Agentic AI for Lawyers: Risks, Ethics, and Opportunities
About this session
What happens when AI stops waiting for instructions.
ChatGPT and prompting were just the warm-up acts.
AI tools are evolving from simple chatbots into systems that can plan tasks, use software tools, and carry out multi-step workflows with limited human direction. These “agentic” AI systems are already beginning to reshape legal practice.
This CLE explores what agentic AI is, how it differs from traditional generative AI, and where lawyers are likely to encounter it first. The session will cover practical use cases alongside emerging ethical, confidentiality, supervision, and malpractice considerations.
Attendees will leave with a practical framework for evaluating AI agents, managing risk, and responsibly integrating these tools into legal workflows.
Key Takeaways:
- Explain the difference between generative AI and agentic AI in the context of legal practice
- Identify key ethical and professional responsibility issues related to AI agents, including supervision, confidentiality, and verification
- Assess practical use cases and risk-management strategies for implementing agentic AI tools in legal workflows
Featured presenter(s)
Jordan is a practicing attorney in Texas, and the Director of Attorney Education and Development at Smokeball. Her family law expertise includes complex property division and contentious custody cases, as well as appeals and prenuptial agreements. In addition to her family law practice, she’s passionate about legal technology and how it can revolutionize law firms.
Jordan graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.A. in Classics, History, and Religious Studies and then went on to attend the University of Arkansas School of Law to earn her J.D. After almost four years of practice with a high-asset family law firm in Houston (and after being frustrated at the lack of automation in her firm), she discovered the world of legal technology which ultimately brought her to Smokeball.
In Hacking Law Firm Success with Jordan Turk, she interviews law firm founders about how they grew and scaled their practices, as well as their ethos behind managing a firm.
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