The 80/20 Principle

The 80/20 Principle

You can't learn AI from a list of prompts

The best teacher I ever had barely said a word. Here's what that taught me about helping lawyers use AI.

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Ernie the Attorney
Jun 19, 2026
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I spent time today with a lawyer in Los Angeles who wanted help with Claude. She had vague ideas about what she wanted to do, so I listened.

After a while, I realized I could help her with one specific thing. Not ten things. One.
We worked on updating a Claude skill together. I showed her the manual way, which is cumbersome, and then a shortcut for doing …

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