{"id":319121,"date":"2026-06-25T07:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T07:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/319121\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T07:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T07:38:08","slug":"florida-bar-first-in-nation-to-offer-complimentary-legal-artificial-intelligence-the-florida-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/319121\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Bar first in nation to offer complimentary legal artificial intelligence \u2013 The Florida Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                Florida Bar first in nation to offer complimentary legal artificial intelligence<\/p>\n<p>                New collaboration gives eligible members complimentary access to Clio Work and legal AI education<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-560742 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Member-Benefits-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"193\"\/>Florida lawyers will soon have free access to an artificial intelligence platform designed specifically for legal work, making The Florida Bar the first state bar in the nation to offer complimentary legal AI as a member benefit.<\/p>\n<p>The Preferred Bar Program, launched June 16 in partnership with Clio during the Bar Convention in Orlando, will provide eligible members with four months of unlimited access to Clio Work, followed by limited access for the duration of the agreement.<\/p>\n<p>To register, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clio.com\/web\/flbar-preferred-bar-program-waitlist\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Florida Bar is committed to ensuring our members have the support they need to navigate new technology responsibly,\u201d said Rosalyn Sia Baker-Barnes, the Bar\u2019s immediate past president in a June 19 statement. \u201cCollaborating with Clio gives our members access to legal AI that was built for the way lawyers actually work, alongside the training and education they need to use it professionally and reliably. We\u2019re proud to be first and leading the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Terry Hill, director of the Bar\u2019s Programs Division, says the Bar is excited to add Clio Work to the member benefits lineup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a longstanding, successful relationship with Clio, and we worked diligently with the Clio team to bring the Clio Work AI workspace to Florida Bar members first,\u201d Hill said.<\/p>\n<p>Eligible Florida Bar members will receive:<\/p>\n<p>Four months of full, unlimited access to Clio Work,\u00a0Clio\u2019s AI-powered legal workspace.<\/p>\n<p>Continued limited access to Clio Work\u00a0upon completion of the four-month period.<\/p>\n<p>A structured training program\u00a0in the responsible and ethical use of legal AI, including live and on-demand sessions designed specifically for Florida lawyers.<\/p>\n<p>A certification path\u00a0in responsible legal AI use, available to members who complete the training.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-443399 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Clio-member-benefit-banner-150x150.png\" alt=\"Clio member benefit banner\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"  \/>\u201cAI is profoundly transforming the legal profession, but too many lawyers are using generic AI tools that can lead to an ethical minefield,\u201d said Philip Rosenthal, head of bar and academic partnerships at Clio. \u201cThere\u2019s a huge risk to client confidentiality and hallucinations when AI has no grounding in the law. Together, The Florida Bar and Clio offer a better path with the launch of the Preferred Bar Program. It gives lawyers free access to state-of-the-art, safe, and secure legal AI with Clio Work.\u00a0 We are thrilled to inaugurate this program with The Florida Bar, one of the most innovative state bars in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clio Work is designed to address hallucinations and confidentiality risks by using Clio\u2019s library of more than one billion primary legal documents covering all 50 states and federal jurisdictions, according to the company. As legal professionals add documents, matter details, and contacts to the workspace, Clio Work develops a broader base of the legal context.<\/p>\n<p>Using both a lawyer\u2019s matters and the law, Clio Work delivers law-based research, analysis, and strategy, resulting in outputs that are more relevant, more precise, and more aligned with the lawyer\u2019s approach, according to Clio.<\/p>\n<p>Eligible members of The Florida Bar can\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clio.com\/web\/flbar-preferred-bar-program-waitlist\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">register their interest<\/a>\u00a0for free access to Clio Work now.<\/p>\n<p>(Editor\u2019s Note:\u00a0Lawyers and law firms should conduct their own analysis and consider all relevant facts, professional obligations, and applicable rules before adopting any new technology. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridabar.org\/etopinions\/opinion-24-1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Ethics Opinion 24-1\u00a0<\/a>addresses many of the ethics issues related to using AI.)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida Bar first in nation to offer complimentary legal artificial intelligence New collaboration gives eligible members complimentary access&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-319121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}