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Circular No. 342/2023: Risks and Precautions in Using Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Legal Profession

Bar Council Malaysia [Majlis Peguam]

last revised 2023-11-24last verified 2026-09-041 versioncountry page →

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The Bar Council's first AI circular, issued 24 November 2023 by its Technology, Cyber and Privacy Laws Committee, setting out the risks of ChatGPT in legal practice and the precautions practitioners should take. It remains in force alongside the 2025 circular that supplements it.

Applies to
lawyers, firms
Effective
24 Nov 2023
Current version
Original · 24 Nov 2023
Last verified
04 Sept 2026
Official text
www.malaysianbar.org.my/cms/upload_files/document/Circular%20No%20342-…

What the document requires

  • Output must be independently verified against traditional legal databases.
  • Sets out risks including fabricated citations, confidentiality exposure and over-reliance.
  • Addressed specifically to the use of ChatGPT and comparable public chatbots by members of the profession.

Version history

VersionDateWhat changedSource
Originalcurrent2023-11-24Supplemented by Circular No. 242/2025.official

Sources

Cite this record

SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Circular No. 342/2023: Risks and Precautions in Using Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Legal Profession" (Bar Council Malaysia [Majlis Peguam], Original, 2023-11-24), safelegalai.com/regulation/other/my-bar-council-circular-342-2023-chatgpt (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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