Artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving quickly and forecast to impact all
areas of legal practice. This program will focus on the intersection of
generative AI (GenAI) and legal research.
Querying prompts within GenAI systems is different from using search engines
and also different from using Boolean searches within legal research databases.
AIs that use open systems are significantly different from closed systems.
A lack of knowledge has led to hallucinated case citations and disciplinary
troubles for lawyers both in Massachusetts and across the country.
Hallucinations are when GenAI (within open systems such as ChatGPT) generates
case citations but the legal cases themselves do not exist. Utilizing proper
tools and legal research principles safeguards against such dangers.
There will be an overview of some AI legal research tools currently on the
market and those in development, with examples such as Casetext CoCounsel,
Descrybe and vLex Vincent.
This panel has a breadth and depth of expertise, from panelists who present
nationally on tech, including AI; to an acclaimed law librarian who is a regular
panelist on Bob Ambrogi's Legal Tech Weekly Roundtable; to innovative
Massachusetts-based founders of a great free legal research tool that can search
across and summarize 2.5 million judicial decisions. Come learn about AI's
intersection with legal research and ask questions.
This program will be hosted using Zoom. Registration is required
by 4 p.m. on Monday, May 6, in order to participate in this
program. An email from MassBar Education will
be sent with the Webinar ID and Password before the
program.