# AI for Paralegals — 150 copy-paste prompts | AI on the Job https://www.ai-on-the-job.com/books/014-ai-on-the-job-paralegals-edition 014 of 025 · Licensed Professions Paralegals You know the brief with the cases that did not exist. Nothing here goes out under its name — it drafts, and you are still the one who checks. ten and a half hoursevery week. That’s ten and a half hours in a normal week. Your first week will be slower — you’re learning a tool. By week three, the numbers above are realistic. Chapter 12 gives you the 30-day plan to get there. Where the hours come from Chapter 4First drafts of routine documents, the proofread pass~3 hours Chapter 5Client updates, records requests, the memos nobody reads~2 hours Chapter 6Deposition summaries, indexes, logs, chronologies~2 hours Chapter 7The career file: resume, certification study, the raise case~1 hour Chapter 8Reading, translating, and cheat-sheeting the law around your cases~1.5 hours Chapter 9The getting-ahead work you keep postponing~1 hour Twelve chapters. Twelve chapters, 150 prompts ready to paste, a glossary in plain words, and a thirty-day plan you can actually keep. 01 Your Head Start 02 The 30-Minute Setup 03 How to Talk to It 04 First Drafts in Ten Minutes 05 The Client Whisperer 06 The Docket, the Boxes, and the Binder 07 The Career File 08 The Knowledge Work 09 Getting Ahead 10 The Rules You Can’t Afford to Break 11 Tools of the Trade 12 Your First 30 Days Then: The Prompt Library, Glossary, The AI on the Job Series and About This Edition. Read the opening before you decide. Not a sample that stops mid-sentence — the whole first section, as printed, the title of every prompt in the library, and the guide to the trade. Prompt #1. Printed exactly as it appears in the book. The yellow parts are the blanks you fill in — there are thousands across the 150 prompts, and they are why this works on your trade rather than a generic one. COPY THIS — Prompt #1 · Your permanent profile Paste into the custom instructions / profile box: “I’m a paralegal at a [SIZE]-attorney firm practicing [PRACTICE AREAS] in [STATE]. I work under attorney supervision; nothing you draft is legal advice and none of it goes out without attorney review. Standing rules: (1) I will never give you real client names or case details — everything I describe is fictionalized or bracketed, so never ask me for identifying details. (2) Never invent a case citation, statute, quote, or court rule; if you reference any authority, label it UNVERIFIED — I verify everything in Westlaw/Lexis or the official source myself. (3) Never calculate a litigation deadline; the firm’s docketing system is the only authority on dates. (4) Head every document draft DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW. Writing style: plain professional English, no hype, short sentences.” One of 150 in AI for Paralegals. Start reading here. Ordering is currently closed. Explore the books, read the opening essays, and try the free prompts. Read the opening → Try the free prompts → The questions people actually ask. Do I need to pay for ChatGPT or Claude to use this book? Not yet. Free tiers of both tools carry you through every TRY IT NOW in this book and your first weeks of real use. You’ll know it’s time to pay (about $20/month) when you hit the daily limits during a normal workday — that’s the signal the tool is earning its keep. Chapter 11 covers what the money buys, and where your firm’s Westlaw or Lexis AI features fit in. Is this book going to tell me AI is coming for my job? No. It takes the opposite position, and says so on page one: it is a good tool for words, it does not do your job, it does the writing around your job. The book's own last line on it is “this book will not tell you AI is magic. It’s a power tool. In a law office it kicks harder than anywhere else — it makes up case citations, it drifts into legal advice, and it does both in a confident voice. We’ll show you exactly where it kicks and exactly how the checking habits catch it. Those habits are the difference between the paralegal AI makes faster and the paralegal AI gets in trouble.” You can read the whole opening, Nothing Goes Out Under Its Name, free: 2,193 words, no sign-up. What is actually in the 150 prompts? Eight groups: Setup & Voice (1–15), Drafting Support (16–40), Communication (41–65), Organization & the Docket (66–85), Career & Credentials (86–105), The Knowledge Work (106–120), Getting Ahead (121–145), Admin & Momentum (146–150). Every title is listed free on the prompt page, and twelve of the prompts are printed there in full. I have never used AI at work. Is this too advanced? It assumes nothing. Chapter 2 is “The 30-Minute Setup” and Chapter 3 is “How to Talk to It” — the tool is set up and the one real skill is taught before anything else is asked of you. The glossary at the back explains every term the book uses. How long is it? It is about 30,571 words across 12 chapters, plus the 150-prompt library and the glossary; the audiobook runs 2h 29m across 20 tracks, measured from the masters on 2026-08-31. Chapters 1–3 take about an hour and everything else depends on them. Can I order the book here? Ordering is currently closed. Explore the books, read the opening essays, and try the free prompts. This book will not tell you AI is magic. It’s a power tool. In a law office it kicks harder than anywhere else — it makes up case citations, it drifts into legal advice, and it does both in a confident voice. We’ll show you exactly where it kicks and exactly how the checking habits catch it. Those habits are the difference between the paralegal AI makes faster and the paralegal AI gets in trouble. AI on the Job: Paralegals Edition · page one Somebody you work with needs one of these.