Congress
From hype to staying power: navigating the AI maze
Thursday, December 4, 2025
from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
The white vosch, utrecht
Cost: regular 699,- |Overheid 425,-.
PO/pe points: 6
About our congress
Legal professionals are currently overwhelmed by a plethora of AI tools and applications. But which tools fit your practice? And how do you deploy them safely and effectively?
During the conference From hype to grip: navigating the AI maze - which takes place in Utrecht - focuses on the practical application of AI in the legal field. The conference offers legal professionals concrete tools, inspiring keynotes and interactive workshops to get started immediately with AI in their own practice.
No abstract visions, but concrete insights and practical methods that will really help you move forward.
Program
10 a.m.
Opening conference by
Day Chairman Hidde Bruinsma
10:15 a.m.
Keynote
AI a supercharger or a threat to lawyers?
Marijn Rooijmans - WeLegal
10:50 a.m.
Plenary contribution
Frans Post - Attorney at law
11:20 a.m.
Changing rooms & coffee
11:45 a.m.
Workshop Round 1
1 p.m.
Networking Lunch
2 p.m.
Workshop Round 2
3:15 p.m.
Changing rooms & coffee
3:45 p.m.
Workshop Round 3
5 p.m.
Closing conference & start of drinks
Workshops
Round 1
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Practical AI tools for everyday use in taxation
AI is no longer future music: more and more lawyers are discovering how smart tools make their work faster, clearer and more efficient. In this workshop, we show you how to use AI in your daily practice - without technical prior knowledge and with a focus on immediate results.
Participants learn which possibilities are already available, what to look out for in responsible use and how to integrate AI step by step into your work processes. The goal is practical and concrete: you will go home with insights and skills that you can immediately apply in your own practice the next day.
This workshop will be conducted by:
Thierry Boonstra - Forvis Mazars
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The most important skill for working with AI tools is prompting. During this workshop you will learn the art of legal prompting, namely specifically drafting prompts, so that you as a professional can use language models so effectively in your daily work.
This workshop will cover, among other things, how to build a prompt, how elaborate you make a prompt and what you want to avoid at all costs.
You will get tips on how to use AI for writing emails, texts and blogs.
Participants will go home with a prompt book, a list of killer prompts that can be used by lawyers in everyday practice.
This workshop will be conducted by:
Frank te Biesebeek - LegalMike
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The use of AI raises new legal questions, including in the areas of IP law, privacy law and the prevention of undesirable forms of discrimination. These will also have to be taken into account in the procurement and contracting of AI.
Jeroen Naves is a lawyer and partner at Pels Rijcken. He specializes in technology and law, and has been advising on the procurement and use of AI for years. For example, at the request of the European Commission, Jeroen drafted standard terms and conditions for the procurement of AI by public organizations. Commissioned by the municipality of Amsterdam, Jeroen drafted procurement terms and conditions for the procurement of fair algorithms.
In this session, Jeroen considers questions such as:
What particular legal risks may arise from the use of AI?
What are terms you can agree with an AI vendor in order to mitigate such risks?
What best practices are available?
How to ensure proportional arrangements?
This workshop will be conducted by: Jeroen Naves | Pels Rijcken
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In one compact workshop, Casper and Hidde show how to use AI to turn legal knowledge into podcasts, articles, infographics and short videos about judgments.
They start with their own business and build a cohesive set of content from there that you can use on multiple channels.
Casper and Hidde have over 6 years of experience creating legal content, and we show how they use AI in the way they work to accelerate research, creativity and content creation without losing accuracy or nuance.
By the end of this workshop, you'll have practical templates, sample texts and prompt packages, plus clear instructions for maintaining your own tone and style.
Finally, they will show live how our viral project "Classic Judgments in Pictures" came about and how you can use those tips to experiment with making AI videos yourself.
This workshop will be conducted by Casper de Jong and Hidde Bruinsma.
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This interactive workshop will introduce you to the capabilities of Custom GPTs and how you can use them practically in your own work. We start with a brief introduction to terminology: what is the difference between ChatGPT, Custom GPTs and Assistants via APIs, and what prompting techniques can you use to achieve better results?
Then the trainer shows how to build a Custom GPT step by step with OpenAI and gives inspiring examples of his own applications, including in workflows that save time and increase quality.
