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Rules and Sanctions Related to Gen AI in Law

Examines attorneys’ ethical obligations when using generative AI, covering recent rules, sanctions, and practical frameworks for maintaining professional responsibility.

2025-12-05 12:00:00

Program Details

2025-12-05 12:00:00

Program Details

2025-12-05 12:00:00

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2025-12-05 12:00:00

Course Overview

Navigating AI Ethics in Legal Practice

2025-12-05 12:00:00

Participants will learn to identify generative AI risks, maintain professional responsibility, and avoid sanctions when using AI tools. These frameworks apply immediately to client communications, court filings, and evidence verification.

Format

CLE Credit

2h CLE Credits

Level

Intermediate

Length

2

Key topics that will be covered

01
AI Risks
Training data includes unverified sources like Reddit and Wikipedia, plus potential hallucinations in metadata.
02
Ethical Duties
Competency, confidentiality, communication, supervision, and candor to tribunal obligations apply to AI use.
03
Sanctions
Courts issue fines, fee awards, bar referrals, and terminating sanctions for AI-generated hallucinations.
04
Disclosure Rules
Some courts require attorneys to certify whether AI was used in preparing briefs.
05
Client Consent
Attorneys must discuss AI tools, data inputs, and fee implications with clients.
06
Evidence Verification
All AI outputs require human verification, including expert reports and opposing counsel submissions.

Program schedule

clock 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm EST

Understanding AI Types, Standards, and Essential Safeguards

This session explores the foundational frameworks governing AI, including NIST and ISO standards, and distinguishes between open source and closed AI models. Participants will examine key risks such as hallucinations, biased training data, and cybersecurity threats like deepfakes, while reviewing the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights.

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Julia A. ClaytonJulia A. Clayton
clock 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm EST

Professional Responsibility and Ethics in AI Usage

Attorneys will examine their ethical obligations when using generative AI, guided by ABA Formal Opinion 512 and Model Rules on competency, confidentiality, and supervision. This session covers informed consent requirements, communication duties with clients, and maintaining candor to the tribunal when AI tools are employed.

Rachel V. Rose.Rachel V. Rose.
Julia A. ClaytonJulia A. Clayton
clock 1:00 pm - 1:10 pm EST

Break

A short break to refresh before the final session.

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Julia A. ClaytonJulia A. Clayton
clock 1:10 pm - 2:10 pm EST

AI in Legal Proceedings: Rules, Evidence, and Sanctions

This comprehensive session analyzes how courts are responding to AI misuse, including landmark cases like Mata v. Avianca and emerging sanctions for hallucinated citations. Participants will explore disclosure requirements under local rules, proposed Federal Rule of Evidence 707, authentication challenges with AI-generated evidence, and practical guidance for litigation holds and discovery involving AI data.

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Rachel V. Rose.

Rachel V. Rose.

Rachel V. Rose – Attorney at Law, PLLC

Julia A. Clayton

Julia A. Clayton

Law Office of Julia A. Clayton, P.C.

Rachel V. Rose.

Rachel V. Rose.

Rachel V. Rose – Attorney at Law, PLLC

Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA has a unique background in healthcare, securities, cybersecurity, and international law. For over a decade, her practice has focused on transactional, compliance, and litigation matters related to cybersecurity, health care, securities, and Dodd-Frank/False Claims Act whistleblower claims.

Education & Credentials

MBA with minors in healthcare and entrepreneurship from Vanderbilt University, law degree from Stetson University College of Law, and an Executive Certification in Leadership and Negotiation from Harvard Law School.

Recognition & Leadership

Named consecutively to the Texas Bar College, National Women Trial Lawyers Association's Top 25, Houstonia Magazine's Top Lawyers (healthcare), National Trial Lawyers Association's Top 100, SuperLawyers (healthcare), and 1st Healthcare Compliance's 2019 and 2022 Top Presenter. Extensively published, sought-after presenter, and quoted expert. Co-editor of the American Health Lawyers Association's Enterprise Risk Management Handbook for Healthcare Entities (2nd Edition), co-author of the ABA's books The ABCs of ACOs and What Are International HIPAA Considerations?, as well as various chapters in legal and medical books.

Professional Involvement

Affiliated Member with Baylor College of Medicine's Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, where she teaches bioethics.

