The ICAV schedules a Practical Lawyering workshop on AI for lawyers on 2 December

The Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Valencia (ICAV) will hold on 2 December 2026 the workshop "Practical Lawyering: AI for lawyers", from 16:30 to 18:30, according to the announcement published on the bar's website. The activity is offered in two formats, in-person and streaming, with 45 in-person places and 100 online, and prices between 12 and 24 euros depending on the participant's status.

The workshop is part of the training offer with which the Valencia bar is accompanying its members in incorporating AI into professional practice, in a line similar to the conferences other Spanish bars are programming this autumn, such as the 2nd Technology Conference of the Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Cadiz on 13 November.

Practical details: places, formats and prices

The announcement details a broad offer for an activity of this format: 45 in-person places and 100 streaming places, of which 15 are free - five in-person and ten online - for ICAV members during the three years following their admission to the bar. The enrolment period ends on 2 December 2026 itself at 08:00.

Prices are structured by status and format: 12 euros for ICAV members with more than five years of seniority, for those with fewer than five years and associates, and for retired members with twenty or more years of accredited practice, in both the in-person and streaming formats; and 24 euros for other bar associations, other professionals and non-members in streaming. Those enrolling online will receive the access URL before the start, with a support channel enabled by the bar if it has not arrived one hour beforehand.

The workshop format - two hours, in-person or online - responds to a concrete demand from lawyers on the ground: short, practical and affordable sessions, oriented to the real use of tools in the firm and not to a theoretical exposition of the phenomenon. The price range, from 12 to 24 euros, puts the activity within reach of any member and reinforces the corporate-service character of bar training, against the private offer of legal AI courses whose prices multiply those figures.

The announcement also provides for a system of penalties for non-attendance for those who reserve a place and do not turn up, an increasingly common measure in free or subsidised bar training, designed to prevent limited places from going empty while other members are left out. The practical recommendation is clear: register only if reasonably certain of being able to attend, and cancel in advance if something comes up.

In-person or online: two formats for the same workshop

The dual format of the announcement responds to different realities within the profession. The in-person format, with 45 places, offers direct contact with the speaker and the chance to work through doubts in the room; the streaming format, with 100 places, allows following the session from one's own firm without travel, an especially useful option for members practising outside the city of Valencia or with complicated schedules. Those registered for the online format receive the access URL before the activity starts, and the bar enables a support channel in case the link has not arrived one hour before the beginning.

The distribution of free places between both formats - five in-person and ten online - allows the most recently admitted members to choose a format too. It is a detail consistent with the target of the measure: young lawyers, who are at once the most familiar with the technology and the ones with the least economic margin for paid training.

For members of other bars and for non-member professionals interested, the streaming format, at 24 euros, is the only access route provided in the announcement, allowing them to follow the workshop from anywhere without travelling to Valencia. Enrolment is formalised through the ICAV website, where the full information on the activity and the conditions of each format can be consulted.

AI training, a priority for the organised profession

The proliferation of training activities on artificial intelligence in bar associations is no coincidence. The organised profession has identified technology training as one of its priority functions at a moment when the market offers specialised tools of growing sophistication - from legal assistants integrated with firm management, such as the recent expansion of Lefebvre's GenIA-L, to global solutions deployed in the large firms - and in which small and medium-sized firms need judgement to choose, use and justify the use of these technologies before their clients.

The bar's role in this process goes beyond the course calendar. The corporations set the deontological tone, make corporate technological resources available to their members and act as interlocutor before the administrations in the modernisation of justice. When a bar programmes stable AI training, it is normalising the technology as a basic professional competence, at the same level as advocacy or firm management were in previous decades.

The debate is no longer exclusively technological. The use of AI assistants in professional practice raises questions of confidentiality, of personal data processing - the AEPD published in its November newsletter a ten-point guide on AI assistants and agents - and of professional responsibility for generated content, which bar training is called upon to organise.

What to expect from a practical AI workshop

Unlike awareness-raising conferences, the workshop format implies work on cases: assisted drafting of pleadings, searching and cross-checking sources, document analysis or automation of repetitive firm tasks. The value for the attendee lies in leaving with usage criteria applicable the next day: which tasks to delegate, which data never to enter into an external tool, how to verify the result before incorporating it into a pleading and how to document the use of the technology before the client.

That practical approach responds to the phase the profession is in: past the stage of general curiosity, training demand concentrates on operational incorporation with guarantees. The usual contents of these workshops cover the full cycle of responsible use: selecting the right tool for each task, writing effective instructions, cross-checking answers against reliable legal sources and recording the use made.

For Valencia members interested in attending, the recommendation is to formalise enrolment in advance through the ICAV website, given that the free and in-person places are limited and the announcement warns of a penalty system for non-attendance for those who reserve and do not attend.

Frequently asked questions

When is the ICAV AI workshop?

On 2 December 2026, from 16:30 to 18:30, in-person and streaming, according to the website of the Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Valencia.

How many places are there?

45 in-person and 100 streaming, with 15 free places for ICAV members in their first three years of membership.

How much does it cost?

12 euros for ICAV members in either format and 24 euros for other bar associations, other professionals and non-members in streaming.

Until when can I register?

Enrolment closes on 2 December 2026 at 08:00.

Sources

• Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Valencia (ICAV), announcement "Taller Abogacia Practica: IA para abogados", consulted on 10 November 2026.