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by [you] to ensure accuracy and compliance [with the law].”

documents and aiding e-discovery.

TU College of Law. Before joining the TU College of Law faculty, she worked for Conner & Winters LLP and clerked for Judge John E. Dowdell of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the TU College of Law. Lori Twomey is a professor of legal writing and the bachelor’s degree from OSU and her J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center. A former litigator and appellate attorney, she also taught at the University of Houston. Ms. Twomey joined the TU College of Law in 2021, where she advises the Board of Advocates and coaches the moot court team. Asked Questions: 05/ What kinds of things can Microsoft 365 Copilot help me with?” Microsoft, https://bit.ly/3UQ5DD8 (last visited Oct. 16, 2024). 3. “Answers to GPTZero’s Most Common Questions,” GPTZero, https://gptzero.me/faq (last visited Oct. 4, 2024). 4. See Mata v. Avianca, Inc. , 678 F. Supp. 3d 443 (S.D.N.Y. 2023). 5. Id. at 453-54. 6. Id. at 454. 7. Id . 8. Varun Magesh, Faiz Surani, Matthew Dahl, Mirac Suzgun, Christopher D. Manning and Daniel E. Ho, “Hallucination-Free? Assessing the Reliability of Leading AI Legal Research Tools,” J. Empirical Legal Stud. 7 (preprint manuscript) (forthcoming 2024), https://stanford.io/3ZgUSN3. 9. Id. 10. Id. 11. Id. at 12. Notably, this study did not evalu ate Thomson Reuters’ more robust generative AI tool, CoCounsel, which would likely have a higher accuracy rate due to having access to a larger universe of documents than Ask Practical Law AI. 12. ABA Comm. On Ethics & Pro. Resp., Formal Op. 512 (2024). Readers may access the formal opinion at https://bit.ly/3YRtuUp. ENDNOTES 1. This title was crafted by ChatGPT. 2. Microsoft 365 Copilot “Frequently director of the legal writing program at the TU College of Law. She earned her

7) Form Generation:

Q: Can you explain, in a poem, why attorneys should learn about generative AI? ChatGPT: In a world where tech evolves each day, Attorneys must keep pace, not stay away. Generative AI, a powerful tool, Can help the sharp, and trip up the fool. It drafts with speed, from con tracts to briefs, It saves time but can hide pit falls beneath. Errors may lurk in a polished reply, So attorneys must learn, not just rely. Know its strengths, and know where it’s weak, Guide its use but stay sharp and sleek. For those who master this modern skill, Will shape the future with sharper quill. Authors: Not bad! And as this poem suggests, we encourage all attorneys to explore the possible advantages that generative AI tools might bring to your practice while keeping a discerning and critical eye on any generated content. Our jobs are safe, at least for now.

Customizing legal forms. 8) Client Communications: Drafting emails, client updates, and powering chatbots. 9) Data Analytics: Predicting case outcomes and analyz ing document sentiment. 10) Translation: Translating legal documents. AI outputs should always be reviewed by legal professionals to ensure accuracy and compliance. Authors: While the use of generative AI tools may be appro priate for these legal tasks, it is important to keep in perspective how attorneys should effectively and efficiently use generative AI as it relates to each task. Generative AI provides an excellent “start ing point” when drafting legal documents. For this type of use, generative AI tools do a competent job if given a clear and detailed prompt and if you patiently revise your “conversation” based on the outputs you receive. You can use generative AI to summarize documents and legal authority, create a checklist to use in your own drafting or explain a compli cated legal topic. And, specifically with legally focused generative AI tools, you can prompt the model to provide you with a starting point for your research. In addition, once you have completed a draft of your legal document, you can upload the draft and ask the generative AI tool to evaluate the document and provide suggestions for modifi cations or help with targeting the tone to a specific audience. But, as advised by ChatGPT itself, “AI outputs should always be reviewed

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Caroline Guerra Wolf is an assistant city attorney for the city of Tulsa and a former assistant professor of legal writing at the

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