Experience

Worked on Capitol Hill when HIPAA passed in 1996 and at HHS in 2009 when the HITECH Act was being implemented. Has conducted HIPAA Risk Analyses for domestic and international organizations and represented persons related to government enforcement inquiries and responses on cybersecurity and healthcare related matters.
Julia A. Clayton

Julia A. Clayton

Law Office of Julia A. Clayton, P.C.

Julia draws on her nearly two-decade career with the California Department of Justice to advise individuals and small businesses facing civil litigation and government investigations, including data breach investigations, False Claims Act cases, and challenges to the use of cookies and web-tracking technologies.

Education & Credentials

J.D. from UC Berkeley School of Law; B.A. with highest honors from U.C. Davis. Externed for the Honorable William B. Shubb, then Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Professional Involvement

Founding member of HeyCounsel, an online platform for fractional, solo, and small firm practitioners representing startups, tech companies, and founders. Admitted to practice in California, the Northern District of California, the Central District of California, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Experience

Nearly two-decade career with the California Department of Justice. Recent matters include data breach investigations, False Claims Act cases, and challenges to the use of cookies and web-tracking technologies under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) and related statutes.
Rachel V. Rose.

Rachel V. Rose.

Rachel V. Rose – Attorney at Law, PLLC

Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA has a unique background in healthcare, securities, cybersecurity, and international law. For over a decade, her practice has focused on transactional, compliance, and litigation matters related to cybersecurity, health care, securities, and Dodd-Frank/False Claims Act whistleblower claims.

Education & Credentials

MBA with minors in healthcare and entrepreneurship from Vanderbilt University, law degree from Stetson University College of Law, and an Executive Certification in Leadership and Negotiation from Harvard Law School.

Recognition & Leadership

Named consecutively to the Texas Bar College, National Women Trial Lawyers Association's Top 25, Houstonia Magazine's Top Lawyers (healthcare), National Trial Lawyers Association's Top 100, SuperLawyers (healthcare), and 1st Healthcare Compliance's 2019 and 2022 Top Presenter. Extensively published, sought-after presenter, and quoted expert. Co-editor of the American Health Lawyers Association's Enterprise Risk Management Handbook for Healthcare Entities (2nd Edition), co-author of the ABA's books The ABCs of ACOs and What Are International HIPAA Considerations?, as well as various chapters in legal and medical books.

Professional Involvement

Affiliated Member with Baylor College of Medicine's Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, where she teaches bioethics.

Experience

Worked on Capitol Hill when HIPAA passed in 1996 and at HHS in 2009 when the HITECH Act was being implemented. Has conducted HIPAA Risk Analyses for domestic and international organizations and represented persons related to government enforcement inquiries and responses on cybersecurity and healthcare related matters.
Julia A. Clayton

Julia A. Clayton

Law Office of Julia A. Clayton, P.C.

Julia draws on her nearly two-decade career with the California Department of Justice to advise individuals and small businesses facing civil litigation and government investigations, including data breach investigations, False Claims Act cases, and challenges to the use of cookies and web-tracking technologies.

Education & Credentials

J.D. from UC Berkeley School of Law; B.A. with highest honors from U.C. Davis. Externed for the Honorable William B. Shubb, then Chief Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.

Professional Involvement

Founding member of HeyCounsel, an online platform for fractional, solo, and small firm practitioners representing startups, tech companies, and founders. Admitted to practice in California, the Northern District of California, the Central District of California, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Experience

Nearly two-decade career with the California Department of Justice. Recent matters include data breach investigations, False Claims Act cases, and challenges to the use of cookies and web-tracking technologies under the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) and related statutes.

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CA2.0
CO2.0
CT2.0
DC
DE2.0
FL2.0
GA2.0
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ID2.0
IL2.0
IN2.0
KS2.0
KY2.0
LA2.0
MA2.0
MD2.0
ME2.0
MI2.0
MN2.0
MO2.4
MS2.0
MT2.0
NC2.0
ND2.0
NE2.0
NH120.0
NJ2.4
NM2.0
NV2.0
NY2.0
OH2.0
OK2.5
OR2.0
PA2.0
RI2.0
SC2.0
SD2.0
TN2.0
TX2.0
UT2.0
VA2.0
VT2.0
WA2.0
WI2.0
WV2.4
WY2.0

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The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.  

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