Cutting AI costs for lawyers: token reduction
Cutting AI costs for lawyers in the Netherlands and Belgium: the same output with fewer tokens and faster workflows. Practical, in-house or online.
- Format
- Half day (4 hours) or Full day (8 hours)
- Level
- Foundation to advanced
- Audience
- Lawyers, legal professionals, legal counsel and legal support staff
- Location
- In-house or online
- Language
- English (Dutch on request)
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Learn how to get the same AI output with far fewer tokens. This advanced training teaches lawyers and legal professionals to prompt cost-consciously, process long case files smartly and keep their firm's AI usage under control. Hands-on, in-house or online, with no technical background needed.
Cutting AI costs in legal practice
A due diligence file easily runs to hundreds of pages. If you send that whole file to an AI tool with every question, you pay each time for text the question doesn’t need. Costs go up without the answer getting any better.
In this training you see where that usage comes from and how to bring it down. You send only the passages that matter, you reuse fixed prompts for recurring work and you tackle long documents in steps.
The session is practical. You practise with your own cases and work with whichever AI model your firm uses, from ChatGPT to Microsoft Copilot and Claude.
Your trainers: Tim Goudriaan, Loes Vrij, Touria Khidous and/or Khaoula el Ahmadi. The team has extensive experience with AI in legal practice.
Confidentiality comes first
Working cost-consciously must never come at the expense of confidentiality. You learn which data you should and should not enter into an AI tool, so client data doesn’t leak. You always assess the output critically: AI supports your work, the responsibility stays with you. And you make clear agreements within the firm about who may do what and how you keep an eye on usage.
Want to roll out AI responsibly across the whole firm? Take a look at our AI consulting for organisations and our EU AI Act compliance consulting.
Part of the learning path for lawyers
Every training can be taken on its own or as part of a learning path. This advanced training builds on the foundation of AI literacy. Want to embed AI structurally in the way your firm works? Take a look at our AI Way of Working.
The training also connects to our broader AI training for lawyers. You will find an overview of all our trainings on the training page.
Practical information for law firms
The training is for lawyers, legal professionals, legal counsel and legal support staff. No technical background or experience with AI is needed. We do ask you to create an account, before or during the training, with the AI tool your firm uses. We deliver the training in-house at your firm and online, always tailored to your practice.
Continuing education points. The training may qualify for continuing professional development points. Contact us to discuss registration and the options.
What you will learn
- You understand how tokens are counted and where your firm's AI costs come from.
- You write lean prompts that reach the same quality with fewer tokens.
- You process long case files and contracts efficiently, without unnecessary usage.
- You work with any AI model, from ChatGPT to Microsoft Copilot and Claude.
- You measure and manage your firm's AI usage and stay ready for new pricing models.
How the training is structured
In-house or online. The outline below is indicative and adapts to a half day or a full day.
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Welcome and AI basics
30 minA quick scan of your current AI usage and costs
- Introductions and goals
- How your firm uses AI today
- Where the costs sit in practice
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Where do AI costs come from?
45 minFrom tokens to invoice
- How tokens are counted
- The difference between input and output tokens
- Why some prompts are unnecessarily expensive
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Lean prompting
60 minThe same quality with fewer tokens
- Smart prompt structures that use fewer tokens
- Reusable prompts for recurring work
- Avoiding loss of quality with shorter prompts
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Processing long case files efficiently
60 minWith legal examples
- Sending only the relevant passages
- Contract analysis, due diligence and summarising
- Tackling long documents in steps
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Measuring and managing AI costs
45 minKeeping usage under control
- Measuring and adjusting token usage
- Making agreements within the firm
- Staying prepared for new pricing models
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Applying it to your own work
60 minYour personal cost-saving toolkit
- Working out your own use cases
- Building a personal prompt set
- Next steps for your firm
Where AI helps
Contract analysis
Having contracts and clauses reviewed in a targeted way, with an approach that doesn't send the whole document along unnecessarily.
Due diligence
Searching and summarising large data rooms through smart selection, so you use fewer tokens per question.
Case law research
Exploring sources and judgments with short, targeted prompts, always checking for accuracy.
Draft opinions and correspondence
Drafting opinions and letters with reusable prompts that stay short and consistent.
Summarising case files
Summarising long documents in steps, so the context is kept and usage stays low.
Training tailored to your organisation
We are happy to build a programme that fits your practice, team and learning goals. Fill in the form and we will schedule an introductory call within one working day.
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Fully tailored
Content and examples matched to your sector, team and way of working.
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At your offices or online
4 or 8 hours, groups of up to 20 participants, in English or Dutch. Anywhere in the Benelux.
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Proof of attendance
Attendance is registered; for legal training, CPD points may be possible.
Our method: the five-step prompting model
In every training you work with our five-step model. It helps you write prompts that are reliable, repeatable and directly usable in your own work.
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Persona
What role and tone do you give the AI?
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Task
What task? Concrete and clearly scoped.
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Context
What background and sources are relevant?
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Criteria
What must the result meet?
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Output
In what form do you want the answer back?
What you receive
After this training: badge and certificate
You complete this training with the Awareness Badge. Want your AI literacy formally and independently recognised as well? Then you take an exam for the accredited certificate of the Stichting ter bevordering van AI-Geletterdheid (Foundation for the Promotion of AI Literacy).
- Awareness Badge included
- Prepares for SAIG-Practitioner
Awareness Badge
Every participant receives the digital Awareness Badge afterwards. No exam needed.
Official certificate
Have your knowledge tested at Basic, Practitioner or Advanced level. Administered independently on the assessment platform of the Stichting ter bevordering van AI-Geletterdheid.
Training in action
From in-house workshops to keynotes for hundreds of participants
Frequently asked questions
How much can I save on AI costs?
That varies by firm and by way of working. Often it means tens of percent less token usage, depending on how you prompt now and how large your case files are. In the training we work it out together for your own situation.
Does quality suffer with shorter prompts?
No. You learn how to reach the same quality with fewer tokens. Preventing loss of quality is central to the training.
Does this work with every AI model?
Yes. The techniques work with any AI model. You apply them in ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Claude and other tools.
Who is the training for?
For lawyers, legal professionals, legal counsel and legal support staff. Do you work as a notary or in tax practice? We have separate trainings for those.
How many participants can take part?
A group usually has 6 to 30 participants. With more than 15 participants we bring two trainers, so everyone gets enough personal attention.
Is prior knowledge needed?
No. The training requires no technical background. We do ask you to create an account, before or during the training, with the AI tool your firm uses.
Ready for this training?
Request an in-house training, or start with a no-obligation introductory call.
Prefer email? secretariaat@adviesentraining.ai