Below is a summary of activities of this section from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. While past activity is no guarantee of future activity, it may give a idea of what to expect this year.
Section Stats
Newsletters
Issues: 2
CLE
Live Programs: 3
Discussions
Posts: 100
Legislation
Bills Reviewed: 30
Continuing Legal Education
Section members receive discounts on section-sponsored CLE programs. During the 2024–25 bar year, the Section sponsored the following programs:
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Sponsor LIVE - 60 Artificial Intelligence Tips in 60 Minutes (12/13/2024)
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Co-Sponsor LIVE - ISBA Allerton Conference 2025: Generative Artificial Intelligence - Fact or Fiction: Transforming the Legal Practice (04/02/2025 to 04/04/2025)
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Co-Sponsor LIVE WEB - Navigating Artificial Intelligence with an Ethical Compass (04/10/2025)
ISBA Central Discussions
ISBA Central communities allows section members to pose questions, answer questions, and share information with fellow section members. Members of the section get free access to the section’s community. Joining any section also grants you access to the Transactional and Litigation communities. Below are the total number of discussion posts during the 2024–25 bar year.
Artificial Intelligence & the Practice of Law, Standing Committee on
- Community members: 555
- Total discussion posts: 100
Transactional
- Community members: 24,715
- Total discussion posts: 406
Litigation
- Community members: 24,710
- Total discussion posts: 1,251
Legislation
The Section Council reviewed 30 bills that may affect their members’ practice area. Highlights of the most recent legislative session include:
- House Bill 1806 creates the Wellness and Oversight for Psychological Resources Act. It provides that a licensed professional may use an artificial intelligence (AI) system to assist in providing therapy or psychotherapy services only to the extent the use of the artificial intelligence system meets the definition of permitted use of artificial intelligence systems. It prohibits a licensed professional from allowing artificial intelligence to make independent therapeutic decisions, directly interact with clients in any form of therapeutic communication, generate therapeutic recommendations or treatment plans without the review and approval by a licensed professional or detect emotions or mental states.
- House Bill 3178 amends the Digital Voice and Likeness Protection Act. Provides that a provision in an agreement between an individual and any other person for the performance of personal or professional services is unenforceable only as it relates to a new performance, fixed on or after January 1, 2026, by a digital replica of an individual if specified conditions are satisfied. Provides that the failure to include a reasonably specific description of the intended uses of a digital replica shall not render a provision in an agreement unenforceable when the uses of the digital replica are consistent with the terms of the contract for the performance of personal or professional services and the fundamental character of the photography or sound track as recorded or performed.