AI & Law Practice Management · Professor Jamshyd M. Zadeh · Fall 2026
A semester of AI,
tested inside a firm
that doesn’t exist.
Weekly assignments for Professor Jamshyd M. Zadeh’s seminar at Texas A&M University School of Law. The Richter Firm is hypothetical. The tools, the prices, and the failures are not.
Semester
- Aug 17
- Aug 24 — Assignment 01, Submitted Aug 21
- Aug 31 — Assignment 02, Submitted Aug 31
- Sep 14 — Assignment 03, Submitted Sep 14
- Sep 21
- Sep 28
- Oct 5
- Oct 19
- Oct 26
- Nov 2
- Nov 9
- Nov 16
- Nov 30
Mondays, 3:40 p.m., LAWS 204. Twelve meetings, then the business plan on Nov 30 (60% of the grade). 3 of 3 submitted
Select an assignment
The work so far
- Assignment 1: The firm, and four tools tested Name a firm, find it a domain and an office, write two working prompts, read the state bar's AI guidance, then put four legal research tools through the same two tasks and score them. One of them invented a rule of Texas law and attached it to a real statute. It was the tool built for lawyers. 4 tools2 tasks45 evaluations Submitted Aug 21
- Assignment 2: Bios, networking, and client intake Three versions of a professional biography for three different rooms, a networking strategy that runs on AI without ever being let loose on a real person, and a survey of the AI CRMs a small transactional practice could actually buy. Three biographies, a networking system, and a comparison of AI CRM tools. 3 biographies1 outreach system2+ CRMs compared Submitted Aug 31
- Assignment 3: Offline marketing and the first customer Five ways to build relationships in person, a seminar for AI builders, a reusable marketing prompt, and a workbook for tracking marketing returns. From AI Demo to Actual Business: a lunch seminar for developers and startup founders. 5 activities1 seminar1 ROI workbook Submitted Sep 14