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Minnesota Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility: ethics guidance for generative AI use

Minnesota Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility · Minnesota

last revised 2024-09-01last verified 2026-09-041 versioncountry page →

GuidanceIn forceConfidentialityClient consentVerification dutyCompetence

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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
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Current version
Original · 01 Sept 2024
Last verified
04 Sept 2026
Official text
www.mnbars.org/?pg=BenchBarofMinnesota&pubAction=viewIssue&pubIssueID=…

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

VersionDateWhat changedSource
Originalcurrent2024-09-01Published in Bench and Bar of Minnesota; the source gives a month only (published September 2024), so the day is recorded as the 1stofficial

Sources

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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 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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