Following on from our first session, this is the “how” session – built directly around the questions and bottlenecks solicitors raised in our survey responses. Alastair McDermott, founder of HumanSpark, moves beyond the demos and into the frameworks you can actually use in your day-to-day practice.

In this session, Alastair covers:

• The GOAL framework – a structured way to turn vague requests into clear, useful outputs
• Ask Me Questions – a technique that flips the dynamic, so the AI interviews you instead of you struggling to write the perfect prompt
• The Verification Tax – a simple way to work out whether AI is actually saving you time on a task, or just moving the effort to the review stage
• Task executor vs. thinking partner – the difference between using AI to just do things, and using it to help you think through them
• Real legal workflows – practical examples drawn from client correspondence, document drafting and research

This session is built around what solicitors actually asked for. It’s a grounded, practical look at the frameworks and habits that make AI a reliable part of your working day – delivered by someone who has spent two decades in technology consulting and the last three years focused specifically on AI adoption for small and medium businesses.

This episode will qualify for 1 hour of Professional Development and Solicitor Well Being CPD by e-Learning and will be essential viewing.