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The Curriculum

Four certificates. One pathway from literacy to litigation.

Every program mirrors a part of the Lawnova platform you already see in practice — and stacks into a visible certification ladder. Start where you're eligible; advance as far as your work demands.

Who it's for

Four audiences, one academy.

Track 01

Students & New Lawyers

Build AI fluency and responsible-use habits before they become bad ones.

Track 02

Practicing Attorneys

Turn AI into defensible research, drafting, and litigation workflows.

Track 03

Firms & Legal Ops

Standardize adoption with governance your partners can audit.

Track 04

Informed Public

Use AI for legal literacy — clearly bounded from legal advice.

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Level One

Foundations of AI for Legal Professionals

A safe, rigorous entry point. Understand models, prompting, retrieval, and verification — and internalize the ethics and responsible-use protocols every later program assumes. Open to students, new lawyers, legal staff, and informed public users.

AI literacyPrompting & retrievalVerification basicsProfessional ethics
II
Level Two

AI Research & Drafting for Legal Work

Turn AI into a structured legal workflow: frame issues, research efficiently, analyze transcripts, draft with source control, and build a verification appendix that shows your work — with attorney oversight at every step.

Research planningSource-grounded draftingTranscript intelligenceVerification appendix
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Level Three

Law Firm Operations & Automation

Design intake, timekeeping, billing, notification, and client-communication workflows on Lawnova's operations layer. Standardize and govern adoption across a practice group — don't just "learn software."

Workflow automationIntake & billingFirm AI policyGovernance & KPIs
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Level Four

Advanced Systems & Trial Simulation

Transcript intelligence, jury and verdict modeling, and appellate drafting in high-stakes litigation workflows — culminating in a panel-reviewed capstone simulation that tests judgment under pressure.

Verdict modelingTrial simulationAppellate draftingCapstone review
Eight Micro-Credentials

Stack focused skills underneath the ladder.

Shorter, targeted credentials that sit beneath the four flagship certificates — earn them on their own or as you progress.

MC-01

Prompt Design & Verification

Build prompts that stay inside the right sources, and prove it.

MC-02

Transcript Intelligence

Line-cite extraction across depositions and filings.

MC-03

Citation & Source Hygiene

Validate every authority before it reaches a draft.

MC-04

Voice-to-Matter Workflows

Turn dictation into structured, reviewable matter records.

MC-05

Trial Simulation

Run voir dire and verdict scenarios responsibly.

MC-06

Colorado Appellate Drafting

C.A.R. 32-compliant briefs with verified citations.

MC-07

Firm AI Policy & Governance

Author and roll out a defensible AI-use policy.

MC-08

AI for Public Legal Literacy

Use AI for legal information — clearly bounded from advice.

At a glance

Compare the four certificates.

ProgramLevelDurationPrerequisitePrimary labsCapstoneTuition
FoundationsOne6 weeksNoneSandbox · BlueShark$295
Research & DraftingTwo6 weeksLevel OneBlueShark · PDF.LEGAL$895
Operations & AutomationThree6 weeksLevel OneOperations layer$995
Advanced & TrialFour6 wks + capstoneLevel TwoVerdictPilot · COAPP$1,495