AI Rules for Delaware Law Firms
Last verified July 8, 2026
Delaware hasn't issued an AI-specific bar opinion or court rule for lawyers. The state's courts have adopted their own interim AI policy for judges and staff, and a pending privacy bill could reach AI tools your firm uses in hiring, but neither one regulates your legal practice directly yet.
Where Delaware Stands
The Delaware Supreme Court's Interim Policy on the Use of Generative AI by Judicial Officers and Court Personnel binds judges and court staff rather than private lawyers, requiring approved tools and barring non-public information in unapproved ones. There is no Delaware bar AI opinion for lawyers, so the policy's existence mainly signals that Delaware courts are already scrutinizing AI accuracy in the judicial system.
What Your Firm Must Do
With no Delaware-specific bar guidance, your firm should follow ABA Formal Opinion 512 and independently verify all AI-assisted work before filing, the same standard the interim court policy applies to judicial officers. Separately, watch HB 380, which amends the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act: it passed both chambers by June 16, 2026 and is awaiting the Governor's action. If enacted, it would lower the DPDPA threshold to 15,000 Delaware consumers with changes effective January 1, 2027, and legislative analyses read it to reach profiling uses of applicant and employee data, which could pull AI hiring and screening tools at growing firms into scope.
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