Exploring the Integration of Generative AI into Legal Practice: Ethical Challenges, Compliance Strategies, and Practical Applications for Modern Lawyers.
This comprehensive course delves into the transformative impact of generative AI technologies on the legal profession, highlighting the intricate balance between technological advancement and ethical practice.
Participants will engage with a detailed exploration of how AI is being integrated into various legal processes, from document review to case law analysis, and the ethical considerations that accompany these changes.
The course will cover the evolution of legal standards in response to technology, emphasizing the importance of maintaining competence in a rapidly evolving field. Through interactive discussions, expert lectures, and analysis of landmark cases and ethical opinions, attendees will learn to critically assess the benefits and potential pitfalls of AI tools.
Additionally, this course will provide actionable insights on navigating the regulatory landscape, ensuring compliance with professional conduct codes, and implementing AI in a manner that enhances both the efficacy and integrity of legal practice.
By the end of this course, participants will not only understand the current landscape of AI in law but also be equipped to anticipate and shape the future directions of this exciting intersection.
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Legal Ethics Advisor
Jan L. Jacobowitz is a legal ethics, social media, and technology expert who is the founder and owner of Legal Ethics Advisor. For over a decade, she was the Director of the Professional Responsibility and Ethics Program (PREP) at the University of Miami's School of Law. Under Jan’s direction, PREP was a 2012 recipient of the ABA’s E Smythe Gambrell Award---the leading national award for a professionalism program. She currently teaches professional responsibility as an adjunct professor at Miami Law. Jan provides legal ethics consulting, opinion letters, and CLE training to law firms and legal organizations. She also serves as a legal ethics expert in litigation matters. Recently, she has been involved in cases involving issues such as attorney fees, conflicts of interest, and the unauthorized practice of law. She is a past President of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (APRL) and the co-chair of its Future of Lawyering Committee (FOL). As a co-chair of FOL, Jan participates in the ongoing national conversation concerning rethinking attorney regulation to address issues of access to legal services, the unauthorized practice of law, and lawyers partnering with nonlawyers. Jan is the co-author of the book, Legal Ethics And Social Media, A Practitioner's Handbook, and is among the first law school faculty throughout the country to teach Social Media and the Law. Jan served as one of five members of the Miami-Dade Commission on Ethics and the Public Trust from 2018-2020. She was the Vice Chairman of Broward County’s Committee on Oversight of the Inspector General from 2011 until May 2018. Jan has presented at hundreds of Ethics CLE Seminars and has been a featured speaker on topics such as Social Media and Advertising, Lawyer's First Amendment Rights, Cultural Awareness Cybersecurity, Mindful Ethics, Litigation Funding, eDiscovery, Attorney Fees, and Artificial Intelligence. Prior to devoting herself to legal education and legal ethics consulting, Jan practiced law for over twenty years. She began her career as a Legal Aid attorney in the District of Columbia; prosecuted Nazi war criminals at the Office of Special Investigations of the U.S. Department of Justice; and was in private practice with general practice and commercial litigation firms in Washington and Miami. Jan has a J.D. from George Washington University and a B.S. in Speech from Northwestern University. She is an active member of the Florida Bar, the D.C. Bar and the California Bar. She is also a certified civil court mediator.
