Mayer Brown launches comprehensive GenAI curriculum to equip all lawyers with advanced AI skills

Mayer Brown today announced the launch of its comprehensive GenAI training curriculum, a firmwide program designed to ensure every lawyer is fully equipped to effectively leverage generative AI to deliver enhanced value to clients. The initiative underscores the firm's commitment to investing in both cutting-edge technology and its people, positioning Mayer Brown as a leader in responsible AI adoption across the legal profession. 

The training program, which will roll out to Mayer Brown's nearly 1,800 lawyers globally throughout 2026, provides foundational AI training specifically oriented to the needs of each user, including responsible use (specifically, mandatory human review of all GenAI outputs, citation checking requirements, and comprehensive data security measures), training on the technology available at Mayer Brown, interactive scenario-based training for practice area use cases, and leadership training for partners to be able to lead AI-enabled teams and deliver commercial value for clients. 

"Our people are central to our AI strategy,” said Mayer Brown Chair Jon Van Gorp. “Our approach is focused on amplifying lawyer capabilities and judgement, not replacing them. This mandatory training will ensure every lawyer and business services professional at Mayer Brown – not just early adopters – can utilize GenAI to deliver value to their clients legal services while ensuring that they understand the key limitations of the technology, where human judgement is critical."

Comprehensive, Practice-Specific Training
The GenAI curriculum is designed to move lawyers from basic AI literacy to advanced practical application across their daily work. Key components include:

• Mandatory firm-wide training covering core GenAI capabilities, responsible use of protocols and data security requirements (as noted above).
• Practice-specific curriculum tailored to the unique needs of corporate, litigation, regulatory, and other practice areas.
• Hands-on application workshops where lawyers apply GenAI to real client matters under supervision.
• Ongoing support resources including a prompt library, use case templates, and AI Champions recognized through our GenAI Recognition Program.

The program emphasizes that, while GenAI dramatically accelerates certain legal activities, lawyers’ human judgement and client excellence skills remain essential – and the ability to add greater value for clients will always be the primary focus. 

Investment in People Alongside Technology
Mayer Brown's GenAI curriculum reflects the firm's broader strategy of investing in both technology and lawyer development. The firm has deployed multiple GenAI platforms including Harvey and Microsoft Copilot, while simultaneously building the skills and competencies that enable lawyers to extract maximum value from these tools. Use cases of these early-adopted tools include:

• Accessing 100% of the firm’s experiences to inform new client drafts and decision-making
• Extracting insights based on reviews of prior agreements to inform legal negotiations
• Condensing and summarizing unstructured text
• Generating first drafts more efficiently
• Providing rapid translations of text
• Analyzing and comparing documents using contextual interpretations

“Technology alone doesn’t create client value,” said Evette Pastoriza Clift, global chief information officer at Mayer Brown. “By training every lawyer in practice specific GenAI, we deliver deeper analysis, draw on more of the firm’s experience, and free lawyers at all levels to focus on high value strategic counsel—providing clients with consistently enhanced, AI supported service grounded in expert judgment.”

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