TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 29, 2026

As artificial intelligence (AI) steadily seeps into U.S. courtrooms, a group of state and federal judges has joined forces to confront the technology, Reuters reports. The Judicial AI Consortium launched last week by U.S. Magistrate Judge Maritza Dominguez Braswell in Colorado, U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez in Texas and Judge Scott Schlegel of Louisiana’s 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. The group aims to connect judges nationwide to swap ideas, discuss emerging risks and share how they are using AI on the bench. “GenAI is here, and we have to start thinking through proper use cases,” Schlegel said. According to Braswell, about 90 judges already have expressed interest. The group will hold its first meeting in February.