AI for Legal Research and Regulatory Monitoring

About this course

This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.AI tools were used to support the narration, visual materials and preparation of selected course content. All lessons, explanations and learning resources have been reviewed, organized and refined by the instructor for accuracy, relevance and educational quality.Artificial intelligence can accelerate legal and regulatory work, but a fluent AI answer is not necessarily accurate, current or supported by authoritative sources.This course teaches a practical, source-first method for using AI in legal research, regulatory monitoring, compliance analysis and strategic decision support. You will learn how to use AI as a research assistant while maintaining source verification, professional judgment and human accountability.The course begins with the foundations of generative AI, large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, multimodal tools and AI agents. You will then learn how to define research questions, identify relevant jurisdictions and time periods, create legal issue trees, develop search strategies and maintain a reliable research log.You will practise writing structured prompts that require clear scope, authoritative sources, uncertainty statements and useful professional outputs. You will also learn how to locate and evaluate legislation, regulations, court decisions, regulatory guidance, consultations, proposed rules and enforcement materials.The course covers public legal and regulatory sources in the United States, European Union, United Kingdom, India, Canada, Australia and Singapore, together with important international governance sources.You will learn how to:Verify citations, quotations, dates and legal propositionsCheck whether laws and regulatory materials remain currentBuild regulatory monitoring systems using official sources, alerts, RSS feeds, APIs and no-code workflowsAnalyze regulatory changes, app

Course objectives

• Teach a practical approach to integrating AI in legal work
• Emphasize the significance of source verification and professional judgment
• Provide skills for building regulatory monitoring systems