The German Federal Bar, Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer (BRAK), has reported on the latest meeting of the lawyers’ self-regulatory assembly, Die Satzungsversammlung. The meeting adopted amendments to specialist lawyer rules and considered ongoing professional issues including conflicts of interest, continuing training, confidentiality, data protection and artificial intelligence. The meeting also addressed the protection of the legal profession, following Germany’s signature of the Council of…
AI law firm wins court case in the UK
An AI law firm, Garfield AI, authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority has won a small debt claim in an English court, in what has been reported as a UK and global first. The case concerned unpaid fees owed to a freelance HR consultant and is being reported as an example of regulated…
Rhode Island Supreme Court issues AI rules for lawyers and judges
The Rhode Island Supreme Court has amended its professional competence rule and adopted interim guidance on the ethical use of generative artificial intelligence by lawyers and judicial officers. The amended rule requires lawyers to keep up to date with changes in the law and its practice, including the benefits and risks associated with existing and…
UK launches Advisory AI Growth Lab to support responsible AI adoption in legal services
The UK Government has launched an Advisory AI Growth Lab, a new advisory sandbox intended to support the development and deployment of AI products and services. Legal services will be the first sector to participate, reflecting demand for clearer and more coordinated information on how existing regulatory frameworks apply to AI-enabled legal services. The Lab will…
Law Society of Northern Ireland launches AI guidance for solicitors
The Law Society of Northern Ireland’s guidance is framed as practical support for solicitors and staff who are considering or already using AI in professional practice. The Law Society says AI can assist with tasks such as notetaking, drafting emails, summarising documents, eDiscovery and simplifying complex legal issues, but stresses that its use must be…
State Bar of California updates practical guidance on generative AI
The State Bar of California says its Board of Trustees approved updated revisions to the Practical Guidance for the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Practice of Law on 14 May 2026. The guidance was originally published in November 2023 and was developed by the Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct to assist lawyers…
LexisNexis report highlights the mentorship gap in the age of AI
LexisNexis has published a report on what it describes as the mentorship gap created by the increasing use of AI in legal work. Drawing on a January 2026 survey of 873 UK-based legal professionals, the report identifies clear productivity gains from legal AI, while also raising concerns about how junior lawyers develop judgment, argumentation and…
State Bar of California consults on AI amendments to professional conduct rules
The State Bar of California is seeking public comment on proposed amendments to the Rules of Professional Conduct addressing lawyers’ use of artificial intelligence. The proposals were approved for a 45-day public comment period by the Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct on 13 March 2026, ending close to two weeks from now on…
The coming revival of the PeopleLaw sector
In his latest newsletter, Canadian commentator Jordan Furlong argues that generative AI or GenAI is beginning to reshape the legal market in ways that could reduce the profession’s focus on corporate and organisational clients. Data highlighted by Professor William Henderson, notes that the share of legal receipts generated by organisational clients in the United States rose from 47.8% in 1972 to…
Empirical study examines hallucination detection in legal language models
New research examines how “hallucinations”: confident but incorrect or unsupported answers, can be identified in AI tools used for legal question answering. The study presents a new method (“LEGALscore”) that uses signals from within the AI system itself to flag when an answer is likely to be fabricated or not properly grounded in legal source…