Ethics of Using ChatGPT: Pitfalls & Effective Uses

Overview

Generative AI tools like ChatGPT offer efficiency for attorneys but raise significant ethical questions, and some lawyers have already been sanctioned for misuse. This seminar reviews what AI, machine learning, and generative AI are, explores the ethical and legal pitfalls of using AI (with relevant ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct and a recent misuse example), contrasts them with effective uses that streamline work and avoid error, and discusses AI's short- and long-term impact on the profession.

What you’ll learn

• ✓Explain how artificial intelligence, machine learning, and generative AI work
• ✓Identify the ethical and legal pitfalls of using AI and the applicable ABA Model Rules
• ✓Apply AI effectively to streamline legal work while avoiding human error
• ✓Anticipate the short- and long-term impact of AI on the legal profession

Curriculum

1. 1. Overview of Artificial Intelligence and How it Works

   AI, machine learning, and generative AI explained.

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2. 2. Pitfalls of Using AI for Attorneys

   Ethical and legal pitfalls and applicable ABA Model Rules.

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3. 3. Effective Uses of AI for Attorneys

   Uses that streamline work and reduce error.

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4. 4. Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Legal Profession

   Short- and long-term impact of AI.

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Your instructors

Daniel B. Garrie

Founder, Law & Forensics; Neutral at JAMS; Faculty at Harvard

Law & Forensics LLC · JAMS · Harvard · Rutgers Law School · Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare

Daniel B. Garrie is the founder and executive managing partner of Law & Forensics LLC, a boutique cybersecurity and forensic engineering firm he co-founded in 2008. He serves as a neutral, arbitrator, and forensic special master at JAMS, focusing on cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, and complex technology disputes, and holds faculty appointments at Harvard and Rutgers Law School. A patented software inventor and prolific author, he is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare and a widely cited authority on computer forensics, eDiscovery, and cyber litigation.

Ryan Abbott

Mediator and Arbitrator, JAMS ADR

JAMS

Ryan Abbott serves as a mediator and arbitrator with JAMS ADR. He is a recognized scholar on artificial intelligence and the law, contributing to discussions of AI ethics and its use in legal practice.

Bradford Newman

Chair, North America Trade Secret Practice, Baker McKenzie

Baker McKenzie

Bradford Newman chairs Baker McKenzie's North America Trade Secret Practice. He advises clients on trade secret protection, artificial intelligence, and emerging technology risk, and speaks frequently on AI regulation and ethics for attorneys.