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However, too many lawyers serv ing the consumer market have yet to see that light. But GPT-4 and its progeny are going to make the time-based bill ing model increasingly untenable by supercharging the ability to do legal tasks more efficiently. Although we don’t need to worry about being replaced by robot lawyers, “evolved” lawyers who effec tively pair AI and technology with their uniquely human lawyering skills are going to have the upper hand. For lawyers to effectively utilize these new tools and compete with AI-based legal products, and for the public to have any practical way to know when these tools are reliable and good legal solutions for them, our current regulatory structure for the profession is not going to cut it. We already were way overdue to modernize the way we regulate the profession and The Need to Modernize Regulation of the Profession is Now Even Clearer

delivery of legal services – that is only going to become even clearer with GPT-4 and what is sure to follow on the AI front. The question is not whether technol ogy-based legal solutions are a good idea for everyone in every legal context. They clearly are not, but these tools are good solutions for many legal issues; people already are using them in droves; and that has only increased during the pandemic. The real questions are: • Are we as a profession going to do anything to help people determine whether AI-based products are reli able and reasonable solutions for their problems? • Are we going to enable lawyers to be a part of these decisions?

for people, particularly for the many less complex and lower-stakes legal issues people face in the legal system. AI can also make a huge difference in helping people navigate the still overly complicated pro cedural requirements of our legal system. We are Only in the Second Inning It is still very early in the game as we think about the potential for AI and what it will mean for our profession and access to jus tice. Even so, we ignore the issues noted above at our peril. We can help write the script for a better future for our profession and access to justice if we get out in front of these issues now.

AI Definitely has a Place in Improving Access to Justice

Bob Glaves is the Executive Director of The Chicago Bar Foundation.

Just because we’re not going to have robot lawyers does not mean there are not huge possibilities for AI as a self-help resource

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