Practical AI Considerations and Ethics for Litigators

The CLE presentation "Practical AI Considerations for Litigators" explores the ethical use of AI in line with New York State Bar AI Guidance. The program focuses on attorneys' professional responsibilities when using AI tools, particularly addressing ethical duties of competence, data protection and client confidentiality.

The content frames ethical obligations around specific authorities like ABA Model Rule 1.1 and New York AI Guidance, while providing concrete examples. For instance, attendees will learn

1. Introduction to generative artificial intelligence and differences between generic and legal AI tools.
2. Data security, compliance and safety considerations when using AI in legal settings.
3. Effective Prompt Writing for legal use cases. 

It offers specific guidance like avoiding input of confidential client information into public AI tools, verifying AI-generated insights against primary sources, and evaluating data protection, safety and compliance features of AI tools.

Speaker

Joe Stephens, Esq., Steno