Course

Build your own AI assistant

Various dates

Location: The Hague


PO/PE points: 4 (not legal)

EUR 450,- excl. VAT

About this course

Whereas many lawyers still use AI as a standalone question-and-answer tool, this course teaches you how to use AI as structural support for your work processes. The premise is simple: if you repeatedly perform the same tasks, make the same analyses, or ask the same questions, you can build a targeted AI assistant that supports this work in a consistent and controlled manner.

In this course, you will learn how to design and build such AI assistants. We will work with concrete examples and live demos to show how different AI assistants function in practice, which design and control choices determine the quality of the output, and where the actual added value lies. Explicit attention is paid to legal prompting as it applies to building and controlling AI assistants, and how this differs from the use of AI in individual chats.

Then you get to work yourself. You develop AI assistants that fit in with your own work and build them step by step, under supervision and with room for questions and refinement.

Next, you will learn how multiple AI assistants can work together within a single work process. We will also show you how to build an AI orchestrator that manages multiple AI assistants.

After completing the course, you will not only have insight, but also concrete, working AI assistants that can be used immediately in your own practice. You will know how to structurally organize, expand, and control AI so that it does not remain an experiment, but becomes a reliable part of your daily legal work.

Practical result

This is a hands-on course. Participants are guided step by step through the process of designing, building, and combining AI assistants.

Afterwards:

  • Do you know how to build AI assistants (Custom GPTs) in a thorough manner?

  • you have built at least 3 AI assistants of your own;

  • you have gained plenty of inspiration for even more AI assistants that are relevant to you;

  • do you understand how assistants can call each other?

  • Do you know how an orchestrator works and how to build one?

Program

Introduction: AI assistants for lawyers

We start with the question of what exactly an AI assistant is and when it makes sense to use one in legal work. In doing so, we distinguish between isolated interactions with AI and working with dedicated assistants that fulfill a fixed role and task.

Using concrete examples and live demos, we show how different AI assistants function in practice and what types of work they are suited for. These examples illustrate how AI assistants can support legal processes and where their added value lies.

Designing effective AI assistants

Next, the focus shifts to design. You will learn how to make conscious choices in advance when developing an AI assistant, what steps to take when building an AI assistant, and which tasks are suitable for support by an AI assistant.

Instructing and managing AI assistants

Building an AI assistant requires a different approach to legal prompting than simply asking individual questions. In this section, you will learn how to direct AI assistants in a targeted manner and how to formulate instructions that are appropriate for the purpose.

Building

With this foundation in place, it's time to get started. Participants first brainstorm ideas for AI assistants that fit in with their own work. They then build these assistants, under supervision and with room for questions and refinement.

Collaborative AI assistants

This course component focuses on getting multiple AI assistants to work together. Participants learn how different specialized assistants can be deployed within a single work process, each with their own role and task, so that complex tasks are broken down into manageable steps.

We discuss how AI assistants can complement and follow up on each other, for example by first providing structure, then performing legal analysis, and finally checking or refining the output. The focus is on consciously designing this collaboration, with clear responsibilities for each assistant and maintaining quality and consistency.

Using practical examples, we demonstrate how collaborative AI assistants lead to greater control, better output, and more efficient workflows. This component represents an important step toward building robust AI work processes, in which AI is not used in isolation but functions as a coherent whole.

AI orchestrators

In this course, we focus explicitly on working with AI orchestrators. You will learn what an orchestrator is within ChatGPT, when it adds value, and how it differs from a regular AI assistant.

We demonstrate how to build an orchestrator that does not perform any substantive legal work itself, but directs multiple specialized AI assistants. The orchestrator determines which assistant is deployed, in what order, and under what instructions, while monitoring scope, quality, and consistency.

During the course, we will jointly build a working orchestrator and demonstrate how it can call other Custom GPTs, have their output checked, and combine the results into a single, clear end product. This will teach you how to organize AI structurally within your own legal work processes, rather than using it ad hoc.

Target

This course is designed for legal professionals, including lawyers, corporate lawyers, judges, public prosecutors, employees of various ministries, employees of enforcement and investigative authorities, and compliance officers who are interested in improving their understanding and skills in applying language models within their field.

This course is also great for those who support legal professionals, such as:

  • Legal staff

  • Office directors

  • Secretaries

  • Personal assistants

Participants who want to take advantage of advanced technologies to increase their efficiency, improve their services, and implement innovative solutions in their daily operations will benefit from this course.

The program is also suitable for IT professionals within the legal sector who work with legal teams and are involved in implementing and managing AI technologies.

Teacher

Joyce boonstra

Joyce is a lawyer (formerly an attorney) with a deep interest in technology and a keen eye for innovation. Since the launch of ChatGPT, she has been able to use this model in her daily practice. Her expertise is not limited to ChatGPT; she also has extensive knowledge of other language models and tools. With her practical insights, Joyce helps lawyers effectively integrate language models into their work processes.

Practical information

Dates & times: See below.

Location: Our regular course location in The Hague (Koninginnegracht 60).

Cost: EUR 450, excluding 21% VAT

PO/PE credits: 4 (non-legal)
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Mode of participation

This course is only offered in person.

Dates & Registration

Tuesday, March 31, 2026
9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

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Thursday, May 28, 2026
12:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

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Thursday, September 17, 2026
12:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

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Tuesday, November 3, 2026
9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

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Why choose us?

Legal content &
Technological knowledge

We combine legal expertise with technological knowledge. As a result, we know what kind of problems lawyers face and what solutions may or may not fit. Precisely this combination enables us to help you further.

Practical &
Accessible

Our approach is hands-on and our knowledge directly applicable, with the goal of making AI accessible, understandable and usable for any legal professional, regardless of your knowledge level or experience, so you can work with AI with confidence.

Committed &
Flexible

We are fully committed to your success and tailor our services to your unique needs, with personal attention, customized solutions and a flexible approach always focused on getting the best results.

Continuous Learning &
Development

We believe in continuous growth and improvement by learning, innovating and adapting to a changing world. We think and move with you and your daily practice. For new challenges, we find new solutions.