Alex Denniston, Senior Director of AI Enablement at Factor, recently joined The Vanguard Network for a practical, interactive session on how in-house legal professionals can use generative AI more effectively in their day-to-day work.
Drawing on Factor’s Sensemaker Academy, this session focused on two core questions: where AI can genuinely support legal work, and how to get better results from it.
The format blended brief teaching with hands-on exercises, giving participants the chance to try techniques live, build familiarity through practice, and then step back for discussion with the group.
• A practical framework for where AI can help in legal work, including support with analysis, rewriting, drafting, and idea generation.
• Clear guidance on how to prompt and interact with AI more effectively by giving better instructions, stronger context, and more useful feedback.
• A blend of short lecture, hands-on keyboard exercises, and discussion so participants are not just hearing about concepts, but actively practicing them.
• Time for group discussion and Q&A on what works, what doesn’t, and how these approaches can apply in real legal workflows.
Find out more about Sensemaker Academy here.