I was talking to some friends who I met in law school and through litigating, and some of them work for larger law firms who have been working on policies around AI. They were mostly just joking around about the current state of AI governance at their jobs, while admitting that they didn't know enough about the new tech to be able to form better policies on their own, as they are more focused on their caseload than certifying themselves in AI use. (Actually, watch this space, I’m working on something.)
But it got me wondering what is happening at other firms, and what other legal professionals’ vibes are. For the record, Smokeball has an AI policy, as well as a data security policy. Even though AI is very minimally involved in my role and not involved in my posting here at all (that’s my voice! for better and worse!), I need to know the policies. I also sync periodically with other departments who do find themselves using AI in their role (including Archie within Smokeball!) so I can be abreast of developing use cases and any applicable governance/best practices for that.
So without further ado,