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title: "Using generative AI in Florida legal practice: ethics checklist"
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law_stated_as_at: "2026-11-08"
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# Using generative AI in Florida legal practice: ethics checklist

> Florida checklist on lawyers' use of generative AI, built from Florida Bar Ethics Opinion 24-1, with the generative AI rule comments and rule 2.515(d)(2) as recorded in this library's Florida record: confidentiality,…

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Law stated as at: 2026-11-08

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Florida checklist on lawyers' use of generative AI, built from Florida Bar Ethics Opinion 24-1, with the generative AI rule comments and rule 2.515(d)(2) as recorded in this library's Florida record: confidentiality, oversight, fees, chatbots, advertising 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, Florida
- 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 Florida.

## When to use it

Use when a firm or lawyer practising in Florida sets up, audits or refreshes its use of generative AI, or trains new staff. Pair it with the firm AI use policy and the AI tool approval record in this library.

## How AI may be used

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

- [The Florida Bar, Ethics Opinion 24-1 (generative artificial intelligence), 19 January 2024](https://www.floridabar.org/etopinions/opinion-24-1/)
- [Supreme Court of Florida, In re Amendments to Rules Regulating The Florida Bar, No. SC2024-0032: generative AI added to comments to rules 4-1.1, 4-1.6, 4-5.1 and 4-5.3](https://supremecourt.flcourts.gov/content/download/2439771/opinion/Opinion_SC2024-0032.pdf)
- [Supreme Court of Florida, No. SC2026-0673, amending Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.515(d)(2): signer represents that cited authorities exist and are accurately cited (issued 28 May 2026, effective 15 June 2026)](https://flcourts-media.flcourts.gov/content/download/2489374/opinion/Opinion_SC2026-0673.pdf)
- [Supreme Court of Florida, Administrative Order AOSC26-12: Representations by Signers of Filings (28 May 2026, effective 15 June 2026)](https://flcourts-media.flcourts.gov/content/download/2489379/29182858)

## 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-fl-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.*