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The Future is Now: Artificial Intelligence and the Legal Profession

International Bar Association with the Center for AI and Digital Policy

last revised 2024-09-19last verified 2026-09-041 versioncountry page →

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A September 2024 IBA and CAIDP report on AI's impact on law firms, the profession and regulation, based on a survey of 210 firms of which 43 per cent had no AI policy. It recommends AI governance policies, AI-literacy training, updated ethics rules covering supervision of AI tools and disclosure of AI use, and consistent cross-border regulation.

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lawyers, firms
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Current version
September 2024 · 19 Sept 2024
Last verified
04 Sept 2026
Official text
www.ibanet.org/document?id=The-future-is%20now-AI-and-the-legal-profes…

What the document requires

  • Recommends firms adopt AI policies covering data governance, security, intellectual property and privacy.
  • Calls for ethics guidelines to cover proper supervision of AI tools and disclosure obligations regarding AI use.
  • Recommends AI-literacy training programmes for lawyers, with support for smaller firms.
  • Urges consistent, coherent AI regulation with bars as key stakeholders.

Version history

VersionDateWhat changedSource
September 2024current2024-09-19Launched at the IBA Annual Conference, Mexico City, 19 September 2024; released 30 September 2024.official

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SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "The Future is Now: Artificial Intelligence and the Legal Profession" (International Bar Association with the Center for AI and Digital Policy, September 2024, 2024-09-19), safelegalai.com/regulation/international/int-iba-caidp-future-is-now-report (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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