Adam Sammarco

American Bar Association

The opening panel at this year’s Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers’ 2026 Annual Meeting, “To AI and Beyond” offered a deeper examination on a very popular topic.

Moderator Wendy Muchman, Professor of Practice at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and chair of the editorial board of the ABA/Bloomberg Law Lawyers’ Manual on Professional Conduct, opened the discussion by explaining that they wanted to do more than discuss what the ethics rules require.

Andrew Ricke, Vice President and Professional Services Counsel with Lockton, said “The question is no longer ‘should lawyers use AI?’ the question is ‘how do we manage ...