It seems that hardly a day goes by without hearing stories of attorneys citing hallucinated cases, as well as tales of how helpful AI technology can be for lawyers. What’s been missing from the buzz until recently is what attorney regulation agencies are doing in regards to the technology, and that may be because many lawyers who prosecute and defend conduct cases say no changes are needed.
If you ask lawyers for their best advice on using artificial intelligence in their practices, some will suggest it be avoided at all costs. But despite the many news stories about attorneys getting caught citing hallucinated cases in court filings, there are ways to use the technology cautiously and wisely, lawyers and technologists tell the ABA Journal.
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, who died following complications from cardiovascular disease on Saturday, had close ties to the ABA.
The Federal Trade Commission supports the Ohio Supreme Court’s proposal to end the ABA council of the Section for Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar’s status as the sole accreditor for the state’s law schools.
A rushed timeline, poor planning, contract failures and a host of questionable decisions are to blame for California’s disastrous launch of a proprietary bar exam in February 2025 that led to $5.1 million in costs plus millions more in lost revenue and legal costs, according to a report from the state auditor released Thursday.
Artificial intelligence is changing how consumers find and hire lawyers, according to a recent report from LLM Listed.
To “discourage the offloading of work to AI tools” while not deterring its use, the University of Chicago Law School is adjusting its artificial intelligence policy that will now ban phones and laptops in 1L courses and mandate that exams happen in class without access to the internet, electronic files or apps.
As the council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar considers a further retreat from diversity, equity and inclusion accreditation standards, public comments on the matter brought mixed responses.
Jimmie “Chris” Duncan is now the 117th death row inmate to avoid wrongful execution with the help of the ABA Death Penalty Representation Project. Last week, the Louisiana Supreme Court affirmed a lower court decision that overturned Duncan’s first-degree murder conviction, citing new evidence that upended the prosecution’s entire theory of the crime.
