Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming legal practice, with lawyers integrating these tools into research, drafting, and client service workflows. At the same time, regulators and courts are defining the ethical boundaries of their use. This program provides practical guidance to help lawyers use AI responsibly while meeting their professional obligations.
- The Current State of AI in Legal Practice
- Overview of how generative AI is being used by lawyers today, including use cases in legal research, drafting, contract review, client communications, and law practice management.
- Regulatory Landscape: What Bars and Courts Are Doing
- Overview of how state bar associations, courts, and regulators are responding to AI in legal practice.
- Discussion of recent ethics opinions, emerging guidance, court rules, and enforcement trends, with a focus on how expectations for lawyers are evolving.
- Competence and the Duty to Understand Technology
- Examination of Model Rule 1.1 and the growing expectation that lawyers understand the benefits and risks of AI tools.
- Practical guidance on what “competence” looks like in an AI-enabled practice.
- Confidentiality, Privilege, and Vendor Risk
- Analysis of Model Rule 1.6 and its intersection with attorney-client privilege in the context of AI tools.
- Discussion of data handling, risks of waiver when using third-party platforms, and the implications of cases such as Heppner addressing AI use and confidentiality.
- Includes practical guidance on vendor due diligence (e.g., SOC 2, data retention policies, contractual safeguards) and protecting privileged communications.
- Accuracy, Hallucinations, and the Duty of Candor
- Exploration of the risks of AI-generated inaccuracies and fabricated citations.
- Discussion of verification protocols, supervision obligations under Rules 5.1 and 5.3, and recent court decisions sanctioning lawyers for improper AI use.
- Practical frameworks for minimizing risk in research and drafting workflows.
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Siskind Susser, PC
Greg Siskind is a founding partner of Siskind Susser and has been practicing immigration law since 1990. He is also a co-founder of AI software company Visalaw Ventures. He received his bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University and his law degree from the University of Chicago. Read More ›
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Credits: 1.00 Ethics
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Credits: 1.00 Ethics
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Credits: 1.00 Technology in the Practice of Law
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Credits: 1.00 Enhanced Ethics
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Credits: 1.00 Ethics
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Credits: 1.00 Professional Responsibility - Ethics / Civility / Professionalism / Sexual Harassment Prevention
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Credits: 1.00 Legal Ethics
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Credits: 1.00 Ethics and Professionalism
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Credits: 1.20 Ethics
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Credits: 1.00 Professional Responsibility
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Credits: 1.00 Ethics and Professional Conduct
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Credits: 1.20 Ethics/Professionalism
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Credits: 1.00 Technology Training
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Credits: 1.00 Attorney Professional Conduct
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Credits: 1.00 Legal Ethics and Professionalism
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Credits: 1.00 Substantive Law, Practice, and Procedure
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Credits: 1.00 Legal Ethics
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Credits: 1.00 Legal Ethics/Professional Responsibility
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Credits: 1.00 Ethics
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Credits: 1.20 Legal Ethics, etc.
This presentation is approved for one hour of Ethics CLE credit in Alabama, one hour of Ethics CLE credit in Alaska, one hour of Technology in the Practice of Law CLE credit in California, one hour of Enhanced Ethics CLE credit in Delaware, one hour of Ethics CLE credit in Hawaii, one hour of Professional Responsibility - Ethics / Civility / Professionalism / Sexual Harassment Prevention CLE credit in Illinois, one hour of Legal Ethics CLE credit in Louisiana, one hour of Ethics and Professionalism CLE credit in Maine, one hour of Ethics CLE credit in Missouri, one hour of Professional Responsibility CLE credit in Nebraska, one hour of Ethics and Professional Conduct CLE credit in Nevada, one hour of Technology Training CLE credit in North Carolina, one hour of Attorney Professional Conduct CLE credit in Ohio, one hour of Legal Ethics and Professionalism CLE credit in Oklahoma, one hour of Substantive Law, Practice, and Procedure CLE credit in Pennsylvania, one hour of Legal Ethics CLE credit in Rhode Island, one hour of Ethics CLE credit in Vermont, and one hour of Legal Ethics, etc. CLE credit in West Virginia. This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 1.20 hours of total CLE credit. Of these, 1.20 qualify as total hours of credit for Ethics/Professionalism. This course has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of Texas Committee on MCLE in the amount of 1.00 credit hours, of which 1.00 credit hours will apply to Legal Ethics/Professional Responsibility credit.
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