Regulating AI and Legal Innovation: Lessons from Colorado and Tools for Your Jurisdiction

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Generative AI and new models for delivering legal services are rapidly reshaping how people access legal help—and challenging traditional approaches to legal regulation. Regulators, courts, lawyers, and other stakeholders are confronting a fundamental question: How can regulation protect consumers while also making room for innovation that expands access to legal help?

Across the country, jurisdictions are exploring different answers, from rethinking unauthorized practice of law (UPL) rules and enforcement to licensing new types of legal professionals, creating regulatory sandboxes, and opening the door to “one-to-many” models in which a single provider or tool can serve many people at once. Behind these efforts is a shared recognition that the access-to-justice gap will not close through the traditional one-lawyer, one-client model alone.

This webinar will explore:

• The evolving regulatory landscape and the shifting perspectives of regulators and the judiciary
• The opportunities and challenges of one-to-many models for expanding access to legal help
• Colorado’s first-of-its-kind UPL non-prosecution policy, including lessons from its first year
• Practical tools for jurisdictions to build momentum, engage stakeholders, and identify their own path toward responsible regulatory innovation

Colorado offers an important example of what that path can look like. A year ago, Colorado’s Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel adopted a first-of-its-kind UPL non-prosecution policy, under which the office will not pursue enforcement against nonlawyer providers—including software, apps, and AI-driven tools—that meet core consumer protections around transparency, refunds, and informed consent. Colorado Attorney Regulation Counsel Jessica Yates will discuss how the policy came about, what its first year has taught, and what other regulators and jurisdictions can take from the experience.

There is no single route to reform. The webinar will also introduce a new Non-Prosecution Policy Toolkit from IAALS and the Duke Center on Law and Technology, along with other resources designed to help jurisdictions identify assets and allies, start productive conversations, and determine their own next steps—whether that means exploring a non-prosecution policy or pursuing a different path toward responsible legal innovation.

Who should attend:

Whether you are just beginning to explore legal regulatory reform or already serve on a committee, task force, or working group charged with advancing it, this session will provide both grounding in the national landscape and practical tools to help your jurisdiction take its next step.