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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 2026-09-161 version
Ethics opinionIn forceVerification dutyConfidentialitySupervisionCompetence
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
- 16 Sept 2026
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
| Version | Date | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Originalcurrent | 2024-08-07 | First version recorded. | official |
Sources
Cite this record
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 2026-10-07). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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