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Why One Law Firm Is Bucking the Tide and Prohibiting Gen AI for Research and Writing

Lawyers gain their strength and effectiveness from hard work. We have not been able to persuade ourselves that the so-called shortcut of prompting a machine to produce a more believable answer is a good thing, if it robs the product, the client, the court, and the lawyer’s reputation of the benefit of immersive research into the facts, policies, goals, and history of the problem and the present state of the law.

10 minute read April 01, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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Peter J. Winders
Why One Law Firm Is Bucking the Tide and Prohibiting Gen AI for Research and Writing

Two years ago, at the request of Carlton Fields’ CEO, I published a short article titled “Why Our Law Firm Bans Generative AI for Research and Writing.” As always, a lot has happened since then.

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