Then you get to work on your own. In small groups, you come up with your own idea for a Custom GPT and work together to create a suitable prompt. One of the group ideas will be turned into a working GPT right on the spot, so everyone can see how the process works in practice.
Because not every participant has a paid account, the trainer ensures that all remaining group prompts are converted and shared afterwards. So you walk away with concrete examples and tools to continue experimenting yourself.
This workshop will be conducted by:
Joyce Boonstra - The Innovative Lawyer
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The most important skill for working with AI tools is prompting. During this workshop you will learn the art of legal prompting, namely specifically drafting prompts, so that you as a professional can use language models so effectively in your daily work.
This workshop will cover, among other things, how to build a prompt, how elaborate you make a prompt and what you want to avoid at all costs.
You will get tips on how to use AI for writing emails, texts and blogs.
Participants will go home with a prompt book, a list of killer prompts that can be used by lawyers in everyday practice.
This workshop will be conducted by:
Frank te Biesebeek - LegalMike
Round 2
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This workshop will be conducted by:
Frank te Biesebeek - LegalMike
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AI is rapidly transforming the legal profession. But how do you ensure that your organization effectively uses AI technology? Does your organization want to "do something" with AI, but is not clear how and where to start? What steps can be taken and what decisions need to be made? This workshop, led by The Innovative Lawyer, will focus on the answers to these questions.
During the workshop, the speakers cover:
Challenges and opportunities of AI
What an AI strategy entails
Why a thoughtful AI strategy is crucial in the current era
The core components of an effective AI strategy
Analyzing opportunities and risks of AI tools
The first steps to your own AI strategy
Best practices for responsible AI implementation
This workshop is provided by Precious Chocolaad - The Innovative Lawyer
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Convincing stories. Facts substantiate. AI accelerates.
In this inspiring workshop, cassation lawyer Vivien Rorsch shows how lawyers can use artificial intelligence as a creative sparring partner when writing litigation documents.
Where lawyers are used to reasoning from facts and logic, storytelling is all about humanity, excitement and meaning. With the right use of AI, you can connect those worlds: get to the point faster, convince more strongly and still remain authentic.
Vivien Rorsch is a cassation lawyer, trainer and expert in litigation writing and storytelling. She has been training lawyers for years in clear, persuasive and human writing, with and without AI. She shows how AI can enhance the writing process, provided you stay in control.
"AI is not a thinker, but an accelerator. Think first, then generate."
Vivien offers a fresh, realistic look at the power of stories and the role of AI in the legal profession.
What you learn
How to write persuasive litigation documents with AI,
How to turn complex legal information into understandable and catchy stories,
How to keep texts human in a digital world.
What we do
Discover how AI tools can help with:
- brainstorming angles,
- structuring argumentation,
- rewriting for clarity and empathy.Practice with a legal text: rewrite a passage into an authentic, persuasive story.
Get practical tips for using AI smartly and responsibly.
For whom
This training is designed for lawyers and legal professionals who want to strengthen their communication and creative skills.
No experience with AI is required.
Have you already experimented with AI, but want to get more out of it? Then this workshop is ideal.
On the contrary, are you already an experienced AI user? Then it's better to choose one of the in-depth trainings.
This workshop will be conducted by Vivien Rorsch
Round 3
About the speakers
Frank te Biesebeek
Co-founder LegalMike.ai
Frank is co-founder of legaltech company LegalMike.ai, whose mission is to strengthen access to law. He makes legal knowledge and advice more accessible by deploying artificial intelligence (AI). Together with a team of AI developers and lawyers, Frank is developing the proactive legal assistant for Dutch law.
Joyce Boonstra
Founder - The Innovative Lawyer
Joyce Boonstra is founder of The Innovative Lawyer, which guides lawyers and tax specialists through the rapidly changing AI landscape. After a fifteen-year career in the legal profession - including at De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek - she founded The Innovative Lawyer out of her deep affinity for technology and innovation. Joyce helps legal professionals and their organizations understand, apply and responsibly deploy artificial intelligence, and provides training, lectures and strategic advice at the intersection of law and technology.
Frans Post
Advisor - Legal Practice
Frans is a consultant at a top-3 law firm and specializes in legal practice management systems (FPMS). He supports organizations in the selection and implementation of Microsoft D365, helping to make processes more efficient and compliant. He is also chairman of VRC (Association of Chartered Controllers) where he contributes to the development of best practices and standards of chartered controllers.
