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eager but flawed assistant. If you can spot the error right away, it is a good task. Ask it to:
• Add bookmarks to an internal pdf.
• Summarize voluminous documents( giving very specific instructions about the format of the summary and to include page numbers).
• Brainstorm marketing plans
• Provide first drafts of marketing materials( newsletters, articles, emails).
• Assist in automating documents or numerical data analysis( suggesting merge fields, upleveling spreadsheets).
• Writing firm policies and procedures. By keeping your asks focused and easy to check, you will avoid ethical issues and gain time-saving assistance in managing your practice, freeing you up to do the legal work. n
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This article does not discuss law-specific AI tools.
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See 24-1 Fla. Ethics Op.( 2024); citing Fla. Bar. R. 4-1.1, 4-1.6, 4-3.1, 4-4.1.
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24-1 Fla. Ethics Op. at 6( 2024)( Though generative AI programs may make a lawyer’ s work more efficient, this increase in efficiency must not result in falsely inflated claims of time.”)
4 https:// www. legalfuel. com / category / technology / artificial-intelligence /
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See Fla. Bar R. 4-5.3 and Notes“ A lawyer should also consider safeguards when assistants use technologies such as generative artificial intelligence”).
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