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Friends, colleagues, and fellow citizens,<br />
The integration of generative artificial intelligence (AI) into the legal profession represents both a remarkable<br />
opportunity and a formidable challenge. As AI technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace, it is reshaping the<br />
landscape of legal practice, enhancing efficiency, expanding access to justice, and revolutionizing practice<br />
management. With these advancements come critical ethical, professional, and regulatory considerations that must<br />
be addressed to ensure AI serves the public interest while upholding the integrity of the legal system and the rule<br />
of law.<br />
This report provides a comprehensive exploration of AI’s impact on legal practice, focusing on four key areas:<br />
practice management, ethics, access to justice, and the unauthorized practice of law (UPL). As the legal profession<br />
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<a title="AI Report 2025 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=3"> 3 FORWARD Friends, colleagues, and fellow </a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=4"> 4 be used responsibly to bridge the justice gap</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=5"> 5 AI WORKGROUP MISSION STATEMENT In furthe</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=6"> 6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Members of the State B</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=7"> 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ........</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=8"> 8 TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTINUED UNAUTHORIZED </a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=9"> 9 INTRODUCTION “AI is like electricity. Ju</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=10"> 10 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Artificial Intelligenc</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=11"> 11 Lawyers require skills such as analytical an</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=12"> 12 by the Legal Services Corporation revealed t</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=13"> 13 LOOKING BACK BEFORE MOVING FORWARD A HIST</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=14"> 14 boom10 with breakthroughs in research and a</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=15"> 15 However, with these inevitable changes come </a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=16"> 16 PRACTICE MANAGEMENT: PRACTICING LAW IN T</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=17"> 17 Prior to delving into each o</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=18"> 18 the most established technological tools, la</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=19"> 19 so is groundedness. A responsive output is g</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=20"> 20 As discussed previously, document review, an</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=21"> 21 legal intern when questioned by the judge. T</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=22"> 22 OUTCOME PREDICTION Case prediction conducted</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=23"> 23 continues to meet their professional and eth</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=24"> 24 is encrypted both while it's </a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=25"> 25 USE OF AI IN THE COURTS Many individual cour</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=26"> 26 ETHICS: THE BALANCE BETWEEN ETHICS AND A</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=27"> 27 DUTY OF COMPETENCE MRPC 1.1 provides the fol</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=28"> 28 DUTY OF DILIGENCE MRPC 1.3 provides the fol</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=29"> 29 A lawyer’s duty of communication includes d</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=30"> 30 DUTY OF REASONABLE FEES MRPC 1.5 provides th</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=31"> 31 motion and not the approximately three hours</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=32"> 32 As the State Bar of Michigan’s FAQ54 states,</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=33"> 33 CANDOR TOWARD THE TRIBUNAL MRPC 3.3 provides</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=34"> 34 MRPC 8.4 provides it is professional miscond</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=35"> 35 viewpoints of the people it previously engag</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=36"> 36 The ethical obligation that lawyers have to</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=37"> 37 SUMMARY The ethical responsibilities a lawye</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=38"> 38 UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW: AI’S IMPAC</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=39"> 39 In Michigan, the unauthorized practice of la</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=40"> 40 service programs, yet this statute may provi</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=41"> 41 This dichotomy is not new, and new technolog</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=42"> 42 SUMMARY The questions raised by AI in the UP</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=43"> 43 ACCESS TO JUSTICE: OPENING THE LEGAL WOR</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=44"> 44 When faced with legal problems, low-income h</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=45"> 45 the issue, and may then determine if they wi</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=46"> 46 Third, AI-based programs are </a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=47"> 47 PUBLIC POLICY: THE REGULATION OF AI IN T</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=48"> 48 RECOMMENDATIONS When using AI, the bene</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=49"> 49 CONCLUSION AI has the power to revoluti</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=50"> 50 AUTHORS: MEMBERS OF THE SBM AI WORKGROUP</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=51"> 51 Gerard Mantese is a trial attorney at Mantes</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=52"> 52 David R. Watson joined ICLE in January 2017 </a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=53"> 53 TERMINOLOGY The following are common AI T</a>
<a title="AI Report 2025 page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/13f6a968?page=54"> Natural language processing (NLP): The ability </a>
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