DraftSmart: Ethical Legal Drafting with AI

This course offers a practical and structured introduction to legal drafting in the age of Artificial Intelligence. As AI tools become increasingly integrated into legal practice, it is essential for law students and young lawyers to understand how to use AI effectively, ethically, and responsibly — without compromising legal reasoning or professional standards. The course focuses on leveraging AI as an assistive drafting tool, not a replacement for legal skill. Participants learn how to combine human legal analysis with AI-driven efficiency to produce well-researched, accurate, and professionally sound legal drafts.

TOPICS IT WILL COVER –

1. Human Judgment vs AI Assistance
2. Framework for AI-Assisted Legal Drafting
3. Drafting of Complaints Using AI Tools (Case Studies) 
4. Editing, Proofreading & Legal Accuracy
5. Ethical Use of AI in Law

Meet Your Mentor: Adv. Arundhati Thakur

Learn legal drafting in the age of AI from an advocate who combines strong doctrinal grounding with modern, tech-enabled legal practice.

Advocate Arundhati Thakur is a B.A. LL.B. graduate and an LL.M. (Corporate Law) scholar at IILM University, Greater Noida. She brings hands-on experience in legal research, teaching, and structured legal writing, with a keen focus on how AI can be used responsibly to enhance legal drafting—without compromising legal reasoning or ethics.

Her academic and professional interests span corporate governance, policy reforms, political finance, and international affairs, giving students exposure to how drafting works across constitutional, corporate, and international legal frameworks.

She is the author of the published research paper “Opacity, Equality and Political Finance: Evaluating the Supreme Court’s 2024 Verdict on Electoral Bonds” (LawFoyer International Journal of Doctrinal Legal Research), where she critically analyses constitutional principles, democratic accountability, and electoral reforms.

Her work “Asymmetric Accountability: Africa, Sovereignty and the Geopolitics of ICC–ICJ Non-Enforcement” has also been accepted for publication in an international journal, reflecting her engagement with global power structures and international adjudicatory mechanisms.

In addition, she has presented her research at a National Seminar on Corporate Transformation under the Constitutional Vision, focusing on balancing economic growth, governance, justice, and innovation—an approach that strongly informs her drafting methodology.

What students gain from her session:

• Practical insights into AI-assisted legal drafting

• Clarity on structure, precision, and argument-building

• Understanding how technology complements—not replaces—legal skill

• Exposure to contemporary legal issues shaping courts, corporations, and global governance

This session is ideal for students who want to draft smarter, think deeper, and stay future-ready.