AI Guidance From Florida Bar Builds on Classic Ethics Rules (1)

The Florida Bar adopted ethical guidelines for attorney use of artificial intelligence technology Friday, becoming one of the first governing bodies to provide members with dos-and-don’ts for integrating AI into the practice of law.

The 18-page opinion, unanimously approved by the bar’s board of governors at a convention in Tallahassee, spells out general principles for use of AI from reviewing computer-generated work to fee structures and preservation of client confidentiality.

Florida pushed into this cutting-edge ethical field because the promise and peril of addressing AI is a key goal for bar President Scott Westheimer. An ethics committee ...