Episode 49: AI and the Future of Legal Aid—Navigating Unauthorized Practice

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Episode 49: AI and the Future of Legal Aid—Navigating Unauthorized Practice
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Cartoon depicting AI as a robot not allowed to sit at the lunch table with the lawyers, J.D. candidates, and bar associations.
Image by Felicia Quan, J.D. candidate, Harvard Law School

The low cost and accessibility of AI make it a potential game changer for pro se litigation and the future of affordable legal aid. But with the patchwork of state unauthorized practice of law (UPL) rules and no court resolution on AI’s UPL liability, it also faces an uncertain future as a legal tool. HLS students tackle the issue in the latest Proof Over Precedent and distinguish between legal information and legal advice—a key to general-purpose AI’s future in law.

Read the corresponding blog post.

Speakers:

  • Elizabeth Guo, J.D. Candidate, Harvard Law School
  • Sydney Nelson, J.D. Candidate, Harvard Law School

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