’s here, and it’s fundamentally changing the way in which legal departments operate. From contract review and legal research to compliance monitoring and litigation forecasting, AI-powered tools are reshaping the legal function in Nashville and across the Southeast.
While the opportunities are compelling, the risks are real. Data privacy, regulatory uncertainty, and the need for oversight mean legal teams must strike a careful balance between innovation and governance.
In this practical fireside chat, we’ll explore how legal departments are currently using AI, what’s working, and what to watch out for.
Key Topics:
- Smarter contract workflows: How AI tools are helping teams draft, review, and analyze contracts faster—without sacrificing accuracy
- AI + legal research: Using AI-driven platforms to quickly surface key case law, precedents, and summaries to turn the legal department into a value-creator
- Litigation forecasting: Applying predictive analytics to assess legal risks and outcomes, and to shape proactive litigation strategies
- Compliance tracking: Keeping up with fast-moving regulatory changes using AI tools designed for real-time monitoring and reporting
- Practical governance: How to balance automation and speed with legal oversight, ethics, and transparency
1:20 to 1:40PM | Elevator Pitch #1
Investing in innovative legal technology and AI tools has become increasingly essential for forward-thinking legal departments, allowing them to redefine the ways in which their services are delivered.
Throughout the day, some of the forum’s key partners will offer elevator pitches outlining a key area in which they are delivering value for legal departments. The purpose is to highlight ways in which service providers can help their clients deliver results and solve challenges through the use of AI.
1:40 to 2:40PM | BREAKOUT SESSIONS: CREATING EFFECTIVE AI PROMPTS TO OPTIMIZE RESULTS FOR YOUR BUSINESS
Participants will be divided into small groups for an interactive learning session, during which they will have the opportunity to test out prompts on different AI tools and watch live demonstrations from an expert.
Our facilitators will demonstrate prompt examples before taking requests from the audience.
2:40 to 3:00PM | Elevator Pitch #2
3:00 to 4:00PM | FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE: ETHICAL AI USE IN LEGAL SETTINGS
As legal departments explore AI to boost efficiency, they step into the role of ethical stewards, responsible for ensuring that AI tools are used in ways that reflect the values of the business and uphold legal and regulatory standards.
In Nashville’s dynamic business sectors, the need for trustworthy, well-governed AI is critical. This session explores what responsible AI adoption looks like in a high-performing legal department.
Key Topics:
- Addressing bias in legal tech: Spotting and preventing biased outcomes that could create legal or reputational risk
- Confidentiality + data privacy: Ensuring AI tools meet legal confidentiality standards and data protection regulations
- Maintaining human oversight: Putting the right guardrails in place to maintain accuracy, nuance, and accountability
- Building internal AI policies: How forward-looking legal departments are establishing clear, practical guidelines around where, when, and how AI can be used for legal work
- Applying professional ethics rules: Understanding how Tennessee Bar Association ethics rules and federal compliance expectations intersect with emerging AI tools
4:00 to 5:00PM | Reception
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