HitLai Institute · Legal Vertical

Run your practice — privilege intact

Associates, paralegals, and AI coordinated. Supervision intact. Audit trail ready for state-bar inquiries, malpractice carriers, and panel-RFP responses.

Inside the firm's network. Local AI so privileged material never leaves. Works with your DMS and billing — and builds what's missing.

Legal pilot — summer / fall 2026

Module L1 ("The ABA 512 Problem") debuted at MWAIS in May 2026. The full Legal track runs as an in-person Chicago workshop after the June SMB pilot — followed by L2 (live build, 120 min) and L3 (billing, 60 min). Limited seats for managing partners, GCs, and billing partners.

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Why a legal-specific track

"AI tools, your team, your systems — running together, safely." That's the platform's premise. The legal track is how that premise meets ABA 512, privilege protection, supervision under 5.1/5.3, and Rule 1.5 fee defensibility — specifically legal problems with specifically legal answers.

Privilege-safe by deployment

Privileged material runs on AI infrastructure inside your firm's network. Local AI via Ollama or vLLM, air-gapped if your matter requires. No public AI services on privileged data, ever. Your IT can confirm it. Your malpractice carrier likes it.

Supervision built in

Every AI prompt logged. Every output verified by a licensed attorney before external use. Citations checked at the source. Partner-review queue for any matter touching a tribunal. ABA 5.1 / 5.3 supervision practices baked into the workflow.

Panel-RFP ready

Sophisticated GCs are starting to require AI-policy disclosure as a panel condition. Walk in with a documented AI policy, an engagement-letter clause, a verification protocol, and a matter-end Transparency Report — and win placements competitors can't get on.

Taught by the team that builds it

Designed and delivered by the HitLai Institute team — the same team that ships the platform. Curriculum architect Bobby Koritala (multiple AI patents, ex-CPO Infogix/Precisely, legal-tech roots at Interface Software / InterAction CRM) reviews every module and teaches launch workshops alongside the team.

The legal track — three modules

Take L1 alone for governance grounding. L1 + L2 to operationalize. All three for a complete revenue and client-trust upgrade.

MODULE L1 · 90 MIN
The ABA 512 Problem — AI Governance for Law Firms
What every firm using AI needs to address. Today.

The hook: Mata v. Avianca. Air Canada chatbot. State-bar advisories. Each was a delegation failure, not a technology failure. Today: how to make sure your firm isn't next.

You'll walk out with: the ABA 512 Compliance Checklist scored against your firm, the AI Disclosure Clause for engagement letters, and a 30-day remediation plan to bring to your managing partner.

For: managing partners, GCs, ethics counsel · Leave-behinds: ABA 512 Compliance Checklist · AI Disclosure Clause Template
MODULE L2 · 120 MIN · LIVE BUILD
AI Workflows for Legal Operations
Hands-on: configure 2-3 flows live in your sandbox.

The hook: An associate at a 40-attorney firm drafted an MSA in 90 minutes that used to take 8 hours. Same quality, supervised, verified. Today we set up the same flow in your firm.

You'll walk out with: 2-3 workflows configured (conflict-check pre-screen, calendar entries from contracts, plus one drafting starter or research summarization), a deployment-architecture decision, and a 30-day rollout plan.

For: practice-group leaders, IT/operations leaders · Leave-behinds: Legal Workflow Catalog · Privilege Protection Setup Guide
MODULE L3 · 60 MIN
Making AI Billable — Revenue from AI-Assisted Services
How to price AI-assisted work and win panel placements.

The hook: Bill 8 hours when AI did 6 of them = Rule 1.5 violation. Bill 2 hours = revenue collapse. Today: the pricing models that work, and how transparency becomes a panel-RFP advantage.

You'll walk out with: pricing-model selection by practice area, a practiced client conversation script, a panel-RFP response draft, and a 30-day pricing pilot.

For: managing partners, billing partners, BD leaders · Leave-behinds: AI-Assisted Services Pricing Guide · Client AI Transparency Report Template

The trust journey — with stricter ceilings for legal work

The four trust settings apply to legal work, but with explicit ceilings. There is no scenario where AI handles a court filing on its own. There is no scenario where AI gives a client substantive advice without your team in the loop.

AI watches
AI shows insights. Your team does the work. Always available.
AI suggests
AI recommends. Default for any substantive legal work — research, drafting, abstraction.
AI acts, you approve
AI executes; team signs off. Only for administrative work — calendar, intake, billing review.
AI handles routine
AI runs the pattern. Limited to administrative tasks (intake auto-fill, calendar reminders) after extensive proven track record.
Ceiling, by design: Court filings, signed documents, substantive legal advice, fee or settlement decisions are NEVER on "AI handles routine." Your team's verification step is non-negotiable. ABA 512 is the floor; your supervision protocol is how you stay above it.

Free leave-behinds — legal track

Six worksheets and templates from L1, L2, and L3. Useful for your next partner meeting, panel response, or AI policy review — even before you attend a session.

Join the legal workshop

Tell us your role and we'll route the right invitation. The HitLai Institute team will follow up with session dates, deployment-architecture options for your firm size, and a short pre-work email.

Note: The HitLai Institute Legal Track is an operational and educational program. The materials and modules are not legal advice. ABA Formal Opinion 512 mapping, privilege-protection guidance, and Rule 1.5 pricing frameworks are intended for firm-internal planning under the supervision of your firm's general counsel or ethics counsel and adapted to your jurisdiction's specific requirements.