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

> Checklist of what Louisiana's own sources say about lawyers using generative AI: the Supreme Court's 2024 letter says existing rules already cover AI, and 2025 changes to Code of Civil Procedure art.…

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Law stated as at: 2026-11-08

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Checklist of what Louisiana's own sources say about lawyers using generative AI: the Supreme Court's 2024 letter says existing rules already cover AI, and 2025 changes to Code of Civil Procedure art. 371 target AI-generated evidence (as recorded in this library's Louisiana record).

## 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, Louisiana
- 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 3 authorities it cites, for United States and Louisiana.

## When to use it

Use when a Louisiana lawyer or firm sets up, audits or trains staff on generative AI use. Louisiana has no bar ethics opinion on AI; the Supreme Court's January 2024 letter to the bar and Act 250 of 2025 (as recorded in this library's Louisiana record) are the main sources. Pair it with the firm's AI policy and evidence-checking steps.

## How AI may be used

A tool may list the firm's AI tools and match them to each point; a lawyer confirms the Louisiana 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 Louisiana 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 Louisiana 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 trial team has applied the art. 371 authenticity check to every exhibit offered in a Louisiana civil proceeding

## Authorities

- [Supreme Court of Louisiana, letter to the Louisiana State Bar Association, 'The Emergence of Artificial Intelligence' (22 January 2024)](https://www.lsba.org/documents/News/LSBANews/LASCLetterAI.pdf)
- [Act 250 of 2025 (HB 178): La. Code Civ. Proc. arts. 371 and 1551 on false or artificially generated evidence, effective 1 August 2025](https://legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=25RS&b=HB178&sbi=y)
- [Louisiana State Bar Association Rules of Professional Conduct Committee, Public Opinion 19-RPCC-021: Lawyer's Use of Technology (6 February 2019; not AI-specific)](https://www.lsba.org/documents/Ethics/EthicsOpinionLawyersUseTech02062019.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-la-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.*