Artificial Intelligence, Bias and Equity in Legal Practice

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Artificial Intelligence, Bias and Equity in Legal Practice

Artificial Intelligence, Bias and Equity in Legal Practice

A city skyline overlaid with digital graphics, including a large glowing AI on a microchip, network connections, and technology icons, symbolizing artificial intelligence integration in urban environments.

Artificial intelligence is a tool that informs the professional activity of New York attorneys. AI is embedded in legal research platforms, case management tools, and e-discovery systems. Yet the adoption of these tools has outpaced practitioners' understanding of their limitations and risks, particularly with respect to bias, equity, and professional responsibility.

This CLE program, the first of a series, equips New York attorneys with a practical, rigorous foundation for navigating AI in legal practice. Drawing on the findings of the Bias and Equity Subcommittee of the New York Judiciary's Advisory Committee on AI & the Courts, and leading scholarship on AI bias in the legal industry, the curriculum addresses both the systemic challenges AI poses to equal justice and the specific professional responsibility obligations attorneys must satisfy when deploying these tools.

Agenda

	1:00	p.m.	–	1:05	p.m.	Welcome and Introduction

	1:05	p.m.	–	2:05	p.m.	AI Fundamentals: Artificial Intelligence, Bias and Equity in Legal Practice

						Professor Xuechunzi Bai, Neubauer Family Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Chicago, IL Luca CM Melchionna, Esq., Chair of the Business Law Section, NYSBA, Member of the Advisory Committee on AI and the Courts, Melchionna, PLLC, New York
						1.0 Credit in Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias

	2:05	p.m.	–	2:10	p.m.	Closing