Lawyerist Podcast Innovating Without Overwhelm: Practical AI Tips for Lawyers, with Graydon Trusler
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Nov 27, 2025 Graydon Trusler, a practical AI specialist with a background in law-firm operations, discusses how lawyers can leverage AI to streamline their workflows. He introduces the concept of 'productive laziness,' emphasizing automating repetitive tasks to reclaim time. Graydon shares insights on using AI for tasks like document review, courtroom assistance, and secure client data handling. He suggests starting small with simple AI goals and highlights the measurable efficiency gains from automating processes like discovery, paving the way for a more efficient legal practice.
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Start With Pain-Point Driven AI
- Start with practical, time-saving AI tasks that directly solve a pain point in your firm.
- Ask AI: "How can you help me with these three tasks today?" and use its prompt recommendations to implement solutions.
Train AI On Your Own Materials
- Client and firm-specific data makes AI far more useful than generic internet-trained responses.
- Locking models to your statutes or files yields tailored, reliable answers for legal work.
Lock Down Data Use Settings First
- Verify privacy and training settings before putting client data into any LLM or platform.
- Use API or business-tier options that explicitly prevent your data from training public models.