Using Generative AI in Tennessee Litigation

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Generative AI tools like ChatGPT promise to cut down the time associated with drafting court filings and briefs. Some attorneys, however, have learned its downsides the hard way, aggravating the courts in the process. This program will examine the litigation benefits and pitfalls of generative AI and what courts have done to regulate its use by litigators.

Attendees will learn about generative AI tools available for litigators, potential benefits in litigation practice, and the problems litigators have encountered when using AI. Additionally, attendees will learn the provisions of the Code of Professional Conduct implicated in the misuse of Generative AI and the consequences of Rule 11.

This program will help attorneys who want to learn how to use generative AI productively and ethically in their practices. Attorneys, especially those in Tennessee with any level of experience interested in how AI can be incorporated into their practices, are encouraged to attend this course.

Learning Objectives:

  • Explore generative AI and its basic capabilities in a litigation practice
  • Examine the ethical obligations attorneys have concerning the use of generative AI, as codified by an increasing number of bar associations and standing court orders
  • Recognize the consequences of the misuse of AI in courts
     

Production Date: 4/8/2025 | Closed captioning (CC) available

About the Presenters

Julie Cromer Young, Esq.

Belmont University School of Law

Practice Area: Legal Research & Writing (+ 2 other areas)

Julie Cromer Young teaches Legal Information and Communication I & II. Prior to joining Belmont’s faculty, Professor Young practiced litigation and trademark and copyright law in Chicago, Illinois, representing high-profile clients. She joined academia in 2003 at Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California, where she taught Civil Procedure, Copyright, Conflict of Laws, Food and Drug Law, Administrative Law, and International Intellectual Property, and served as the Director for the Center of Law and Intellectual Property. In 2013, she co-chaired the Women and the Law Conference, Her Honor: Women in the Judiciary, featuring The Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg ...

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