Legal's Tech Competency Era: Updates to ABA and State Professional Rules for Tech Competency

As nearly all states have adopted tech competency requirements for licensed attorneys, attorneys should attend this program to learn about their ethical obligations regarding technology and law practice. The webinar will also help practitioners stay up-to-date with the most recent guidance issued by the American Bar Association (“ABA”) and state authorities concerning cloud computing, cyber security, and generative AI. 

Attendees will learn state ethics rules and advisories addressing tech competency. The webinar will cover related professional responsibilities that are likewise implicated by the use of technology in legal practice, including maintaining client confidence, keeping clients informed, billing clients for work product generated with technology, supervising other attorneys and legal staff, and honoring attorneys’ duty of candor to courts and other tribunals. 

This course is designed for attorneys at any level who use electronic data systems and technology in their law practice. When supervising junior attorneys and staff in tech competency, managing attorneys will also benefit from learning about strategies to meet their professional responsibilities. 

Learning Objectives: 

• Review professional competency requirements associated with using technology in law practice, including amendments to state ethics rules and recent advisory opinions from the ABA and state bar authorities
• Explore the interplay between tech competency and other professional responsibilities, with specific attention to confidentiality rules, client disclosures, and supervision
• Identify tech competency obligations associated with storing and keeping confidential client information secure from cyber intrusions
• Examine the latest ethics guidance on using generative AI in providing legal services
   

Course Time Schedule:

Eastern Time: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Central Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Mountain Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Pacific Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Alaska Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Hawaii-Aleutian Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

This course is also being presented on the following dates:

Monday, August 11, 2025
Monday, August 25, 2025
Monday, September 8, 2025
Monday, October 27, 2025
Monday, November 17, 2025