AI in the Practice of Law: Navigating ABA Formal Opinion 512
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AI in the Practice of Law: Navigating ABA Formal Opinion 512

Your associates are already using AI on client work. This session breaks down what ABA Formal Opinion 512 actually requires — and how to govern AI use without slowing your firm down.

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What you'll learn

  • What ABA Formal Opinion 512 requires under Rules 1.1, 1.6, 1.5, and 5.1/5.3 — in plain English
  • How to protect client confidentiality when associates use public and firm-deployed AI tools
  • When you must disclose AI use to clients and obtain informed consent
  • How to bill ethically for AI-assisted work
  • The components of a defensible firm AI-use policy you can adopt this quarter

About this webinar

In May 2024 the ABA issued Formal Opinion 512, its first formal guidance on generative AI and the Model Rules of Professional Conduct. This on-demand webinar translates that opinion into practical terms for managing partners, GCs, and firm administrators: where confidentiality (Rule 1.6) and competence (Rule 1.1) obligations apply to AI tools, when client consent and disclosure are required, how to handle billing for AI-assisted work, and what a defensible AI-use policy looks like in practice. You will leave with a clear framework for letting your attorneys benefit from AI while staying inside your ethical and cyber-insurance obligations.

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Presented by

Scott Midgley

Chief Information Officer, WellforceIT

Wellforce provides AI-forward managed IT for SMBs and nonprofits in Washington DC and Raleigh NC.

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