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Lucinda Soon @lucindasoon.com · 23d

My article for the Law Institute Journal (LIJ) October 2025 special issue on lawyers’ wellbeing is now available on my Substack. Please have a read and if you can help me grow my audience, I’d be very grateful for a share if you like the article 🙏🏼

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On ethics and wellbeing

Global perspectives on regulating lawyer wellbeing

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CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario) @cleolegalrights.bsky.social · May 7

Research news!

Congratulations to Dr. Amy Salyzyn, Dr. Jacquelyn Burkell, Esti Azizi, and David Westcott—their research on CLEO’s Guided Pathways has been published in the Canadian Journal of Law and Society by Cambridge University Press.

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CDTS | CLTS • uOttawa @cdtsuottawaclts.bsky.social · Sep 2

“Generative AI and Self-Represented Litigants in Canada: What We Know and Where to Go”

🗣 OPINION par/by @amysalyzyn.bsky.social

📰 Slaw

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Generative AI and Self-Represented Litigants in Canada: What We Know and Where to Go - Slaw

The 2022 release of ChatGPT led to many breathless headlines about how generative AI would be an A2J boon. The mood is now more muted: while AI has driven some change in the legal context over the las...

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Amy Salyzyn @amysalyzyn.bsky.social · Sep 14

Have you tried Radiolab for Kids?

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Amy Salyzyn @amysalyzyn.bsky.social · Jun 3

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An Ontario judge tossed a court filing seemingly written with AI. Experts say it's a growing problem | CBC News

Legal experts say an Ontario judge's criticism of a lawyer who seemingly leaned on artificial intelligence to prepare court materials is putting the spotlight on the dangers of AI tools that can produ...

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Amy Salyzyn @amysalyzyn.bsky.social · May 30

Agree!

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Amy Salyzyn @amysalyzyn.bsky.social · May 25

And really loved the aviation reference!

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Amy Salyzyn @amysalyzyn.bsky.social · May 25

Me too! One of my current projects is looking at complicating concept of “human-in-the-loop” in our current AI context. It often gets pitched as “add human & stir and we are A-OK!” (See eg most bar guidance) Ok as starting point perhaps but we need to be thinking about this differently/more nuanced.

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Amy Salyzyn @amysalyzyn.bsky.social · May 25

Great post by @bradwendel.bsky.social on the lawyers and fake cases 👇

Brad Wendel @bradwendel.bsky.social · May 19

I wrote up a post about the recent flurry of sanctions against for citing fake AI-generated sources. Many thanks to @amysalyzyn.bsky.social for suggesting an answer to why this is happening now.

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Amy Salyzyn @amysalyzyn.bsky.social · May 25

Finally got a chance to sit down to read this - an excellent post! Much of what I heard post-Mata was that this would be a short lived problem that would burn out quickly once lawyers saw the headlines. As you note, it looks like the opposite is true! Its getting worse and we need to pay attention.

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Amy Salyzyn @amysalyzyn.bsky.social · May 23

I love this rule of thumb and the examples. It syncs up, imo, with @jackwshepherd.bsky.social great column about how to think about accuracy (e.g. does it matter? how hard or easy is it to verify) jackwshepherd.medium.com/generative-a....

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Amy Salyzyn @amysalyzyn.bsky.social · May 18

Your Bear updates always make me smile!

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Amy Salyzyn @amysalyzyn.bsky.social · May 13

Just saw this, which is on point to your question: lsj.com.au/articles/the...

The Siren’s Song of GenAI: Why legal practitioners still fall for fabricated content - Law Society Journal

Despite growing awareness of AI hallucinations, legal professionals continue misusing generative AI (GenAI) due to overreliance and subtle inaccuracies in its output.

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Amy Salyzyn @amysalyzyn.bsky.social · May 13

Also worried about all the subtle hallucinations that are probably sneaking through at least to some extent. Fake cases are easy for courts to spot. Less easy to catch swapped out words in quotes or slightly wrongly stated legal tests etc.

