NAWJ Webinar: Ethical Legal Research with Generative AI

June 18, 2025
3:00 PM ET / 2:00 PM CT / 1:00 PM MT / 12:00 PM PT

Ethical Legal Research with Generative AI

This CLE presentation is for legal professionals who want a better understanding of the intersection between generative AI and legal ethics. Beginning with a foundational overview of AI and its generative capabilities, participants will explore the ethical implications as outlined by the American Bar Association (ABA) model rules. Key topics include maintaining competency (Rule 1.1), ensuring confidentiality (Rule 1.6) and effective supervision (Rule 5.1) in the context of AI use.

The course will also address potential sanctions for unethical AI practices and provide insights into the application of AI in legal research tools, emphasizing ethical principles and considerations. Participants will engage in discussions on specific ethical issues such as AI hallucinations, supervisory concerns, and confidentiality challenges.

The course concludes with a review of ethical AI use policies within law firms and an open discussion to consolidate learning and address participant queries. This course is designed to equip legal professionals with the knowledge and tools necessary to ethically integrate AI into their practice.

By the conclusion of the webinar, attendees will:

1. Be familiar with legal use cases for AI
2. Be able to draft an ethical AI use policy
3. Be prepared to protect client data and work quality while taking advantage of AI

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Speaker:

Elizabeth Henslee, J.D., M.L.I.S., Court Account Executive, LexisNexis

Elizabeth Henslee is a lawyer and librarian who is a court account executive for LexisNexis.  Elizabeth received her B.A. from Emory University, her JD from Florida A&M University College of Law, and her M.L.I.S. from University of South Florida.  Prior to becoming an account executive, Elizabeth was a staff attorney for the Fifth District Court of Appeals (DCA) in Florida and an adjunct law professor at Florida A&M University College of Law teaching legal research and writing.  Elizabeth was a practicing Florida attorney before joining the Fifth DCA and teaching.  Her expertise includes artificial intelligence, legal databases, legal research, legal drafting, intellectual property, and First Amendment protections.  Elizabeth is an anthologized author, a textbook author, and co-author of “The Lawyer’s Guide to Artificial Intelligence” published by the American Bar Association on Artificial Intelligence and the practice of law.