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

> Checklist of what the State Bar of Arizona's generative AI guidance and the Supreme Court AI committee's ethical best practices say about Arizona lawyers using generative AI: competence, confidentiality, supervision,…

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Law stated as at: 2026-11-08

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Checklist of what the State Bar of Arizona's generative AI guidance and the Supreme Court AI committee's ethical best practices say about Arizona lawyers using generative AI: competence, confidentiality, supervision, fees, clients and candour.

## 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, Arizona
- 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 Arizona.

## When to use it

Use when an Arizona lawyer, firm, in-house team or government legal office sets up or audits its use of generative AI, or onboards staff. Pair it with the firm AI policy and check the assigned judge's requirements in each matter.

## How AI may be used

A tool may list the firm's AI tools and match them to each point; a lawyer confirms the Arizona 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 Arizona 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 Arizona 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

## Authorities

- [State Bar of Arizona, Guidance for the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Practice of Law in Arizona, with the list of common ethical pitfalls (Best Practices for Using Artificial Intelligence page)](https://www.azbar.org/for-legal-professionals/practice-tools-management/practice-2-0/choosing-and-using-technology/best-practices-for-using-artificial-intelligence/)
- [Arizona Supreme Court Steering Committee on Artificial Intelligence and the Courts (AISC), Generative AI: Ethical Best Practices for Lawyers and Judges (14 November 2024)](https://www.azbar.org/media/e4chgf0g/aisc-ethical-best-practices-guidance_for-publication.pdf)
- [Arizona Supreme Court Order R-25-0030, amending Rule 36, Arizona Rules of Protective Order Procedure, and Rule 315, Rules of Procedure for the Juvenile Court, effective 1 January 2026 (sanctions for evidence materially altered or generated with intent to deceive)](https://rulesforum.azcourts.gov/DesktopModules/ActiveForums/viewer.aspx?portalid=4&moduleid=9811&attachmentid=14090)
- [State Bar of Arizona news release, Warning: Generative AI may hallucinate citations, result in discipline (9 December 2025)](https://www.azbar.org/news-publications/news-releases-articles/warning-generative-ai-may-hallucinate-citations-result-in-discipline/)

## 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-az-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.*