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John E. Stobart is a trial lawyer and a Certified Specialist in Appellate Law, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. He studies AI's use in the practice of law and shares with other lawyers how to implement AI in their legal practice via case briefs, short videos, prompt examples, and best practices.

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AI assists. Lawyers decide.
Verify before you file.
Human in the loop.
Careful what you upload.
Own the final work.
Check privacy settings.
Get client consent.
Disclose AI use.
Use responsibility.
Research the rules.
Stay up to date.
Talk about it.
Always be learning.

AI law updates

Quick updates

Short, source-linked notes on the rules, decisions, and developments affecting lawyers who use AI.

Update 019October 15, 2026Legal AI tools

Microsoft brings legal skills to Copilot in Word and Cowork

Update 018October 8, 2026Litigation workflows

Cooley and Google Cloud develop AI for court-filing redactions

Case brief update

AI Case Summaries

Source-linked notes on attorney misuse of generative AI and the decisions governing prompts, privilege, and discovery.

Featured AI use

September 3, 2026

Brief struck; disciplinary referral

Douglas v. Deutsche Bank

The court struck an entire appellee brief after counsel used Google’s generative-AI search and cited four nonexistent cases without verification.

Read the brief All other AI use cases

Most recent AI discovery

September 29, 2026

Expert AI log partly discoverable

Villanueva v. LVMPD

The court required disclosure of an expert’s ChatGPT-generated case summaries but protected his prompts, deposition preparation, and draft-report material.

Read the brief All other AI discovery cases

Practical legal work

AI Legal Workflows

Start with the work in front of you. Browse a workflow, then open the note when you need the detail.

Document workflow

Convert PDF transcripts to Markdown before using Claude

Writing and authorship

Use AI for outlines; keep the final writing yours

Trial workflow

Prepare for a motion for nonsuit with Claude

Ethics checkpoint

AI Legal Ethics

Protect confidences. Verify output. Keep professional judgment with the lawyer.

California law

SB 574: AI duties for lawyers

Full enacted statute, court disclosure, personal citation verification, and a practical filing checklist.

Effective January 1, 2027

Read the SB 574 guide

Confidentiality

Protect client confidentiality when using AI

Verification

Verify every AI-assisted citation and quotation

Client communication

What to tell clients about AI when representation begins

All ethics notes

Speaking & legal education

Speaking and CLE Programs

Upcoming appearances, past speaking events, and on-demand CLE programs for appellate lawyers.

December102026

myLawCLE · Thursday, December 10

California SB 574

A two-hour program on California SB 574 and lawyers’ use of AI. 11:30 a.m.–1:40 p.m. PST.

Presenters: John Stobart and Ryan Wu

All events and CLE programs