In this tutorial, Elly Meenan, Legal Ops Engineer at Wordsmith, shows how to use email to access the full power of Wordsmith — no Slack or Teams required. You’ll learn how to: • Upload email threads to summarize conversations and identify next steps • Draft professional follow-up replies directly from within Wordsmith • Forward messages to populate templates such as employment offer letters • Send contracts and playbook requests to Wordsmith via email for automatic review • Retrieve completed documents and redlines directly from your inbox • Use dedicated workspace and playbook email addresses to handle FAQs or submissions This session demonstrates how legal and business teams can simplify communication, automate document workflows, and manage reviews — all without leaving email. Ideal for legal ops professionals, in-house counsel, and teams looking to extend AI-powered automation into everyday inbox workflows.

In this step-by-step tutorial, Elly Meenan, Legal Ops Engineer at Wordsmith, demonstrates how to set up an automated **Horizon Scanning** workflow that monitors regulatory updates, industry news, and competitor moves - directly in Slack, **with or without Zapier**. You’ll learn how to: • Identify and subscribe to relevant RSS feeds (e.g., TechCrunch, Gov.UK) • Build a Zapier automation that filters news items by topic (like “AI”) • Send filtered updates into a dedicated Slack channel • Configure Wordsmith to read and summarize articles using custom instructions • Automatically flag internal policies, tag responsible team members, and surface key actions • **Set up the same workflow entirely in Slack if you don’t use Zapier (Watch from 7:58 for how to do it without Zapier)** This practical tutorial shows how legal and compliance teams can stay ahead of change by automating early-warning signals for risks and opportunities. Ideal for legal ops professionals, in-house counsel, and anyone looking to streamline monitoring and reporting using low-code tools like Slack, Zapier, and Wordsmith.

In this step-by-step tutorial, Elly Meenan, Legal Ops Engineer at Wordsmith AI, shows you how to build a simple automation in Zapier that connects Jira and Wordsmith. You’ll learn how to: * Set up a Zapier trigger to capture new legal requests from Jira * Send those requests to Wordsmith to generate tailored responses * Automatically publish answers back into Jira as comments * Close tickets by updating their status to “Done” This is a practical example of how legal teams can reduce repetitive work, respond faster, and integrate AI into existing workflows—without writing a single line of code. This is for in-house legal teams, legal ops professionals, and anyone looking to experiment with low-code AI-powered automations.

In this introductory session, Wordsmith's CEO Ross McNairn explains the fundamental concepts of Legal AI. Ross demystifies the core technology, from the foundation models built by companies like OpenAI and Google to the different ways your private data interacts with them, such as through Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) or the context window. He also provides a simple framework for understanding the AI ecosystem, breaking it down into the infrastructure, foundation, and application layers. Finally, the video explores how this technology translates into practical legal use cases and workflows, setting the stage for the rest of Wordsmith Academy, which will focus on legal-specific AI applications.

It takes 66 days to build a habit — and the same is true for using AI in your legal work. In this 10-minute session, Laura Jeffords Greenberg (Head of Wordsmith Academy) shares 6 practical steps to build lasting AI habits as a legal professional: 1️⃣ Start small 2️⃣ Experiment 3️⃣ Pause and ask 4️⃣ Schedule it 5️⃣ Track & share 6️⃣ Make it visible This isn’t about becoming a “master prompter.” It’s about weaving AI into the workflows you already use — drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and advising. Whether you’re an in-house lawyer, at a law firm, or in legal ops, these tips will help you make AI part of your daily work.

Elly Meenan, Legal Ops Engineer at Wordsmith AI, walks through how to set up a high-impact Ask Legal channel in Microsoft Teams powered by Wordsmith Workspaces. This session covers: (1) How to build and structure a Workspace from scratch (2) Real-life examples of using Wordsmith to manage incoming legal questions through Microsoft Teams (3) Practical tips for customizing prompts, linking live policies, and routing requests to the right teammate Designed for in-house legal and legal ops teams, this training dives into real workflows to help you automate repetitive questions, boost internal self-service, and improve knowledge sharing across the business—all without needing to leave Teams.

Prompting Strategies for Legal Work is a recorded live 60-minute session that helps legal professionals get better results from AI tools. Learn how to write clearer prompts, structure complex tasks, and troubleshoot when AI goes off track. You'll leave with strategies, real-world examples, and the confidence to make AI work for you. What This Session Includes: - Write better prompts to get clearer, more accurate answers from AI - Break down complex legal tasks using structured, real-world examples - Fix AI misfires with practical troubleshooting tips and techniques This course is ideal for legal teams and individuals already using AI and ready to level up their skills with real-world strategies and examples. Recorded on July 30, 2025.

Elly Meenan, Legal Ops Engineer at Wordsmith AI, gives a hands-on walkthrough of how to build powerful Workspaces using Wordsmith—one of the most flexible and impactful tools for legal teams. This session covers: (1) how to set up and structure a Workspace from scratch; (2) real-life examples like “Ask Legal” channels in Slack that help teams deflect repetitive questions; (3) practical tips for customizing instructions, syncing live policies, and routing questions to the right teammate. Designed specifically for in-house counsel and legal ops teams, this customer training session dives into real workflows—so you can start automating answers, tagging teammates, and improving knowledge-sharing across the business with minimal lift.