California Bar Revises AI Ethics Proposals After Public Feedback

June 22, 2026, 11:11 PM UTC

The State Bar of California is revising its proposed artificial intelligence guidelines for lawyers, raising the threshold for confidentiality violations and broadening competence requirements after receiving public comments in May.

The amended proposals were approved by the State Bar’s Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct on June 12 after taking a May 4 public comment session into account, the Bar said in a press statement Monday.

The amended proposals will be up for another public comment session on Aug. 6.

The revisions are part of California bar regulators’ efforts to introduce AI-related ethics changes that would require lawyers to ...

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