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The Promise & Peril of AI in Family Law
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Length: 42:01
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming nearly every profession, and the legal field is no exception. For family law practitioners, AI presents both remarkable opportunities, complex ethical challenges, and the growing need for us to properly advise our clients on the dangers of the use of AI as a substitute for legal advice, therapy, and companionship. Once the stuff of science fiction, AI now drafts contracts, summarizes case law, manages client communications, and even predicts case outcomes. Yet, despite its growing capabilities, AI cannot replace human judgment, compassion, or ethical reasoning, the very qualities that define our work as attorneys. Our responsibility, therefore, is not only to understand how these technologies function but to ensure they are used responsibly and in ways that uphold our duties of competence, confidentiality, and professional integrity. This program will explore how AI can be thoughtfully integrated into family law practice, not as a substitute.
Amber James, New Beginnings Family Law, P.C.
Amber Yerkey James is the founder and Founder and Visionary at New Beginnings Family Law, P.C., a boutique matrimonial and family law practice located in Huntsville, Alabama. Amber’s main areas of practice are divorce, child custody, parental alienation, mediation, adoption and surrogacy.
Prior to opening her own practice, Ms. James worked in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama in the Domestic Relations Division as a law clerk for the Honorable Ralph A. Ferguson, Jr. and in the firm of Shaw-Anderson, LLC. Ms. James earned her B.A. in Music and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and her Juris Doctorate from the Birmingham School of Law in 2006. She is admitted to practice in Alabama and before the U.S. Supreme Court. She is also a board-certified family law trial advocate having received her board certification from the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Ms. James is a member of the Alabama State Bar and the American Bar Associations, Morgan County, and Huntsville-Madison County Bar associations. Amber is also a member of the Women’s Economic Development Council, the Women’s Business Council of the Huntsville Madison County Chamber of Commerce, and the Board of Directors of the AUM Foundation.
New Beginnings Family Law, P.C. has been recognized on the Law Firm 500 list of fastest growing law firms on two occasions. In 2020, Amber was recognized as the Female Entrepreneur of the Year by the Catalyst Center for Business and Entrepreneurship and her firm was chosen as the Professional Services Business of the Year in 2020 by the Huntsville Madison County Chamber of Commerce. New Beginnings Family Law, P.C. is consistently recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in Huntsville, Alabama and received the designation of Best Place for Working Parents.
