From Chatbots to Workflows and Agents: Developing a Beginner's Mind to Adopt Responsible GenAI into Legal Practice (June 2026)
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It is hoped that legal practitioners and allied professionals, with the support of their leaders, would be inspired by this Cookbook project to re-create and experiment to create their own impactful solutions as "humans-working-in-the-loop" starting with the "tools at hand" and progress from AI literacy to AI fluency to better serve and maintain the trust of our clients and society.
- Brian W. Tang, Founding executive director of LITE Lab@HKU and Co-chair of ALITA, who was recently named one of the inaugural FT Law 50 as an "AI Enabler".
The most impactful AI solutions are often created by those who best understand their profession. By bringing together perspectives from law firms and corporate legal and compliance departments, we hope this Cookbook will inspire legal and allied professionals to experiment, innovate, and develop their own GenAI solutions to transform the way legal work is delivered.
- Marlon Fetzner, Head of Legal Affairs for Microsoft Asia
I believe the publication will provide legal professionals with practical guidance and inspiration as they explore the use of AI in legal practice, while continuing to uphold professional responsibilities and standards.
- Roden Tong, President of The Law Society of Hong Kong
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Recipes
B01
Legal Translation Assistant
- Handle quick legal translation tasks in a multi-step workflow that provides literal and natural translations, and a glossary.
- Incorporate custom style, language, and special considerations in the instructions and knowledge sources.
- Ensure consistent translation style and language across previous documents in the knowledge base.
- Enables user edits (in Copilot Pages) and Word file downloading.
B02
Due Diligence Research Assistant
- Conduct research on uploaded documents and selected public sources to support the due diligence process in an M&A transaction or new client onboarding.
B03
Time Entry Audit Assistant
- Enable self-checking and support practice management.
- Review time entries against internal billing guidelines.
- Flag time entries with improper format or language, detect block billing and vague narratives.
- Suggest one-line narrative rewrites where appropriate.
B04
Contract Review Assistant
- Review contracts received from counterparties by comparing to the firm's or client's standard templates and identifying any gaps or discrepancies.
B05
Legal Advice Assistant
- Support lawyers in delivering more consistent, efficient, and structured legal advice by drawing on specified internal precedents, guidance notes, and applicable legislation to produce an initial analysis. The agent does not replace legal judgement.
B06.1
Fee Tracking Agent
- For each matter or client, generate a table directly in Outlook message for writing billing emails and summaries.
B06.2
Timesheet Review Assistant
- Support matter or practice management.
- Review timesheets and compare against budgets.
- Flag unbillable or improper entries and give one-line recommendations.
- Produce per-fee-earner/matter review tables for further data analysis and action.
B07
Chronology Assistant
- Identify key events through a structured workflow that extracts dates, actors, and descriptions, and prepare a clear, chronological timeline.
- Incorporate specific case themes and priority issues defined in the instructions to ensure the chronology highlights the most relevant facts.
- Maintain cross-references across multiple evidence types to ensure a unified and consistent narrative.
B08
Policy and Regulatory Monitoring Agent
- Deliver comprehensive policy and regulatory updates for Hong Kong and integrate multiple trusted sources for information aggregation.
- Provide user guidance on external use of information. Users are reminded to seek approval before using outputs externally.
B09.1
Legal Review Triage Agent in SharePoint
- Guide business users in navigating internal procedures and guides using dynamic SharePoint content.
- Note: This recipe serves as a simplified blueprint for beginners to familiarise themselves with the Copilot Studio ecosystem and its functionalities. You may adapt the agent to your organisation's needs and consult the IT department as appropriate.
B09.2
Legal Review Triage Agent
- Guide business users in navigating internal procedures and guidelines for legal issues and reviews.
- Note: This recipe serves as a simplified blueprint for beginners to familiarise themselves with the Copilot Studio ecosystem and its functionalities. You may adapt the agent to your organisation's needs and consult the IT department as appropriate.
B10
Legal Document Creation Agent
- Populate and revise a legal template by using Copilot in Word to extract relevant facts from consolidated email correspondence and automatically complete all placeholder fields with tracked changes.
B11
Training Video Generator
- Create a 5-minute video for internal training.
- Facilitate understanding of the requirements of the 6 Data Protection Principles under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, and explain the roles and responsibilities of Data Privacy Focal Points and Data Protection Officers.
B12
Privacy Impact Assessment Agent
- Explain data protection compliance requirements.
- Guide users through internal privacy impact assessment (PIA) checklist.
- Answer privacy-related questions in accordance with Hong Kong's Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance.
