Double Trouble: The Two AI Clauses You Need for Your Engagement Agreement
If you’ve been using artificial intelligence in your law practice – and, most lawyers have been, at least to some extent (some, without even knowing it) – you’ve probably been thinking about what you should tell your clients about that, if anything. So, let me be the one to confirm that, yes – you should be telling your clients about how you use AI in your law practice, and why you do it . But, there’s also something else you should be alerting them to: when they shouldn’t be using AI, in relation to their case. My friend, Josh Noffke, a Michigan lawyer & AI consultant , has created a couple of great clauses for both scenarios. As you can see from Josh’s engagement agreement clause , the client-facing clause about a law firm’s use of artificial intelligence can be short and sweet . It centers the lawyer’s judgment as a control, and lays out certain use cases for AI in a law practice . This works because clients expect or a...
