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Technology,
State Bar & Bar Associations,
Law Practice

Nov. 24, 2021

Multijurisdictional lawyering in an AI era

Ongoing angst about state-by-state admissions rules for practicing lawyers is a pronounced and seeming unending and rancorous argument. Upon the advent of AI in the legal profession, the multijurisdictional matter is likely to get kicked into an even higher gear.

Lance Eliot

Chief AI Scientist
Techbrium Inc.

Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a Stanford Fellow and a world-renowned expert on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Law with over 6.8+ million amassed views of his AI columns. As a seasoned executive and high-tech entrepreneur, he combines practical industry experience with deep academic research and serves as a Stanford Fellow at Stanford University.

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If you want to spark a vociferous argument amid a group of lawyers, all it takes is to mention multijurisdictional lawyering.

A sharply divided debate will ensue and likely continue without any steadfast resolution to the issue at hand. As you indubitably know, each state has its own way of deciding the requirements for being admitted to the practice of law in that particular state.

On the surface, it all seems...

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