What is Duty of Competence?
A lawyer's duty to bring the knowledge, skill and care that the work needs. In many places it now includes understanding the benefits and risks of the technology they use, AI tools included.
skill · care · knows the tool
The duty of competence means a lawyer…
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In real work
Before she used the firm's AI tool on a client memo, Priya finished the training on its limits, since her duty of competence covers the tools she picks.
In the illustration
The SKILL and CARE pins are already down. A trial sheet runs through the new press: it prints fast, and a loupe finds one wrong line. Only then the TOOL pin drops and the start lever frees.
Help me meet my duty of competence before I rely on your legal AI tool: list five ways it could get this sample research memo wrong, how I would catch each one, and what I must still verify myself.
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03Career
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