The impact of the introduction of artificial intelligence in advocacy: skills and professional ethics necessary for the future lawyer

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https://doi.org/10.5380/rfdufpr.v66i2.73458

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Artificial intelligence. Legal services. Professional deontology.

Abstract

This article studies the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in the professional environment of lawyers, analyzing advantages, risks, and future professional perspectives. As results of the research, it was found that an adaptive, resilient professionalism that demands transdisciplinary and human capabilities of lawyers, in a complex way, is what is expected of the successful lawyer in the future with AI. In this sense, the professional field will undergo several changes with regard to activities of a repetitive and formal character, and the activities that should be more valued from now on, in addition to technical-legal knowledge in line with the technological development, are consultancy and legal advice. With regard to professional ethics, these technologies, as well as their potentials and risks, must be understood by professionals, so that they become aware that their use may be mandated by the rules of professional ethical conduct (due to the precision they bring to legal advice), but much of the current codifications of professional ethics should be changed due to the specificities of AI. This work used the hypothetico-deductive method, a qualitative and transdisciplinary approach, and bibliographic-documentary research technique.

Biografia autore

Mateus de Oliveira Fornasier, Universidade Regional do Noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (UNIJUI)

Professor do Programa de Pós-GraduaçÃo Stricto Sensu (Mestrado e Doutorado) em Direito da Universidade Regional do Noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (UNIJUI). Doutor em Direito pela Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS), com Pós-Doutorado em Direito pela University of Westminster (Reino Unido)

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2021-08-30

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Fornasier, M. de O. (2021). The impact of the introduction of artificial intelligence in advocacy: skills and professional ethics necessary for the future lawyer. Revista Da Faculdade De Direito UFPR, 66(2), 69–94. https://doi.org/10.5380/rfdufpr.v66i2.73458

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