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ABA Formal Opinion 512 requires competent AI use. Privilege waiver from public LLM use is now a malpractice risk.

Shadow AI risk

Associates and paralegals use ChatGPT to summarize contracts, draft motions, and research cases - including privileged matters.

Common use cases

· Contract review
· Discovery summarization
· Legal research
· Brief drafting

Compliance impact

ABA Model Rules 1.1 / 1.6

ABA Formal Op 512

State bar guidance

Conversation starter

"ABA 512 says you need a defensible AI competence program. Most firms we see have a policy on paper but zero visibility in practice - sound familiar?"

Discovery questions

·How are you preventing privilege waiver via public LLMs?
·Which matters allow AI assistance and which don't?
·Could you produce an AI usage log for a client audit?

Recommended collateral

Legal Battlecard
ABA 512 Compliance Checklist