#WhyIAmASolo - I Can Leverage AI To Compete With BigLaw Legal Assistant Armies.

Let's be frank. A solo law practitioner, until recently, was at a disadvantage in many legal matters, due to the armies of secretaries, legal assistants, and law clerks, who provided valuable research and other skills to the lawyers in the firms. Computers and the Internet began leveling the playing field when they provided the ability to generate typed legal documents at the hand of the humble lawyer, and enabled solos to generate efficient billing, research, and writing products that were competitive. The adoption of Chat GPT and its competitors, which use AI to generate cogent results to just about any research question has now given me the power of my own army of legal assistants, and entry only costs me $20 per month. One of the coolest new abilities is the ability to create a research assistant that examines all statutory, regulatory, and other sources for any Florida legal topic. Some examples of prompts that you could use: 1. Find all local ordinances relating to noise control. 2. Locate any Law Journal articles relating to environment issues. 3. Summarize all recent Continuing Education materials on Florida real estate law. The possibilities are endless. Recently, a client with residential leases needed me to check their current leases, and the laws and regulations affecting them. I already was able to read the lease, and make comments based on my experience. I could also hit the online sources, and research the local ordinances, state statutes, and other resources available online to help with the search. In the old days, such research might consume 10 to 15 hours of my time, making it cost prohibitive for the client, and a pain for me. By creating a resource assistant focusing on Florida law, I was able to cut that research time down to 15 minutes. I then could spend time verifying the results, and writing my legal opinion for the client, and have a resource to discuss with the client in a face to face meeting. You could do the same thing in any jurisdiction, and, if you aren't, you are going to be made obsolete in the near future. This technological development is exponentially more life changing that the digitization of case law in the 80s and 90s, and the later movement of case law resources to the Internet. Go to OpenAI right now, and get with the program. If you don't, this train will be running over you very soon.