Sam Dangremond publishes two articles for the American Bar Association

Trusts & Estates associate Sam Dangremond has published two articles for American Bar Association publications.

In an article for TYL, the flagship publication of the ABA’s Young Lawyers Division, Mr. Dangremond provides helpful tips for writing effective prompts for AI models like ChatGPT and Claude. Crafting clear and concise prompts, using context and examples, telling the AI model how to act, submitting follow-up requests, and correcting AI models’ mistakes are a few of the constructive suggestions in the article.

“Generative AI seems more effective when given context, much like human conversations,” Mr. Dangremond writes. “Providing a prompt without context or examples may eventually get the AI model to where the user wants it, but using examples with AI early makes the process smoother and more efficient.”

To read the full TYL article, please click here.

In another article, Mr. Dangremond writes about how to deal with family conflicts in estate planning. This article, which appears in After the Bar, the Young Lawyers Division’s publication for new lawyers, highlights the importance of communicating with family members about your estate planning, thinking carefully about whom to appoint in the role of executor or trustee, keeping estate planning documents and beneficiary designations up to date, and ensuring that documents are drafted clearly.

When choosing whom to appoint as executor of a will or trustee of a testamentary trust, it is “important to select someone with decent financial acumen and good communication skills because, as part of the estate settlement, they may be dealing with paying debts and managing beneficiaries with conflicting interests,” Mr. Dangremond writes. “Some clients appoint their eldest child without giving the role adequate consideration, which can backfire and result in sibling rivalry if another child is not similarly appointed or at least consulted regarding the appointment.”

To read the full After the Bar article, please click here.