Key points

• AI notetakers, transcription tools, and meeting summaries can record and store attorney-client conversations, raising confidentiality and privilege risks.
• Lawyers should address AI recording and transcription in engagement agreements, including consent, limitations, and review expectations.
• When AI notetakers are used in client meetings, lawyers should inform clients of the risks and review any AI-generated meeting summaries.
• Under ethical rules, Illinois lawyers must perform a reasonable assessment of third-party AI vendors, including their data storage, access, retention, and model training practices.

Picture this: You are wrapping up a Zoom call during which your client has shared sensitive

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On Law Day, which is observed on May 1, lawyers, judges, legal professionals, and members of the public will reflect on how the rule of law shapes everyday life.
To mark the occasion, we have highlighted ways

Our Professionalism Spotlight series highlights Illinois legal professionals who demonstrate the ideals of professionalism in their careers.
In this Professionalism Spotlight, we spoke to Nathan Henderson, an Associate at Saul Ewing LLP in Chicago where he is a commercial litigator. He previously clerked with Federal Magistrate Judge Eric Long in the Central District of Illinois. Nathan received his J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.
Nathan has been honored with a Pro Bono Luminary Award from the Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation and an Excellence in Pro Bono Service award from the Northern District

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In 2024, the Commission on Professionalism issued a report on the impact of bullying in the Illinois legal profession. The report, which was based on a study of more than 6,000 Illinois lawyers, found bullying to be pervasive and to cause negative personal and professional impacts for lawyers, as well as the profession as a whole. The study is believed to be one of the first wide-scale research projects in the U.S. on the topic.
As we work to tackle

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Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Manager Julia Roundtree Livingston recently spoke to Natalie Lamphier, president of the DuPage Association of Women Lawyers, one of the many bar associations across Illinois that supports female attorneys, who make up 41% of the state’s lawyers.
In addition to her role with the DuPage Association of Women Lawyers, Lamphier is a partner at Dussais Wittenberg Koenigsberger, LLP, in Chicago, where she

Women’s History Month is an opportunity to celebrate the contributions and achievements of women today and throughout U.S. history.
Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Manager Julia Roundtree Livingston recently spoke to Katherine A. Twardak, president of the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois (WBAI), which was founded in 1914 to promote the interests and welfare of women lawyers.
In addition to her role with the WBAI, Twardak is a partner at Tomasik Kotin Kasserman, LLC, in Chicago, where she practices in all areas of personal injury.
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