The rise of artificial intelligence in legal practice: opportunities, challenges, and ethical considerations

In an article for the Colorado Technology Law Journal, candidate attorney Joely Williamson explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the legal profession—revolutionizing traditional practices, creating new opportunities, and raising urgent ethical and regulatory concerns. AI is increasingly used for document review, legal research, contract drafting, and predictive analytics. Generative AI (GenAI) tools like Lexis+…

Artificial intelligence and ethics in the legal profession

By Nathaniel M. Glasser, Frances M. Green, Gretel Zumwalt, and Isabel Wolf – March 11, 2025 In this comprehensive article published by Epstein Becker & Green for the American Bar Association, lawyers at a US healthcare and life sciences law firm explore how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming legal practice and the ethical responsibilities that…

Towards sustainable legal education reform: interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches in Albania’s justice system

This article explores the challenges and potential solutions for reforming public legal education in Albania as part of the broader judicial reform agenda. While legal education has been identified as a vital tool for fostering civic engagement and restoring public trust in justice institutions, Albania’s efforts have been fragmented and largely ineffective. The 2019–2023 National…

Client Due Diligence: Anti-Money Laundering and Ethical Obligations for Lawyers

Hardy, P. D., & Danch, S. Client Due Diligence: Anti-Money Laundering and Ethical Obligations for Lawyers. When the so-called “Panama Papers” scandal broke in 2016, it cast an unpleasant spotlight on the potential role of lawyers across the globe assisting – knowingly or unknowingly – their clients in money laundering, tax evasion, and other illegal…

The role of legal professionals in the European and international legal and regulatory framework against money laundering

Valvi, E. A. (2023). The role of legal professionals in the European and international legal and regulatory framework against money laundering. Journal of Money Laundering Control, 26(7), 28-52. Abstract Purpose – The aim of the present study is to shed light on the role of legal practitioners, namely, lawyers and notaries, in the fight against money laundering:…

Problems of Professional Ethics of a Lawyer and Legal Rhetoric

Yusupova, N. S. (2023). Problems of professional ethics of a lawyer and legal rhetoric. Conferencea, 88-93. This article discusses the main problems that hinder the development of the professional ethics of lawyers as one of the fundamental foundations of the legal profession in the Republic of Uzbekistan. A comparative legal analysis of foreign countries in…

“They Don’t Know What They Don’t Know”: A Study of Diversion in Lieu of Lawyer Discipline

Levin, L. C., & Fortney, S. S. (2023). ‘They Don’t Know What They Don’t Know’: A Study of Diversion in Lieu of Lawyer Discipline. Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, Forthcoming. Lawyer misconduct can have devastating consequences for clients. But what is the appropriate regulatory response when lawyers make less serious mistakes? For almost thirty years, jurisdictions…

Impact of Digitalization on Legal Regulation: formation of new legal practices

Objective: The objective of the research is to examine the impact of digital technologies introduced into law on the formation of new legal practices. Method: The authors used a mixed methodological strategy. The main research method is the dialectical method. Regulatory documents of Russia and foreign countries were chosen as the information basis for the research….

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