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title: "Using generative AI in Arkansas legal practice: ethics checklist"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/ai-decision-systems/us-ar-genai-ethics-checklist"
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law_stated_as_at: "2026-11-08"
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# Using generative AI in Arkansas legal practice: ethics checklist

> Checklist of what Arkansas's own sources say about lawyers using generative AI: the Supreme Court's 2025 rule changes treat AI as nonlawyer assistance under Rule 5.3, and Administrative Order No.…

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Law stated as at: 2026-11-08

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Checklist of what Arkansas's own sources say about lawyers using generative AI: the Supreme Court's 2025 rule changes treat AI as nonlawyer assistance under Rule 5.3, and Administrative Order No. 25 warns about confidential data.

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [AI decision systems](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/ai-decision-systems.md)
- Jurisdictions: United States, Arkansas
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-11-08
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-11-08 against the 4 authorities it cites, for United States and Arkansas.

## When to use it

Use when an Arkansas lawyer or firm sets up, audits or trains staff on generative AI use. Arkansas has no bar ethics opinion on AI; the Supreme Court's December 2025 rule amendments and Administrative Order No. 25 are the main sources. Pair it with the firm's AI policy and AI incident register.

## How AI may be used

A tool may list the firm's AI tools and match them to each point; a lawyer confirms the Arkansas sources are current, decides whether each point is met and signs off.

**AI may:**

- List the firm's AI tools and the matters they are used on, from the firm's own register
- Match each tool to the checklist points and flag points with no control
- Draft staff reminders that quote the named Arkansas sources accurately

**AI must not:**

- Must not mark a point as met, a source as current or a citation as checked
- Must not decide whether a tool's terms protect confidential client information
- Must not add duties that the named sources do not state
- Must not treat this checklist as a substitute for the named sources or for a later opinion, rule or order

**The lawyer checks:**

- The current version of each named Arkansas source has been confirmed
- The forum's local rules, standing orders and the assigned judge's orders have been checked for AI requirements
- Federal court rules and orders have been checked separately for any federal matter
- Each AI tool's terms of use and privacy policy have been read for access to inputs, retention and training use
- The firm's records show who checked Administrative Order No. 25 against each approved tool's data-retention terms

## Authorities

- [In re Amendments to the Arkansas Rules of Professional Conduct, 2025 Ark. 221 (per curiam, 11 December 2025): Preamble paragraph 22 on non-human assistance including AI; Rule 5.3 retitled 'Responsibilities Regarding Nonlawyer Assistance' with a comment covering generative AI platforms](https://opinions.arcourts.gov/ark/supremecourt/en/524044/1/document.do)
- [In re Adoption of Arkansas Supreme Court Administrative Order No. 25, Artificial Intelligence, 2025 Ark. 220 (per curiam, 11 December 2025)](https://opinions.arcourts.gov/ark/supremecourt/en/524043/1/document.do)
- [In re Amendments to the Arkansas Rules of Professional Conduct, 2025 Ark. 115 (per curiam, 5 June 2025): proposed AI amendments published for comment](https://opinions.arcourts.gov/ark/supremecourt/en/523724/1/document.do)
- [Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct, In re Dana K. McClain, CPC-2026-011 (consent findings and order on generative AI citations)](https://arcourts.gov/sites/default/files/opc_opinions/2026-011.pdf)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/ai-decision-systems/us-ar-genai-ethics-checklist and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*