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Minnesota Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility: ethics guidance for generative AI use
Minnesota Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility · Minnesota
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Minnesota's disciplinary regulator issued informal generative-AI guidance through an article by the OLPR Director in September 2024. It is the closest thing Minnesota has to an ethics opinion and is reported to make documented informed consent for AI use of client data an affirmative Rule 1.6 obligation.
- Applies to
- lawyers, firms
- Effective
- See version history
- Current version
- Original · 01 Sept 2024
- Last verified
- 04 Sept 2026
What the document requires
- Informal guidance from the Director of the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility, not a numbered LPRB opinion
- Reported to treat documented informed consent for client data used with AI tools as an affirmative obligation under Minn. R. Prof. Conduct 1.6
- Text not opened in this research run and must be confirmed before publication
Version history
| Version | Date | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Originalcurrent | 2024-09-01 | Published in Bench and Bar of Minnesota; the source gives a month only (published September 2024), so the day is recorded as the 1st | official |
Sources
Cite this record
SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Minnesota Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility: ethics guidance for generative AI use" (Minnesota Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility, Original, 2024-09-01), safelegalai.com/regulation/us-state/us-mn-olpr-genai-ethics-guidance (accessed 2026-10-07). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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