Generative Artificial Intelligence (“GenAI”) has been a prominent topic in legal news since the release of ChatGPT in November 2022. GenAI stands out due to its wide public accessibility and its potential to profoundly influence the knowledge-based legal industry. In addition to boosting efficiency and productivity, GenAI’s new technological capabilities hold the promise of empowering lawyers to offer more precise and insightful guidance to their clients...

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The growing popularity and use of generative AI has raised many questions surrounding copyright protection. Generative AI can create new content such as text, images, videos, or audio, based on the patterns and structure of the data it learns from. However, if generative AI creates new and original content in the style of existing content, then who if anyone owns this kind of “original” work? Who, if anyone has their rights infringed?

Read more in the September-October issue of the St. Louis Lawyer, out now!

The Women in Legal Profession (WILP) Section is partnering with Legal Services of Eastern Missouri and the Saint Louis University School of Law Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic on Thursday, October 26 from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM CT to host a free legal clinic for local small business owners and entrepreneurs.

WILP is looking for volunteer attorneys who specialize in intellectual property, corporate law, tax law, and employment law. However, all volunteers are welcome. For questions or additional information please visit the BAMSL website or contact Brittainy Cavender at brittainy.cavender@bclplaw.com.

Hosted by BAMSL's Pro Bono Committee

Join BAMSL in celebrating Pro Bono week with the "Expungement of Criminal Records in Missouri" CLE with speaker Will Goldstein!

Marijuana. Pot. Weed. Ganja. Regardless of what you call it, cannabis is now legal in Missouri after approximately 53 percent of Missourians voted in favor of legalizing recreational cannabis use among adults age 21 and older. And it seems to be a good thing on a lot of fronts, particularly for the state’s finances. Since 2019, when Missourians were first able to legally access cannabis for medical use, the state has raised approximately $100 million dollars in revenue from cannabis. This number is anticipated to increase significantly now that recreational use has been legalized...

By Fredrick J. Ludwig

Your college roommate calls on a Monday morning and frantically says: “My kid’s in trouble!”  Police arrested her 15-year-old son Jimmy over the weekend.  For the juvenile and their family, this is a scary and uncertain time.  “What do I do?  What happens now?” your friend asks.  You do not practice in the juvenile justice system.  Fortunately for your friend, you have read this article and are able to provide an overview of what to expect when a juvenile is accused of a crime...

Read more of this article in the Fall 2023 issue of the St. Louis Bar Journal, located in our archives!

Sustaining Member/Sustaining Partner/Judicial/100% Club Reception - 5 pm - 5:30 pm

Member Holiday Party - 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

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Join us on Wednesday, December 6th, from 5:30 to 7:30, for our annual Member Holiday Party at the BAMSL Bar Center! Don’t miss this incredible way to kick off the holiday season

Employment Litigation Paralegal

Jennifer Macke is assisting a small Maplewood firm with their litigation paralegal recruiting.  Qualified candidates will have 5 + years of litigation paralegal and/or legal assistant experience.  Strong technology skills required.

Please join BAMSL and ALA Gateway for the Annual ALA Gateway Legal Forum & Showcase (Expo) at Husch Blackwell! On Wednesday, September 27 from 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM CT you are invited to enjoy CLE's, Networking, and Happy Hour and Prize Drawing to end the night!

ChatGPT has proven it cannot be trusted to accurately perform legal research and analysis. SCOTUSblog put ChatGPT’s knowledge to the test by designing a 50-question test. ChatGPT provided correct responses to only 21 questions. Its errors included misstating basic facts, adding fictional details to otherwise correctly answered questions, claiming the nonexistent Justice James F. West was impeached in 1933, incorrectly claiming Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote a dissent to Obergefell, and maintaining the court’s junior justices’ duties included maintaining the grounds and building.

Read more in the September-October issue of the St. Louis Lawyer, out now!