Ethics & Professional Duties When Using AI (for Solicitors)
Competence, confidentiality, supervision and duty to the court — translated into everyday practice when AI is in the loop.
You already know the duties: act competently, keep affairs confidential, supervise work properly, and uphold the proper administration of justice. AI doesn’t change these — it changes how you meet them.
Competence
- Train your team on AI basics: strengths, limits, safe prompts.
- Use checklists so verification steps are consistent.
Confidentiality
- Block unapproved tools for client data.
- Prefer private models or providers with strong contractual and technical guarantees.
Supervision
- Treat AI-assisted work as junior output: review, annotate, explain.
- Keep decision logs: who reviewed what, and why.
Duty to the court
- Verify facts and authorities; disclose limits.
- Avoid opaque processes you cannot explain if challenged.
OrdoLux makes the governance easier: policies, prompts, review trails and simple reporting — so ethics isn’t an “extra”, it’s the way you work.
General information for practitioners — not legal advice.
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