AI Rules for Alaska Law Firms
Last verified July 8, 2026
Alaska's governing instrument for AI in legal practice is a single bar ethics opinion, backed by a pending bill that touches AI only at the edges of what most firms do. If your firm is putting client information into a generative AI tool, the opinion tells you what has to happen first.
Where Alaska Stands
The Alaska Bar Association's Ethics Opinion 2025-1, Generative Artificial Intelligence & The Practice of Law, is the state's adopted guidance for lawyers using AI. Separately, SB 2 in the 34th Alaska Legislature is a pending bill covering election deepfake disclosures and state agency AI governance, not private legal practice.
What Your Firm Must Do
Ethics Opinion 2025-1 requires your firm to obtain informed client consent before entering client confidences into a generative AI tool and to understand how that tool handles data. Every AI-generated output must be verified before use, and your billing has to reflect the actual time spent rather than time saved or lost to the tool.
What's Still Pending
SB 2 has not been enacted, and its current committee status has not been confirmed on the legislature's site. It matters to your firm only if you handle election matters or state agency work, since its disclosure requirements target deepfakes in elections and AI governance inside state agencies rather than law firm practice.
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