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Legal Ethics & Wellness with Megan Zavieh
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Jared Correia interviews Megan Zavieh, a legal ethics attorney, to talk about responsible AI use, managing technology's impact on mental health, and evaluating legal software. She emphasizes the importance of lawyers understanding and verifying AI-generated outputs, and not overly depending on the technology. To maintain mental health, she suggests taking breaks, meditating or participating in non-work activities to avoid burnout. Additionally, lawyers should ethically set communication boundaries with clients. Lawyers must also carefully assess new or non-mainstream technologies to ensure alignment with their ethical obligations.
Episode Highlights 06:31 Discussion on how lawyers should use AI ethically, ensuring they don't rely on it blindly and monitor its performance 08:23 The importance of not putting sensitive client data into AI tools like ChatGPT 10:18 Insight on the potential future of ethics opinions treating AI as a tech tool, not as a person 12:50 The interaction between lawyers and AI tools when clients use AI for legal work, treating them similarly to clients' own drafts 15:30 The impact of increased technology usage on mental health during the pandemic and the challenge of breaking away from screens 18:22 Acknowledging and addressing the risk of burnout, utilizing exercise and meditation to maintain mental well-being 20:39 Using technology like meditation apps to improve mental health and stay productive 22:55 Tips for managing communication methods and ethical obligations 24:29 The importance of setting communication boundaries with clients and considering which methods work best for your practice 27:49 Software vetting and keeping records of the vetting process 31:02 Sticking to mainstream technology when not capable of thoroughly vetting new or overseas software
Episode Resources
- Connect with Jared Correia
- jared@redcavelegal.com
- https://redcavelegal.com/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredcorreia
- https://twitter.com/RedCaveLegal
- Connect with Megan Zavieh
- https://zaviehlaw.com/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/meganzavieh
- https://twitter.com/ZaviehLaw
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