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AI & Ethics in the Legal World: Essential Cybersecurity Knowledge for Lawyers in the Agentic Era (On-Demand)

Ethics Credits:
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$179.00

Course Description

This session explores the ethical and cybersecurity challenges lawyers face as generative and agentic AI reshape the legal landscape. We will examine recent cases where AI misuse led to sanctions and review major developments such as ABA Formal Opinion 512 (published in July 2024 by the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility), Executive Order 14110 (on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence), and the EU AI Act. Participants will gain practical strategies to verify AI outputs, safeguard client confidentiality, and prepare for new compliance requirements.

Syllabus

  1. Context
    • Generative and agentic AI are rapidly becoming everyday tools in the legal profession
    • With their adoption come new ethical, cybersecurity, and compliance risks
  2. Key Themes (from the last two years)
    • Hallucinations & Trust: AI-generated legal briefs have led to sanctions and new verification/disclosure rules
    • Data Stewardship & Breaches: Law firms increasingly targeted in breaches (e.g., MOVEit-related, Kirkland, Kelley Drye)
    • Deepfakes & Social Engineering: AI-enabled impersonations threaten client funds, privilege, and trust (e.g., $25M Hong Kong deepfake heist)
    • Regulation & Governance: ABA Formal Opinion 512 (2023), U.S. Executive Order 14110 (2023), and the EU AI Act (phased rollout, GPAI duties starting 2025)
  3. Practical Takeaways for Lawyers
    • Build verification workflows and document disclosures for AI use
    • Protect client confidentiality when working with AI platforms
    • Strengthen breach readiness tailored to law-firm threat profiles
    • Implement deep-fake/impersonation controls for financial transactions and case communications
    • Adopt a cross-jurisdictional compliance checklist (ABA, EO 14110, EU AI Act timelines)
    • Update engagement letters, vendor contracts, and incident response plans to address risks of autonomous/agentic systems
  4. Why It Matters
    • The legal world is entering the “agentic era,” where AI systems can act on user’s behalf
    • Lawyers must anticipate liability, ethical, and cybersecurity implications to uphold professional standards and client trust

Credit Details

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Dr. Tyler Cook, Neil Daswani, PhD, Rahil Vasa
Original Date Of Course

Ethics Credits

1.5
Dr. Tyler Cook
Dr. Tyler Cook
Dr. Tyler Cook is Assistant Program Director of the Center for AI Learning at Emory University and a research affiliate at the Georgia Institute of Technology's Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy. He holds a PhD in Philosophy from The Ohio State University, where his dissertation focused on the ethics of artificial intelligence, and his current research and teaching address machine ethics, AI policy, and engineering ethics.
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Neil Daswani, PhD
Neil Daswani, PhD
Neil Daswani, PhD serves as Co-Academic Director of Stanford's Advanced Cybersecurity Program and CISO-in-Residence at Firebolt Ventures, bringing extensive experience from leadership roles at Symantec, LifeLock, QuantumScape, Twitter/X, and Google. He holds a PhD and MS in computer science from Stanford and a BS with honors from Columbia University, and has authored multiple books on security while holding over a dozen patents in the field.
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Rahil Vasa
Rahil Vasa
Rahil Vasa holds a BA in Computer Science with a minor in Physics from Emory University and a BS in Cybersecurity with a minor in AI from Georgia Tech, supplemented by coursework in AI Ethics and Policy. He has worked as a Security Engineer at Amazon Web Services, a Full Stack Security Engineer at Honeypot Technologies, and currently serves as a Founding Engineer at a stealth-stage startup developing security solutions at the intersection of cybersecurity and agentic AI for the legal industry.
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