AI Literacy and the Future of the Legal Profession
10 November 2026
Vilnius University Faculty of Law | Vilnius, Lithuania
Themes of Interest
AI Literacy under the EU AI Act
- The meaning and scope of AI literacy under Article 4 of the AI Act;
- Implementing AI literacy requirements in legal organisations;
- AI literacy as an organisational and professional responsibility;
- Developing appropriate AI literacy programmes for different professional roles;
- AI literacy, human oversight and responsible AI governance;
- Measuring and documenting AI literacy initiatives;
- The role of regulators, professional bodies and universities in promoting AI literacy.
AI Literacy as a New Professional Competence for Lawyers
- Is AI literacy becoming part of the lawyer's duty of professional competence?
- What should lawyers know about the capabilities and limitations of AI systems?
- Critical assessment of AI-generated legal information;
- Verification, hallucinations and reliability of AI-assisted legal work;
- Professional standards for the responsible use of generative AI;
- Continuing professional development and AI competence;
- The consequences of insufficient AI literacy for professional responsibility.
The Transformation of the Legal Profession
- How AI is changing the role of lawyers and legal professionals;
- Automation and augmentation of legal work;
- The changing division of tasks between lawyers and AI systems;
- The future of law firms and legal services;
- AI and new models of legal service delivery;
- The changing value of human legal expertise;
- New skills and professional profiles in AI-enabled legal practice;
- The future of junior lawyers and entry-level legal work.
Professional Ethics, Responsibility and Human Oversight
- Lawyers' responsibility for AI-assisted work;
- Professional independence and human judgement;
- Confidentiality, legal professional privilege and data protection;
- Transparency concerning the use of AI in legal services;
- Bias, discrimination and fundamental rights;
- Accountability for errors generated or amplified by AI;
- Human oversight and meaningful professional control;
- Ethical limits to the delegation of legal tasks to AI systems.
AI, Courts and Access to Justice
- AI in courts and judicial decision-making;
- AI literacy of judges and court personnel;
- AI-assisted dispute resolution;
- Algorithmic decision support and judicial independence;
- AI, procedural fairness and the right to a fair trial;
- Opportunities and risks of AI for access to justice;
- AI-powered legal assistance and the changing relationship between lawyers and clients.
Rethinking Legal Education for the AI Era
- What should future lawyers learn about AI?
- Integrating AI literacy into university law curricula;
- Teaching responsible and critical use of generative AI;
- Assessment and academic integrity in the age of AI;
- AI literacy of law students, academics and legal educators;
- Cooperation between universities, professional organisations and the legal technology sector;
- Lifelong learning and the future of professional legal training.