AI & Law: Multijurisdictional Lawyering

Considering multijurisdictional lawyering in an AI era

by Dr. Lance B. Eliot

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Key briefing points about this article:

• There are existing state-by-state admissions requirements for attorneys wishing to switch states
• Some assert that the matter is byzantine, unorderly, unnecessary, and a legal morass
• Multijurisdictional arguments are in camps: Open borders, strict borders, permeable borders
• Consider that eventually and some believe inevitably there will be AI-based legal reasoning
• AI-based legal reasoning will be incrementally devised and has multijurisdictional ramifications

Introduction

You are a seasoned attorney and have built a substantial law practice in upstate New York. After years of enduring the cold winters, you have decided that you would like to relocate to a sunnier state, perhaps Florida, Arizona, California, or any state that has a year-round preponderance of warmer weather.