Perspective
Oct. 1, 2016
Will 'AIAs' be used by law firms in the future?
The use of artificially intelligent attorneys brings up a slew of ethical dilemmas, such as: who gets disciplined or sued in the event of a violation — the robot, the lawyer providing the input to the robot, or the manufacturer? By Carol Langford and Joseph Welsh
Carol M. Langford
Attorney
Attorney Ethics and Discipline
Langford has taught ethics at U.C. Berkeley Law and the University of San Francisco School of Law. She served as chair of the Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct in California, and on the Commission for the Revision of the Rules of Professional Conduct.
Will artificially intelligent attorneys (AIAs) be used by law firms to provide legal services in the future? It sounds like something out of a dystopian science fiction novel but the legal industry has been on a collision course with technology for decades. First we had the fax machine in the '60s, word processors and computerized legal research in the '80s, email in the '90s and the internet in the '00s, al...
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