Vermont Judiciary Committee on Artificial Intelligence and the Courts
Given the recent upsurge of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and their implications for legal practice and the administration of justice, the Vermont Supreme Court formed a committee to examine the issues related to the use of AI in courts and the impact that AI tools could have on court proceedings and court operations. The Vermont Judiciary Committee on Artificial Intelligence and the Courts will:
- Consider whether current court rules are adequate to address generative AI usage, and if not, develop amended rules or guidelines on practice or procedure to consider with respect to disclosure, transparency, accuracy, authenticity, confidentiality, and certification of generative AI use in court documents and proceedings.
- Review the rules of professional conduct to determine whether current rules are adequate to address generative AI usage, and if not, suggest changes by proposing amended rules.
- Review the role of AI in improving case processing and case flow management and developing policy suggestions regarding judge and court staff education and training on the use of AI, awareness of AI products’ terms and conditions regarding use of data for large language model training purposes, and RFP requirements when seeking new technology products that include generative AI functionality.
Committee Members
Supreme Court Associate Justice Bill Cohen, Chair
Superior Court Judge Alex Burke
State Court Administrator Teri Corsones
Chief Superior Court Judge Tom Zonay
Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark
Vermont Bar Counsel Mike Kennedy
Chief of Technology Services Marcia Schels
Chief of Planning and Court Services Scott Griffith
Chief of Finance and Administration Gregg Mousley
Chief of Trial Court Operations Designee Laura LaRosa
Vermont Bar Association President Designee Ott Lindstrom
State Court Administrator General Counsel Leda Moloff
Vermont Judiciary Law Clerk Alexander Cyr
Expert regarding Artificial Intelligence in the Legal Arena Professor David Stein