Professionalism, technological change and the emerging circumstances in which rejecting reliable AI tools may expose lawyers to liability for providing substandard legal services.
Lawyers have always chosen among different research methods, but that freedom has never been unlimited. If refusing an available technology like AI causes them to miss a key authority, waste a client’s money, or mishandle a demanding disclosure exercise, the refusal may become legally significant.
Lawyers have always chosen among different research methods, but that freedom has never been unlimited. If refusing an available technology like AI causes them to miss a key authority, waste a client’s money, or mishandle a demanding disclosure exercise, the refusal may become legally significant.