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AI settings for small law firms, state by state

Checked against the source documents on October 26, 2026

16 states have a formal ethics opinion on generative AI. 23 more have guidance or a court rule that reaches lawyers. 12 have nothing from the bar yet, which leaves ABA Formal Opinion 512. Each page links the state's own document and says which settings on the checklist answer it.

  1. Alabama formal ethics opinion, 2026, date not printed on the document
  2. Alaska formal ethics opinion, 2025-04-23
  3. Arizona guidance or court rule, undated on its face; docx posted.
  4. Arkansas guidance or court rule, 2025-12-11
  5. California guidance or court rule, 2026-05
  6. Colorado guidance or court rule, 2026-01-08
  7. Connecticut guidance or court rule, 2026-06-11
  8. Delaware nothing from the bar yet
  9. District of Columbia formal ethics opinion, 2024-04
  10. Florida formal ethics opinion, 2024-01-19
  11. Georgia guidance or court rule, 2026-07-09
  12. Hawaii guidance or court rule, 2025-12-15
  13. Idaho nothing from the bar yet
  14. Illinois guidance or court rule, 2025-01-01
  15. Indiana guidance or court rule, 2026-07-14
  16. Iowa nothing from the bar yet
  17. Kansas nothing from the bar yet
  18. Kentucky formal ethics opinion, 2024-03-15
  19. Louisiana guidance or court rule, 2025-10-03
  20. Maine nothing from the bar yet
  21. Maryland guidance or court rule, 2025-04, date not printed on the document
  22. Massachusetts guidance or court rule, 2024, date not printed on the document
  23. Michigan guidance or court rule, 2025-06
  24. Minnesota guidance or court rule, 2024-09
  25. Mississippi formal ethics opinion, 2024-11-14
  26. Missouri formal ethics opinion, 2024-04-25
  27. Montana nothing from the bar yet
  28. Nebraska nothing from the bar yet
  29. Nevada nothing from the bar yet
  30. New Hampshire guidance or court rule, 2024-05-15
  31. New Jersey guidance or court rule, 2024-01-24
  32. New Mexico formal ethics opinion, 2024-09-24
  33. New York formal ethics opinion, 2024-08-07
  34. North Carolina formal ethics opinion, 2024-11-01
  35. North Dakota guidance or court rule, 2026-06-01
  36. Ohio guidance or court rule, 2026-04
  37. Oklahoma guidance or court rule, 2026-02-18
  38. Oregon formal ethics opinion, 2025-02
  39. Pennsylvania formal ethics opinion, 2024-05-22
  40. Rhode Island guidance or court rule, 2026-06-17
  41. South Carolina guidance or court rule, 2025-03-25
  42. South Dakota nothing from the bar yet
  43. Tennessee nothing from the bar yet
  44. Texas formal ethics opinion, 2025-02
  45. Utah guidance or court rule, 2023-05-31
  46. Vermont guidance or court rule, 2025-03-01
  47. Virginia formal ethics opinion, 2025-11-24
  48. Washington formal ethics opinion, 2025
  49. West Virginia formal ethics opinion, 2024-06-14
  50. Wisconsin nothing from the bar yet
  51. Wyoming nothing from the bar yet

What this page is not

A tech settings reference, not legal advice. I am not a lawyer. Every page links its source so you can check me.

Who wrote this

Nick Kaufman

I'm Nick Kaufman. I've spent six years in customer-facing technical support for SaaS, payments and CRM software, including three years at Tier 2 on a CRM built for financial advisors, whose firms work under SEC and FINRA rules. I'm not a lawyer and I don't give legal advice. I set up software so it does what the people responsible for it decided it should do.