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title: "AI for Lawyers: What you can learn about AI from the Engineering world"
source: "https://samcarlton.com/ai-for-lawyers-engineering-world/"
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# AI for Lawyers: What you can learn about AI from the Engineering world

Slides and reference links from my Oklahoma Bar Association IP Section Midyear Meeting talk on what lawyers can learn from engineering AI workflows.

## Slides

[Open the canonical slides full-screen](https://oba-2026.samcarlton.com) or [read the slide source](https://oba-2026.samcarlton.com/slides.md).

## Links

-   [Comprehension Debt](https://addyosmani.com/blog/comprehension-debt/)
-   [Cognitive Surrender](https://addyosmani.com/blog/cognitive-surrender/)
-   [Vals AI LegalBench leaderboard](https://www.vals.ai/benchmarks/legal_bench)
-   [Vals AI benchmarks index](https://www.vals.ai/benchmarks)
-   [MLEB leaderboard](https://isaacus.com/mleb)
-   [LawBench leaderboard](https://lawbench.opencompass.org.cn/leaderboard)
-   [LegalBenchmarks.ai leaderboard](https://www.legalbenchmarks.ai/leaderboard)
-   [Harvey LAB initial results](https://www.harvey.ai/blog/legal-agent-benchmark-initial-results)
-   [Harvey BigLaw Bench](https://www.harvey.ai/blog/introducing-biglaw-bench)
-   [Vals VLAIR legal research report](https://www.vals.ai/industry-reports/vlair-10-14-25)
-   [OBA legal AI skills table](https://oba-2026-legal-ai-skills-table.samcarlton.workers.dev)
-   [Skills.sh audits](https://www.skills.sh/audits)
-   [Anthropic legal summarization guide](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/use-case-guides/legal-summarization)
-   [OpenAI Academy: Using skills](https://openai.com/academy/skills/)
-   [Harvey IP litigation workflows](https://www.harvey.ai/blog/5-workflows-ip-patent-litigation)