Precious Chocolate
Legal Tech Consultant - The Innovative Lawyer
Precious is a lawyer working at the intersection between technology and the law: cybersecurity, privacy and data protection. She has extensive knowledge of the legal, ethical and societal issues associated with artificial intelligence. In addition to technical knowledge, Prescious' expertise includes the principles of AI systems, its regulation, and privacy protection. At The Innovative Lawyer, Precious supports legal professionals and organizations in (better) understanding, responsibly applying and implementing this technology in practice.
Marijn Rooijmans
Coordinator - WeLegal
Marijn Rooijmans began his career as a lawyer and manager of legal teams. From that experience, he founded LawyerLinQ, the platform that supports legal teams so they can handle everything that comes their way. He also built WeLegal Network into the largest network of independent lawyers and jurists in the Netherlands.
Marijn speaks and writes about the future of legal services. As co-author of a book on managing law firms and an advisor to legal leaders, he explores how technology, platformization and collaboration are changing the legal industry.
His current focus is on the impact of AI: how artificial intelligence is reshaping legal processes and organizations, and what choices leaders must make to stay relevant. In his keynotes, he confronts his audience with the fundamental shifts behind the hype.
Casper de Jong
Radio producer - Young Legal / Right in Your Ear
Casper is an entrepreneurial professional with a clear vision and strong passion for growth and development. He knows how to enthuse and connect teams, focusing on inspiring, innovating and changing. Together with Hidde Bruinsma, Casper tries to make the law more accessible to young people by engaging in weekly discussions with experts from different fields of law in the radio show Jong Juridisch.
Hidde Bruinsma
Legal Podcast Maker - Right in Your Ear
Hidde is a podcast creator and educational developer. He has a keen eye for legal communication and technological trends. For example, he can be heard on Recht in je Oor, PO podcast, Juridisch Geneuzel and Jong Juridisch, in which he addresses complex topics in an accessible way. In addition to his work as a podcast host, Hidde also works in education.
Vivien Rorsch
Cassation lawyer - LaRorsch
Vivien is a cassation lawyer and with a practical and results-oriented approach. From the beginning of opening to non-Hague lawyers, she was admitted to the national cassation bar. Since then, Vivien has litigated at the Supreme Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg. In addition, Vivien is a lecturer in Moot Court at Leiden University and senior lecturer at various legal courses.
Jeroen Naves
Partner - Pels Rijcken
Jeroen specializes in technology and law, with a focus on IT contracts, IT disputes and issues related to data exchange and innovation. He litigates in civil courts, both in proceedings on the merits and in summary proceedings, and guides complex IT procurement processes to a successful outcome. As a trusted advisor, he supports companies, governments and public institutions with legal challenges in the digital world.
Thierry Boonstra
Director - Forvis Mazars
Thierry Boonstra is a tax lawyer at Forvis Mazars, specializing in International Tax, M&A Tax and Tax & Data Analytics. Since 2012 he advises (inter)national companies on cross-border tax structures, mergers and acquisitions, and the smart use of data within the tax domain. In addition to his advisory practice, Thierry is active as an ambassador for the Mazars Foundation.
For whom.
This conference targets lawyers in both the private sector and government who want to understand and apply the opportunities of artificial intelligence in their practice.
The program is relevant to:
Lawyers
Corporate Counsel
Legal counsel and legal advisors
Government lawyers (including policy lawyers, legislative lawyers)
Lawyers at municipalities and provinces
Supervisors
Investigators
Prosecutors, prosecutors' secretaries and other employees of the Public Prosecutor's Office
Judges and clerks
Compliance and privacy officers
Notaries
Academics, including teachers and doctoral students
This course is also great for those who support legal professionals, such as:
Legal staff
Office directors
Secretaries
Personal assistants
Practical information
Date & Time
The conference will take place on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Dressed drinks will be held starting at 5 p.m.
Location
This congress will be held at De Witte Vosch, Oudegracht 46, 3511 AR Utrecht
PO/PE credits
6 (3 legal and 3 non-legal)
Cost
Regular rate: EUR 699,- excl. VAT
Government rate: EUR 425 excluding VAT
Multiple participants
If you come with multiple participants from one organization, each participant will receive EUR 50 discount. Please register as a group by sending an e-mail .
