Artificial Intelligence: Legal Issues, Policy, and Practical Strategies - Cynthia H Cwik

Artificial Intelligence: Legal Issues, Policy, and Practical Strategies Cynthia H Cwik ISBN 9781639054930

This essential and practical guide helps legal professionals navigate the rapidly evolving laws, policies, and ethical questions surrounding Artificial Intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping nearly every aspect of modern life—including the practice of law—at an unprecedented pace. The rapid rise of generative AI, capable of producing new content based on training data and user prompts, represents a profound technological and intellectual shift. For the legal profession, AI offers powerful opportunities: accelerating routine tasks, increasing productivity, enhancing efficiency, and freeing attorneys to focus on higher-value work. AI also holds promise for addressing one of the legal system’s most persistent challenges—expanding access to justice for individuals who cannot afford legal representation.

At the same time, AI presents significant and unresolved challenges. Questions remain about the accuracy and reliability of AI-generated legal work; risks to confidentiality, privacy, and data security; the potential for bias; and the broader impact on law firm structure and professional roles. Additional concerns include the effect of AI on intellectual property rights, how law schools should prepare students for an AI-enabled future, and whether technological advances will ultimately change the number of lawyers needed to serve clients. Governments and private institutions worldwide are actively developing laws, regulations, and ethical frameworks to govern the use of AI systems.

To address these complex issues, this book brings together insights from more than 40 leading experts in AI and law, including voices from in-house legal departments, private practice, nonprofits, academia, government, and the judiciary. Through thoughtful analysis and practical guidance, the contributors explore how lawyers can responsibly and effectively engage with AI in a rapidly changing legal landscape.

Topics covered include:

• A clear primer on key AI concepts

• Core legal issues, including AI governance, regulation, and ethics

• AI in law practice management, including digital assistants, legal use cases, and responsible adoption strategies

• AI in the courts and its potential role in closing the justice gap

• Intellectual property concerns and issues at the intersection of AI and the Internet of Things (IoT)

• The impact of AI on employment law and the modern workplace

• AI-related risks, including cybersecurity, privacy, and national security

• Perspectives on AI and the law from practitioners in Europe

• Considerations for the long-term future of AI and the legal profession

This book equips attorneys with the knowledge and practical insight needed to understand AI’s risks and rewards—and to navigate its profound implications for the future of law.

Artificial Intelligence: Legal Issues, Policy, and Practical Strategies Cynthia H Cwik ISBN 9781639054930, 978-1639054930 & 9781639054947

Authors
Cynthia H Cwik
Christopher A Suarez
Lucy L Thomson