The Lawyer's Guide to AI Compliance

​Your clients are already using AI on their cases. Two attorneys who helped shape the rules governing how you use it are walking you through what that actually means for your firm.

​Here is what changed in the last 18 months: ABA Formal Opinion 512 (July 2024) now gives formal guidance on competence and confidentiality when using AI tools. More than 25 federal courts have issued standing orders requiring disclosure of AI use in filings. A defendant in S.D.N.Y. argued attorney-client privilege over AI chat logs. Judge Rakoff ruled they were not protected. And Mata v. Avianca established, in front of a federal judge, exactly what happens when a lawyer submits AI-generated citations without checking them.

​Your bar is watching. Your clients are experimenting. This session closes the gap.

​What you will walk away with:

• ​Where the confidentiality line sits the moment AI touches a matter

• ​Which tools and settings keep client data contained, and which ones do not

• ​What ABA Opinion 512 requires, in plain English, and how your state bar's guidance layers on top

• ​What 25 federal standing orders tell you about how courts view AI-assisted legal work

• ​The conversation to have with clients who are using AI on their own cases before they talk to you

​Who is in the room:

​Lucian T. Pera, Esq., one of the attorneys who helped draft the ABA Model Rules, joins Mathew Kerbis, Esq., known nationally as The Subscription Attorney, moderated by Michael H. Smith, Esq. These are not vendors. These are practicing attorneys who work inside the rules every day.

​Format: 60 minutes, free and open to all. MLA AI Labs members stay for a 30-minute live Q&A with all three attorneys and receive the recording and resource pack.

​Wednesday, July 15, 2026. 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET. 90 minutes total.

​Not a pitch. Not a sales call. A working session for lawyers who want a clear answer before their next client matter involves AI.

​Educational only. Not legal advice.