AIxLegal by SAL
EQUIPPING THE PROFESSION FOR AN AI-AUGMENTED FUTURE
“… what is certain is that generative AI can help our younger colleagues execute certain routine tasks more efficiently and at higher quality, and it can therefore make legal work more sustainable. Hence, we should encourage equipping the profession with the skills to enable the widespread, informed and effective use of generative AI.”
~ Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon, Opening Address at the Legal Profession Symposium 2025
Generative AI is reshaping the legal profession by accelerating legal research, contract drafting, and document review, enabling lawyers to deliver work more efficiently while focusing on higher‑value advisory and advocacy tasks. It is therefore essential to equip legal professionals with the skills to use these tools responsibly, understand their limitations, and apply sound judgment.
AIxLegal by SAL is the Singapore Academy of Law’s initiative to build practical AI capability across the legal profession. Supported by IMDA, it brings together structured training, an AI Fluency Framework and practical resources to support legal professionals from foundational AI fluency to practice-specific applications.
Core AI Fluency
AI Workshop for Legal Professionals
Build the foundational skills to use generative AI effectively and responsibly in legal practice.
Topics include understanding what AI can and cannot do in legal practice, using AI responsibly, and applying it to legal research and day-to-day legal workflows.
More information can be found under training courses tab.
Click here to find the next scheduled workshop.
Practice-Specific AI Application
AI for Criminal Practice
The course focuses on practical uses of AI in criminal practice, from organising case facts and reviewing evidence to supporting legal research, drafting submissions and preparing for hearings.
AI for Family Practice
A practice-specific course is being developed to explore how AI can support common family law workflows, while accounting for the judgement, sensitivity and safeguards required in family practice.
AI for Personal Injury and Property Damage (PIPD)
A practice-specific course is being developed to explore how AI can support common personal injury and property damage workflows, including case analysis, research, document review and drafting.
Supporting agency for the programme
Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA)
About the Framework
In partnerhip with IMDA, the framework for AI fluency in the legal services sector, serves as a guide for developing curricula on using and deploying AI. The framework was developed in consultation with IMDA, legal technology professionals and AI experts within the legal industry.
Download the framework here.
The framework forms part of LIFTED, the Legal Industry Framework for Training and Education. Training courses accredited by SAL to the framework will form part of a structured pathway for legal professionals to advance in their AI proficiency.
The following courses are offered as part of the structured training pathway for AI fluency in the legal sector, according to the respective proficiency levels of the AI Fluency Framework.
AI Workshop for Legal Professionals (monthly)
This hands-on workshop helps you gain foundational skills such as prompt engineering, and confidence to apply AI in everyday work.
Topics include:
- AI in legal practice: what it can and cannot do
- Writing effective prompts for legal tasks
- Applying AI to legal research, drafting, summarisation, contract review and document analysis
- Checking and validating AI-generated outputs
- Responsible AI use by legal professionals
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Legal Innovation Workshop
This two-day workshop introduces legal innovation methodologies, including legal design thinking and legal process re-engineering and how AI can be applied in practice.
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(coming soon)
AI for Criminal Practice
The course focuses on practical applications of AI across criminal practice, including case organisation, evidence review, legal research, drafting and hearing preparation.
Topics include:
- Client instructions, case theory and fact organisation
- Evidence review, chronology building and issue mapping
- Legal research and procedural analysis
- Drafting representations, submissions and mitigation materials
- Hearing preparation and advocacy support
Additional practice-specific workshops for Family Practice and Personal Injury and Property Damage (PIPD) Practice are currently in development.
More details will be announced when the courses are available.
LawNet AI Training
This 1.5-hour workshop guides you through the features and functionalities of LawNet.com, including how to optimise the use of LawNet AI search powered by GPT Legal.
Click here to find the next scheduled workshop.
Developed in collaboration with Microsoft, these resources empower legal professionals to leverage Generative AI for content creation, task automation, and enhanced efficiency in legal workflows.
Guidebook
A comprehensive resource explaining the fundamentals of Generative AI and practical techniques for prompt engineering in the legal context.
Prompt Engineering for Lawyers © 2025 by Singapore Academy of Law and Microsoft Corporation is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International.
Instructional Video
A step-by-step walkthrough of the guidebook, with modules covering key concepts and skills for effective prompting.
Fundamentals of Generative AI and Prompt Engineering © 2024 by Singapore Academy of Law and Microsoft Corporation is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0