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title: "Using generative AI in Colorado legal practice: ethics checklist"
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# Using generative AI in Colorado legal practice: ethics checklist

> Checklist built on the Colorado Supreme Court's 2026 AI amendments to the Rules of Professional Conduct (Scope paragraph 20A and Rule 1.1 Comments 8 and 9), with the Colorado Bar Association AI task force's…

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Law stated as at: 2026-11-08

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Checklist built on the Colorado Supreme Court's 2026 AI amendments to the Rules of Professional Conduct (Scope paragraph 20A and Rule 1.1 Comments 8 and 9), with the Colorado Bar Association AI task force's recommendations.

## 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, Colorado
- 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 2 authorities it cites, for United States and Colorado.

## When to use it

Use when a Colorado lawyer or firm sets up or audits its use of generative AI, and when onboarding lawyers and staff. It maps each rule that Comment 9 to Rule 1.1 names to practical controls.

## How AI may be used

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

- [Colorado Supreme Court, Rule Change 2026(02), Colorado Rules of Professional Conduct: Scope paragraph 20A (new) and Rule 1.1 Comment 8 (amended) and Comment 9 (new), adopted 8 January 2026, effective immediately](https://www.coloradojudicial.gov/sites/default/files/2026-01/Rule%20Change%202026%2802%29.pdf)
- [Colorado Bar Association AI & Innovation Task Force, Findings and Recommendations (2026)](https://www.cobar.org/Portals/COBAR/Repository/1.23.23/AI%20Task%20Force%20Recommendations%20FINAL.pdf?ver=ljO_xUb7aOkzq04IbggYIw%3d%3d)

## 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-co-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.*