ANALYSIS: Missouri AI Rules Could Impede Access to Justice

There’s great potential for artificial intelligence to increase the access to information for both lawyers and nonlawyers. Yet Missouri seems determined to stymie access to AI tools for nonlawyer, self-represented litigants, as a court rule and a recent decision evidence.

Courts continue to create rules for the use of AI in practice—particularly in litigation—and the rules are bound to be helpful guidance for some legal professionals. It’s nevertheless crucial for judges to prioritize access to justice concerns while crafting these rules to ensure that the justice gap isn’t inadvertently expanded, as appears to be happening in Missouri.

Missouri’s Dictates

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