Using AI for Legal Research: Don’t be the Next Headline
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 | 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
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Description:
Generative AI is the current technological revolution to shake up the world of legal research, promising attorneys the ability to more effectively and efficiently conduct legal research that will, in turn, reduce client costs. This research tool, however, comes with unique risks that can have significant legal and even ethical ramifications to both lawyers and clients alike. This CLE briefly explores the evolution of legal research from spending endless hours in the now essentially non-existent physical libraries to the use of generative AI to identify the perfect case. It then explores the pitfalls of AI “hallucinations,” i.e., AI’s creation of “fake” legal citations that can potentially have catastrophic consequences for a lawyer who inadvertently relies on such fictional case law. Finally, it suggests helpful guidelines and practices that new, as well as experienced, lawyers should consider implementing to avoid being the next victim of a generative AI hallucination.
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CLE Credit:
New York: 1.5 Skills
New Jersey: 1.8 General
California: 1.5 General
Pennsylvania: 1.0 General
Connecticut: Available to Licensed Attorneys
Program Fee:
$99 for Members | $199 for Nonmembers
Small Law Firm: $59 for Members
This program is free to Members who are Law Students, Recent Law Graduates, Newly Admitted Lawyers (admitted for the first time in 2022-2024), In-House Counsel, Judges, or Attorneys in Government, Academic or Not-for-Profit sectors.
For New York Attorneys: Newly admitted attorneys (those admitted to the New York State Bar for two years or less) may participate in Skills CLE courses in live, nontraditional formats, where questions are allowed during the program (through June, 30 2024 per recent guidance of the CLE Board – for more information, click here).
Program Chair:
Steven H. Holinstat, Proskauer Rose LLP
Sponsoring Association Committee:
Trusts, Estates & Surrogate’s Courts Committee , Brian P. Corrigan, Chair
Co-sponsoring Organization:
Small Law Firm Center
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