Using Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence and data analytics are powerful tools for automating repetitive tasks, crunching data, competing for clients, drafting documents, and generating ideas.  They can assist with analyzing, litigating, marketing, researching, and writing.  Consult the practice management service of your state bar association for help implementing these tools. Contact legal technology vendors to learn the benefits cost of their products. For self-study, see the articles, books, and software listed below.

Articles
AI Tools for Lawyers, Emerj Blog, 2/1/2022.
Automating and Creating with AI, Wall Street Journal, Feb. 20, 2023.
Best AI Apps and Websites, Wall Street Journal, 6/19/2024.
Changing the Legal Profession with AI, Business Law Today, 2/21/2022.
Chatbots for Law Firm Websites, ABA Journal, 7/22/2022.
Collecting Data for Small Firms, Law Technology Today, April 13, 2018.
Ethics of AI, Thomson Reuters, Jan. 22, 2024.
Ethical Issues, Squire Blog, January 2019.
Ethical Issues of AI, ABA Professional Lawyer Journal, October 2020.
Examples of AI Use by Lawyers, Thompson Reuters, Jan, 22, 2023.
Future of AI in Law Practice, The Professional Lawyer, Oct. 2, 2020.
Generating Marketing Content with AI, Justia, Oct. 30, 2023.
Guide to Artificial Intelligence, JD Supra, Jan 26, 2022.
Historical Development of AI, Univ. of Toronto Law Journal, November 2017.
How AI Works, Law Practice Today, July 12, 2019.
How Ai is Reshaping the Legal Profession, ABA Journal, Mar. 2, 2022.
Legal Analytic Tools, ABA Journal, December 1, 2021.
Marketing Law Firms with AI, Law Next, Sep. 20, 2023.
Primer on Law Firm Use of AI, Harvard Law and Technology Journal, January 2018.
Transforming Law Practices with AI, Clio, March 23, 2023.
Using AI for Research and Writing, NC Bar, 5/21/2024.
Using AI to Improve Law Firm Performance, Law Technology Today, February 2021.
Using AI to Improve Legal Research, Spellbook, Oct. 23, 2024.
Using Digital Assistants, LPT, 2/23/2020.

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Samples
Chabots - Phillips & Associates (Discrimination Law, New York City)

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