In May 2023, a federal judge in New York discovered six fake cases cited in a plaintiff’s attorney’s brief. The lawyer’s response? He used ChatGPT and was “unaware of the possibility that its contents could be false.” The subsequent sanctions hearing spurred much conversation in the legal community. Should lawyers steer clear of AI tools like ChatGPT? Or would prohibiting the use of AI altogether be a disservice to lawyers and their clients? So long as lawyers understand the limitations of the technology and their responsibilities under the rules of professional conduct, AI tools have the potential to greatly benefit their practice.
- When AI Is Wrong: Mata v. Avianca, Inc.
- A review of Mata v. Avianca, Inc., where a New York attorney was sanctioned for submitting a brief written with ChatGPT that cited fake cases, quotes, and citations
- How judges and courts are responding to the use of AI by lawyers
- What Is AI?
- AI is a tool used to imitate intelligent human behavior
- Tools like generative AI are not programmed, they are trained
- How does an AI tool like ChatGPT work?
- The advantages and disadvantages of AI
- Using AI in Your Practice
- Communications
- Research
- Contracts
- Pleadings
- Discovery
- Trial
- Marketing
- The Ethics of Using AI in Your Practice
- ABA Model Rule 1.1 (Comment 8)
- ABA Model Rule 5.3
- ABA Formal Opinion 506
- ABA Model Rule 3.3
- ABA Model Rule 1.6
- Other potential issues, including data breaches, copyright, etc.
- Questions & Answers
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