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Oregon State Bar Formal Opinion 2025-205: Artificial Intelligence Tools
Oregon State Bar · Oregon
last revised 2025-02-01last verified 2026-10-051 version
Ethics opinionIn forceCompetenceVerification dutyConfidentialitySupervision
Formal Opinion 2025-205 from the Oregon State Bar, issued February 2025, applies the Oregon Rules of Professional Conduct to lawyers' use of AI tools. Lawyers must understand the tool they use, verify its output before relying on it, protect client confidentiality when entering information, and supervise nonlawyer and vendor use.
- Applies to
- lawyers, firms
- Effective
- 01 Feb 2025
- Current version
- February 2025 · 01 Feb 2025
- Last verified
- 05 Oct 2026
- Official text
- www.osbar.org/_docs/ethics/2025-205.pdf
What the document requires
- Lawyers must understand the capabilities and limits of the AI tools they use.
- AI output must be verified; lawyers remain responsible for accuracy.
- Client confidential information requires safeguards before entry into AI tools.
- Supervisory duties extend to staff and vendors using AI on client matters.
Version history
| Version | Date | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025current | 2025-02-01 | First version recorded. | official · archive |
Sources
Cite this record
SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Oregon State Bar Formal Opinion 2025-205: Artificial Intelligence Tools" (Oregon State Bar, February 2025, 2025-02-01), safelegalai.com/regulation/us-state/or-state-bar-formal-opinion-2025-205 (accessed 2026-10-07). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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