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Amy Salyzyn @amysalyzyn.bsky.social · May 13

I think big challenge here is that tech is newly deceptive in that it looks like a search engine and so people engage with it like that but unlike a search engine it actually isn't looking up things. We are used to tools saying "I don't know/can't do" -- not making up things in very convincing ways.

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Amy Salyzyn @amysalyzyn.bsky.social · May 13

I do tonnes of lawyer education on AI across Canada & can confirm that the message definitely hasn't gotten through anywhere close to universally. That said, not sure how much more educators & regulators can do to get the word out. Most law schools on it now but will take a while to trickle down/out

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Amy Salyzyn @amysalyzyn.bsky.social · May 6

AI keeps seeping into courts in unexpected ways. The latest? AI generated "victim statements" given by AI avatars of deceased people.

Unclear how this could be helpful for sentencing and not terribly prejudicial or otherwise misleading...

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A Bullet Killed Him. AI Brought Him Back to Life in Court

A dead Arizona man gave his own victim statement in court thanks to AI and a script written by his sister. It could be the first use of AI in a U.S. courtroom

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Brad Wendel @bradwendel.bsky.social · Apr 25

At what point do federal government lawyers dust off their resumes and start looking around for new jobs? From the ethical point of view, when should they do this?

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

In a previous post I wrote about two federal prosecutors who resigned rather than follow instructions from Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove to dismiss federal corruption charges against New Yo...

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Amy Salyzyn @amysalyzyn.bsky.social · Apr 25

When I speak to lawyers, I find many who are overwhelmed by AI. They don't know where to start. In my latest @slawdotca.bsky.social I try to help by suggesting adoption of a 3C AI Mindset and setting out an AI Starter Pack with practical tips. www.slaw.ca/2025/04/25/c...

Canadian Lawyers and Generative AI: Some Suggested Starting Points for the Overwhelmed - Slaw

How will generative AI impact the legal profession? This was the big question in late 2022 when ChatGPT was first released. How would this seemingly magical word machine collide or coexist with a prof...

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Law & Technology Institute @cdntechlaw.bsky.social · Apr 24

➡️ Call for Abstracts!

The Canadian Technology Law Conference will be hosted in Halifax at Dalhousie August 28-30th, 2025

Theme: Democracy and the Information Society

📅 Abstracts are due May 5th, 2025
ℹ️ Submit a 500 word abstract + your CV
✉️ Email submissions to: [email protected]

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Amy Salyzyn @amysalyzyn.bsky.social · Mar 27

Congratulations!! Looking forward to going through it and will be on my recommendation list for lawyers who want to learn more about AI.

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Amy Salyzyn @amysalyzyn.bsky.social · Mar 20

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Amsterdam Law School @uvalawschool.bsky.social · Mar 12

Why and how do lawyers attack the rule of law? Join Scott Cummings from @law.ucla.edu for a lecture at the Amsterdam Law School on March 21 https://bit.ly/4bMrwuf

Guest Lecture Scott Cummings: When Lawyers Attack the Rule of Law - Amsterdam Law Hub

We would like to invite you to join us as Scott Cummings of UCLA Law explores how and why lawyers contribute to democratic backsliding. He will speak about the role of lawyers in democratic backsliding—the degradation of

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Vanessa Gruben @vgruben.bsky.social · Mar 11

Registration now open!

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Amsterdam Law School @uvalawschool.bsky.social · Mar 4

Our Annual Legal Ethics Symposium will focus on W. Bradley Wendel’s latest book 'Canceling Lawyers'. It brings together academics and practitioners to discuss the increasing critique of lawyers and the practice of 'canceling' (or public shaming) lawyers. https://bit.ly/41Fdqre

Canceling Lawyers?

This year's symposium will Professor W. Bradley Wendel discuss the increasing critique of lawyers and the practice of 'canceling' (or public shaming of) lawyers.

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