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New York City Bar Formal Opinion 2024-5: Generative Artificial Intelligence

New York City Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics · New York

last revised 2024-08-07last verified 2026-09-031 version

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Formal Opinion 2024-5 from the New York City Bar Association, issued 7 August 2024, applies the New York Rules of Professional Conduct to lawyers' use of generative AI. Lawyers must understand the tools they use, verify all output, protect confidential client information from disclosure to public tools, supervise staff use, and consider whether client disclosure is warranted.

Applies to
lawyers, firms
Effective
07 Aug 2024
Current version
Original · 07 Aug 2024
Last verified
03 Sept 2026
Official text
www.nycbar.org/reports/formal-opinion-2024-5-generative-artificial-int…

What the document requires

  • Competence requires understanding how a generative AI tool works and its limitations.
  • Output must be independently verified before it is relied on or filed.
  • Confidential information should not be entered into tools that may retain or train on it.
  • Supervisory lawyers must set policies for AI use by lawyers and nonlawyer staff.

Version history

VersionDateWhat changedSource
Originalcurrent2024-08-07First version recorded.official

Sources

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SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "New York City Bar Formal Opinion 2024-5: Generative Artificial Intelligence" (New York City Bar Association Committee on Professional Ethics, Original, 2024-08-07), safelegalai.com/regulation/us-state/nyc-bar-formal-opinion-2024-5 (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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