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Artificial Intelligence in Your Practice

Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador · Newfoundland and Labrador

last revised 2023-02-01last verified 2026-09-041 versioncountry page →

GuidanceIn forcePermissiveVerification dutyConfidentialityCompetence

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Guidance published by the Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador in February 2023, among the earliest Canadian law society material on artificial intelligence, applying the professional conduct duties of competence, confidentiality and accountability to the use of AI tools in the practice of law.

Applies to
lawyers, firms
Effective
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Current version
February 2023 · 01 Feb 2023
Last verified
04 Sept 2026
Official text
lsnl.ca/artificial-intelligence-in-your-practice/

What the document requires

  • Competence, confidentiality and accountability duties apply to AI-assisted work.
  • Lawyers should understand the limits of the tools they adopt.

Version history

VersionDateWhat changedSource
February 2023current2023-02-01Month-only date: the source gives the month, so the 1st is recorded as the date. Recorded from the law society's web page; the full resource was not read, so this record is unverified.official

Sources

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SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Artificial Intelligence in Your Practice" (Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador, February 2023, 2023-02-01), safelegalai.com/regulation/canada/ca-nl-law-society-ai-in-your-practice (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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