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Vägledning om användning av generativ AI i advokatverksamhet

Swedish Bar Association [Sveriges advokatsamfund]

last revised 2025-06-12last verified 2026-09-042 versionscountry page →

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Guidance dated Stockholm, 12 June 2025, from a Swedish Bar Association working group on using generative AI in legal practice. It ties GenAI use to the Code of Conduct (VRGA) across four areas: regulatory compliance, advisory liability, professional secrecy, and principal liability and office organisation.

Applies to
lawyers, firms
Effective
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Current version
Guidance to the board of the Swedish Bar Association · 12 Jun 2025
Last verified
04 Sept 2026
Official text
www.advokatsamfundet.se/globalassets/advokatsamfundet_sv/advokatyrket/…

What the document requires

  • GenAI can produce fluent text containing factual errors or references to cases and statutes that do not exist; output must be critically reviewed before it enters advice.
  • Advisory liability applies in full whether or not the advice rests on GenAI output (VRGA 5.3, 6.2).
  • Professional secrecy holds regardless of working method; client information must not be used to train the model or generate output for other users.
  • Client consent must be obtained where the tool's handling of information carries risks that contract terms and safeguards cannot address; standard terms are not sufficient.
  • Under VRGA 7.6.2 firms should adopt, publish and regularly update GenAI policies and provide staff training scaled to actual use.

Version history

VersionDateWhat changedSource
Guidance to the board of the Swedish Bar Associationcurrent2025-06-12Fourteen-page guidance produced by the working group that drafted the 2024 general advice.official
Allmänna råd rörande användning av generativa AI-modeller i advokatverksamhet2024-06-13General advice adopted by the board on 13 June 2024.official

Sources

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SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Vägledning om användning av generativ AI i advokatverksamhet" (Swedish Bar Association [Sveriges advokatsamfund], Guidance to the board of the Swedish Bar Association, 2025-06-12), safelegalai.com/regulation/other/se-advokatsamfundet-generative-ai-guidance (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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