Webcredenza 2025 Brave new world: Lawyer ethics and AI audio replay

Generative artificial intelligence – the ability of technology to generate creative works that mimic human intelligence – is a growing and potentially dominant reality across industry and the professions, including the legal professions.  The idea that software might someday supplant the role of lawyers in certain areas of practice has suddenly become reality with the advent of ChatGPT and other forms of generative AI.  This program will explore the forms of generative AI and their potential to supplant certain functions performed by lawyers or paralegals, but also how those tools can be harnessed by lawyers to aid their work.

• What is Generative AI?
• Recent Reports of Lawyers Misusing Generative AI
• Competence – Model Rule 1.1
• Communication – Model Rule 1.4
• Confidentiality – Model Rule 1.6
• Supervision – Model Rules 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3
• Duty of Candor / Truthfulness in Statements to Others / Misrepresentations – Model Rules 3.3, 4.1, 8.4
• Billing Issues – Model Rule 1.5
• Advertising – Model Rules 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3
• Other Potential Risk Issues - Attorney-Client Privilege, Cybersecurity, and Intellectual Property
• Creating a Law Firm Policy Governing AI Use
• Practical Challenges for Law Firms

This program may be offered on multiple dates. You may only claim MCLE credit for one showing. This is an audio-only program.

Opinions and positions stated by presenters of MoBarCLE programs are those of the presenters and not necessarily those of The Missouri Bar. This program is intended as information for lawyers in Missouri, in conjunction with other research they deem necessary, in the exercise of their independent judgment.