TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Nov 22, 2023

Artificial intelligence is changing how law is practiced, but not always for the better, says The Washington Post. A recent deep dive into the issue includes the story of several lawyers who used ChatGPT to help write legal briefs, only to find later that a number of citations to lawsuits were fabricated by the bot. One young associate in Colorado acknowledged his mistake and reported it to the court, which referred to him to the state’s disciplinary body. He was later fired from his firm. In Los Angeles, a court fined a law firm that used AI to write a legal brief. The firm blamed a young associate, who resigned. Experts tell the paper these issues will only expand as “stressed-out lawyers turn to chatbots to write tedious briefs.” The paper looks at the promises and pitfalls of AI for the future of the legal profession.