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Preliminary Opinion on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Lawyers' Work, decision At/60/24

Israel Bar Association [Lishkat Orkhei HaDin], National Ethics Committee

last revised 2024-05-07last verified 2026-09-041 versioncountry page →

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The Israel Bar's first ethics opinion on generative AI, adopted by the National Ethics Committee as decision At/60/24 in 2024. It permits AI use but requires individual verification of AI output against external authority, bars entering client, confidential, privileged or copyright-protected material into AI platforms, and requires written client consent before client personal data enters open systems.

Applies to
lawyers, firms
Effective
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Current version
Decision At/60/24, preliminary opinion · 07 May 2024
Last verified
04 Sept 2026
Official text
www.israelbar.biz/halishka_vehmechozot/lishkat_orche_din/mosdot_halish…

What the document requires

  • Lawyers must individually check the reliability of AI output and corroborate it with external sources; unverifiable material must be flagged to the court.
  • Client personal, confidential, privileged and copyright-protected information must not be entered into AI platforms.
  • Explicit written client consent is required before client personal information is used in open AI systems, specifying document types and security measures.
  • Closed, in-house AI systems are preferred for confidential work to limit unauthorised access.
  • The lawyer bears full civil and ethical responsibility for AI use; unverified reliance breaches the duties of loyalty and diligence, and sanctions can run to licence revocation.

Version history

VersionDateWhat changedSource
Decision At/60/24, preliminary opinioncurrent2024-05-07First Israeli bar instrument on generative AI. Reported by law.co.il on 8 May 2024; some later reports date the circulated text to August 2024. The opinion text was not read in full; the record rests on the Bar's page and secondary analyses, so it is unverified.official

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SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Preliminary Opinion on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Lawyers' Work, decision At/60/24" (Israel Bar Association [Lishkat Orkhei HaDin], National Ethics Committee, Decision At/60/24, preliminary opinion, 2024-05-07), safelegalai.com/regulation/israel/israel-bar-ethics-opinion-at-60-24 (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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