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AI and Law: An Opportunity to Improve Legal Practice By Damien Riehl Bench and Bar, April 2024 Recent exponential leaps in advanced large language models have presented both opportunities and challenges that have the capacity to reshape the legal landscape.
AI and Law: An Opportunity to Improve Legal Practice By Damien Riehl Employee Benefits, March 2024 Recent exponential leaps in advanced large language models have presented both opportunities and challenges that have the capacity to reshape the legal landscape.
AI in Discovery? It’s Called TAR By George Bellas Civil Practice and Procedure, March 2024 Technology assisted review is a form of artificial intelligence in which the artificial intelligence machine learning assists in the review process by automatically reviewing, sorting, and classifying large volumes of documents based on whether the documents are likely responsive to discovery requests.
Leveraging AI and ChatGPT as a Divorce Attorney in Illinois: Ethical Considerations and Practical Applications By Rachael Toft Family Law, March 2024 Although artificial intelligence can be useful to attorneys now, it will have limitations until newer products are developed specifically for attorneys.
AI and Law: An Opportunity to Improve Legal Practice By Damien Riehl Administrative Law, February 2024 Recent exponential leaps in advanced large language models have presented both opportunities and challenges that have the capacity to reshape the legal landscape.
AI and Law: An Opportunity to Improve Legal Practice By Damien Riehl Legal Technology, Standing Committee on, February 2024 Recent exponential leaps in advanced large language models have presented both opportunities and challenges that have the capacity to reshape the legal landscape.
AI and Law: An Opportunity to Improve Legal Practice By Damien Riehl Energy, Utilities, Telecommunications, and Transportation, February 2024 Recent exponential leaps in advanced large language models have presented both opportunities and challenges that have the capacity to reshape the legal landscape.
Beware of AI Pitfalls By Michael Strauss Family Law, January 2024 An artificial intelligence-generated article about a non-existent Illinois Supreme Court Rule, which serves as a cautionary tale for attorneys to do their own research and not blindly rely on anything generated by AI.
Artificial Intelligence Update By Judge E. Kenneth Wright, Jr, Judge Michael Chmiel, & Edward Casmere Bench and Bar, December 2023 An introduction to the various artificial advancements impacting the legal industry and steps governments and private sector groups have taken to protect against the concerns such technology raises.
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The Creation of Artificial Intelligence and What We Actually Know About It By Judge Michael Chmiel, Judge E. Kenneth Wright, Jr., Edward Casmere, & Kajal Patel Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy, December 2023 In the midst of all the benefits that artificial intelligence provides at both the personal and professional level, we must stop to question how much we really know about it and how it functions.
Five Steps for Performing Due Diligence on an Acquisition Target’s Use of Generative AI By David A. Johnson, Jr. Corporate Law Departments, December 2023 Generative artificial intelligence is becoming mainstream and buyers of businesses need to take steps as part of their due diligence to understand and manage the risks associated with this new technology.
Memorandum: Using AI to Resolve Small Claims Cases (and Changing/Adopting Ethics Rules to Reflect the Use of AI) By Judge Michael Chmiel Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy, December 2023 A memorandum encouraging the adoption of a Supreme Court Rule to help further address issues of artificial intelligence in the practice of law in Illinois.
Report to President Shawn Kasserman – 9/27/23 Commercial Banking, Collections, and Bankruptcy, December 2023 A report drafted by an ad hoc ISBA committee on artificial intelligence providing an overview of artificial intelligence in the practice of law and recommendations for the Association.
Five Steps for Performing Due Diligence on an Acquisition Target’s Use of Generative AI By David A. Johnson, Jr. Business Advice and Financial Planning, November 2023 Generative artificial intelligence is becoming mainstream and buyers of businesses need to take steps as part of their due diligence to understand and manage the risks associated with this new technology.
Who Can Cage a Bird Once it Has Flown: Does AI Have Humanity in a Lurch? By E. Kenneth Wright, Jr Bench and Bar, October 2023 Artificial intelligence is here to stay, and while we need to proceed with caution and have a regulatory scheme in place, we must also recognize the undeniable benefits it presents.
Who Can Cage a Bird Once it Has Flown: Does AI Have Humanity in a Lurch? By E. Kenneth Wright, Jr Tort Law, October 2023 Artificial intelligence is here to stay, and while we need to proceed with caution and have a regulatory scheme in place, we must also recognize the undeniable benefits it presents.
‘Our Jobs are Doomed’: The Rise of the Use of AI-Based Programming Within the Professional World By Brittany J. Shaw Trusts and Estates, September 2023 While it has always been understood that technological advances result in less need for skilled laborers, the use of AI has brought on a whole new fear: the loss of the need for human assistance in general.
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What Can Chat GPT Do for Me? (As Written by Chat GPT) By Elisabeth Ritter Legal Technology, Standing Committee on, September 2023 Law firms must balance the benefits of the technology against the potential risks and challenges to ensure that they are using it effectively and ethically.
‘Our Jobs are Doomed’: The Rise of the Use of AI-Based Programming Within the Professional World By Brittany J. Shaw Law Related Education for the Public, August 2023 While it has always been understood that technological advances result in less need for skilled laborers, the use of AI has brought on a whole new fear: the loss of the need for human assistance in general.
What Can Chat GPT Do for Me? (As Written by Chat GPT) By Elisabeth Ritter General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm, July 2023 Law firms must balance the benefits of the technology against the potential risks and challenges to ensure that they are using it effectively and ethically.
How Can Lawyers Use AI to Automate Routine Tasks and Free Up Time for More Complex Matters? By Thomas Howard Legal Technology, Standing Committee on, May 2023 Four ways lawyers can use artificial intelligence to streamline their workflows and enhance their practice.
A.I. and the Practice of Law By Raleigh D. Kalbfleisch Family Law, April 2023 A look at the intersection of artificial intelligence and the practice of law.
The Rise and Fall of the Robot Lawyer: The Beginning of AI Regulation in Legal Practice By George Bellas & Caroline Mazurek Cozzi Civil Practice and Procedure, February 2023 Only time will tell how AI will affect the legal profession, but it is evident that significant changes are underway.
GPT-3 and the Future of Legal Writing By Jonathan Nessler International and Immigration Law, January 2023 A looka t the way in which artificial intelligence will impact the practice of law.
GPT-3 and the Future of Legal Writing By Jonathan Nessler Legal Technology, Standing Committee on, December 2022 A looka t the way in which artificial intelligence will impact the practice of law.
What Is Artificial Intelligence, Anyway? Finding a Reasonable Definition By Matt Loar Legal Technology, Standing Committee on, December 2022 We hear a lot about artificial intelligence these days, from ethical concerns around bias to the warnings that AI will be the death of us all. But what exactly is artificial intelligence?
Employers Beware: The EEOC Is Monitoring Use of Artificial Intelligence By Dan Butler & Kevin White Labor and Employment Law, October 2021 The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is monitoring employers’ artificial intelligence in the workplace to ensure compliance with anti-discrimination laws.
HAL takes the bar exam By Dan Breen Law Office Management and Economics, Standing Committee on, December 2018 In the realm of technological development, the legal industry is slower to adopt widespread change than most other industries, but we are at a point where the profound impact of artificial intelligence technology will be felt by the vast majority of legal practitioners.

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