Overview
Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) has caught the Nation—and the legal profession—by storm. Among other things, GAI is touted to improve access to justice. But does it, at least for the present and the near future? This presentation will suggest answers to whether GAI does or does not increase access. The answers might be troubling.

Faculty will discuss:

• The meaning of “access to justice” for disadvantaged populations (10 minutes)
• Lessons drawn from the pandemic about limitations on access (15 minutes)
• GAI as a vehicle to improve access (10 minutes)
• GAI as impairing access for disadvantaged populations (15 minutes)
• GAI trends for the foreseeable future and how those trends might affect access (10 minutes)

Who Should Attend:

In-house counsel, outside attorneys, technology, and other allied professionals interested in GAI and its impact on access to justice

PLI offers full scholarships, registration fee waivers, and discounts to attend PLI programs for attorneys, paralegals, law librarians, and staff working for nonprofit/legal services organizations; pro bono attorneys/volunteers (providing no-fee legal assistance to clients individually or through a nonprofit organization); government attorneys; judges and judicial law clerks; law professors and law students; retired attorneys; independent/freelance paralegals; unemployed attorneys; and others with financial hardships.