Why RAILS?
AI is here. Now.
And it’s being incorporated into legal and legal-adjacent services.
Is legal ready? To expand access to services? To bolster the insights clients desire? To ensure integrity?
Despite the front-page news stories and widespread hype, there are no workable best practices for client engagement letters, few practical standards for use of client data, a dearth of clear decisions on privilege, a lack of specificity on potential opportunities and harms, etc.
RAILS aims to move AI forward while keeping the integrity of legal services on track.
Become a RAILS participant for free as we build a diverse community to foster responsible AI innovation in legal services.
Current Status
After a guided planning process in 2023 (many thanks to our Initial Steering Committee), and an early 2024 launch phase, our initial working groups are looking to share their newly developed resources in early 2025.
We invite and openly include a broad range of stakeholders to participate in RAILS. Read our participation policies and apply here. We continue to review applications weekly.
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Learn from participants in our leadership profiles.
Access our resources:
(1) the AI Use in Courts tracker
(2) AI Use Cases in Legal
(3) AI Risk Management Framework: Guidance for Corporate Legal Teams
(4) Evaluating AI News for novices
(5) Sources for News: AI in Legal
Please note: All of our resources are under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International: CC BY-NC 4.0
Updated February 24, 2025
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Updated February 24, 2025