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> It is illegal in most states to give legal advice if you are not licensed to practice law. You also can't have a human in the next room feeding you lines...
by ClarityJones 4y ago
> It is illegal in most states to give legal advice if you are not licensed to practice law.
You also can't have a human in the next room feeding you lines... even if that person is an attorney.
However, a party / attorney certainly can bring in notes / a casebook / etc. You can usually bring in a laptop, with search functions, pdfs, etc. An AI that quickly presents relevant information, documents, caselaw, etc. would 100% be allowed. However, if they're sworn in to testify, these would usually be taken away, because testimony is supposed to be from personal knowledge / memory.
- elil17 4y ago> You also can't have a human in the next room feeding you lines... even if that person is an attorney. I believe this varies state by state. In Delaware, litigants representing themselves can bring a cell phone to court, and could presumably use it to have lines fed to them (e.g., I don't know that anyone has done that but I can't find any rule against it). In neighboring Maryland, you can't use electronic devices for communication with persons during in court (although the AI would not be a person so it would be allowed).
- pseingatl 4y agoYou can have a non-lawyer represent a company or an individual in an arbitration or mediation if the parties agree.