Legal AI Prompt Starters

Lexis+ AI is highly intuitive and responds to your natural language questions but there are some helpful guidelines to follow to get the best from legal generative AI

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“Writing prompts: A quick guide for lawyers using generative AI”

Prompts are the instructions or queries that you provide to a generative AI system, guiding it to produce the desired output. On the surface, generative AI looks simple.  Give it an instruction and it will write you an answer.  However, as with many things in life, a little bit of knowledge can transform your ability to maximise value from generative AI.

AI, like you and me, needs direction.  It needs context and clarity.  In the context of legal practice, well-crafted prompts can empower AI tools like Lexis+ AI to draft high-quality legal clauses and client documents, conduct legal research, analyse contracts, and perform a wide range of tasks with remarkable accuracy and efficiency.

Think of it like this: if you gave that prompt to a mid-level associate, would they understand what you were asking them to do?  Have you given them the direction they need to complete the task?  AI is no different.

Example prompts to get you started

Ask a legal question

Collaborate with Lexis+ AI as you would with a trusted colleague who intelligently and conversationally responds to your requests and refines answers.

What is the Windsor Agreement and how does this impact trade in goods and services between England and Northern Ireland?

 

In England, when can the insolvency court exercise its discretion to review or rescind a winding-up order?

 

How often does a private company limited by shares need to submit a confirmation statement in England & Wales?

 

When should clearance be sought from the Pensions Regulator in England for a transaction involving a defined benefit occupational pension scheme?

 

Are there any situations in which a floating charge will take priority over a fixed charge in England?

Generate a Draft

Go from blank page to arguments, contract clauses, and concise client communications, all grounded in authoritative content with remarkable speed, ease, and precision.

Write a briefing note on an employer's pensions automatic enrolment duties in England.

 

Draft an email to a client explaining the cybersecurity and AI risks of operating a supply chain and what UK regulation is in force or anticipated in this area

Draft an email to a lender client explaining what its  options are following an event of default under a secured loan agreement  in England


Draft a garden leave clause for use in an employment contract in England.


Draft an exclusion clause for Lewis Green's will, he is my client. He does not wish to pass any of his assets and properties to his brother, Rob Green. 

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Regan v Paul Properties Ltd [2007] Ch 135

 

Stack v Dowden [2007] 2 All ER 929

 

Geys v Societe Generale [2013] IRLR 122

 

[1994] 3 All ER 79

 

[2021] IRLR 407