Presented by the CT Bar Association
About the Program
Generative artificial intelligence has moved from novelty to daily reality in the practice of law—and the ethical exposure has moved with it. Connecticut attorneys are drafting with it, researching with it, and running their front offices on it, often without a clear sense of where the Rules of Professional Conduct draw the lines. This program closes that gap.
In two hours, attendees will learn how Connecticut’s existing ethics framework—anchored by Rule 1.1 and its technology-competence comment—applies to generative AI, what ABA Formal Opinion 512 requires, and how the national wave of AI-sanctions cases (including a Connecticut matter) translates into concrete duties. The program is deliberately practical: every segment ties to a specific Rule, every risk is paired with a workflow that manages it, and attendees leave with a sample firm AI policy, a prefiling verification checklist, and a vendor-neutral field guide to the tools lawyers are using.
You Will Learn
• How to identify the specific Connecticut Rules of Professional Conduct implicated using generative AI, and articulate the duty of technological competence under Rule 1.1, Comment [8]
• How to apply ABA Formal Opinion 512’s six-duty framework (competence, confidentiality, communication, candor, supervision, and fees) to everyday AI use
• How to recognize the difference between consumer and enterprise AI tools for purposes of the Rule 1.6 confidentiality analysis, and evaluate a vendor’s data-handling terms.
• How to implement a defensible verification workflow that prevents the fabricated-citation failures that have led to sanctions nationwide and in Connecticut
• To supervise associates, staff, and AI tools consistent with Rules 5.1 and 5.3
• How to bill for AI-assisted work and disclose AI use to clients consistent with Rules 1.5 and 1.4• How to draft and adopt a firm-level AI policy, and select tools using a structured due-diligence checklist
Who Should Attend
Attorneys who want to learn about the ethical use of artificial intelligence.
Cost
(Includes electronic materials)
Solo/Small and Young Lawyers Section Member $77
Member $90
CLE Pass Holder $15
Student Member $15
Non-Member $180
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Financial hardship information is available upon request.
CT: 2.0 CLE Credits (Ethics)
NY: 2.0 CLE Credits (Cybersecurity Ethics)
The Connecticut Bar Association/CT Bar Institute is an accredited provider of New York State CLE. This program qualifies for newly admitted and experienced attorneys CLE credits.
Attorneys seeking NY CLE credit who have been admitted to the New York State Bar for two years or less must attend the live seminar for skills or ethics credit, a fully interactive videoconference, or simultaneous transmission with synchronous interactivity. Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias CLE credits are only available as non-transitional credits. For further information please see the NYCourts.gov page on CLE: http://ww2.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle/index.shtml. Financial hardship information is available upon request.
If the seminar is recorded, all member registrants will receive complimentary access to the recording approximately six weeks after the program.
Please note that refunds will not be granted once course materials have been sent.
Cancellations made less than 2 business days prior to event are non-refundable.
Closed captioning will be available during the seminar presentation for virtual attendees.