Generative AI is the fastest-developing technology the legal profession has encountered. Unlike previous technologies that touched only a lawyer's own work, generative AI reaches further: into the work you supervise, the submissions of opposing counsel, and your clients' own AI use. The Louisiana Code of Professionalism commits every Louisiana lawyer to staying informed about changes in technology that affect law practice and to protecting the image of the profession. That commitment now requires enough understanding of generative AI to supervise it, recognize it in adverse filings, and counsel clients about its risks, whether or not you use it yourself. This session explains why familiarity with AI does not eliminate professional risk, and gives practitioners at every stage of their AI journey concrete tools for meeting each obligation.

Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this program, participants will have the foundational knowledge to:

1. Explain why technological competence is emerging to require sufficient familiarity with generative AI to supervise its use, evaluate opposing counsel's AI-generated submissions, and counsel clients about their own AI use, regardless of whether the participant personally uses AI tools.
2. Describe how large language models produce fluent, credible-looking output without performing legal reasoning, and recognize why that mechanism makes automation complacency a heightened risk for experienced practitioners.
3. Distinguish supervision from verification as applied to AI-assisted work product, and identify the professional judgment questions that supervision requires.
4. Describe the emerging obligation of adversarial vigilance as applied to AI-generated citations, legal authority, and evidence.
5. Begin advising clients about the confidentiality risks of consumer AI tools.