April 22nd | 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Virtual | Zoom

CLE Credit: 1 General & 1 Ethics Anticipated

Presented by: Alexis Litle

This program examines how artificial intelligence is reshaping law practice, litigation strategy, and judicial decision-making, with a particular focus on the ethical duties of Colorado lawyers and judges. Using current case law, including United States v. Heppner and a contrasting federal decision reaching a more protective result on AI‑assisted work product, the course explores how privilege, work product, and confidentiality apply when clients and lawyers use public and enterprise AI tools. The program also addresses the evidentiary challenges posed by deepfakes and machine‑generated evidence, including pending Federal Rule of Evidence 707 and emerging authentication standards.

Faculty will walk through concrete use cases: AI‑assisted research and drafting (and the sanctions risk of fabricated citations), client “self‑help” with public chatbots before contacting counsel, and courts’ own use of AI for research, drafting, and case management. Throughout, the program ties these scenarios to duties of competence, confidentiality, candor to the tribunal, supervision of lawyers and nonlawyers, fee practices, and access to justice under the Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct and recent ABA guidance on AI.