ACC NCR Legal Ethics Concerns When Using Generative Artificial Intelligence in Client Matters

This session will explore the ways in which lawyers are beginning to use generative artificial intelligence (AI) and the ethical challenges they face, including compliance with the Virginia Rules of Professional Responsibility.

Topics will include:

• Dangers inherent in generative AI, including limited data sets and “hallucinations.”
• The lawyer’s duty of competence concerning generative AI platforms.
• The risks of revealing confidential client information through generative AI.
• Consulting with clients about the lawyer’s use of generative AI.
• Avoiding potential breaches of duties to courts and third parties due to inaccurate information supplied by generative AI.
• Law firm management’s duties of supervision regarding generative AI.

Presented by Craig Singer, and David Riskin, Partners at Williams & Connolly, and Jackie Stanley, Senior Compliance Counsel, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Health and Medicines, Pfizer.

2.0 Hours of VA MCLE Ethics Credit pending.