The legal profession stands at a pivotal crossroads. Millions of individuals worldwide navigate the complexities of the legal system without adequate representation, facing outcomes that are often determined not by the merits of their cases but by their inability to access qualified legal counsel. At the same time, artificial intelligence is reshaping nearly every sector of professional practice, and the legal profession is no exception.

This continuing legal education programme brings together an interdisciplinary panel of legal aid practitioners, technology innovators, access-to-justice advocates, and legal ethics experts to examine how AI tools are being deployed and how they should be deployed to assist in closing the widening justice gap. The programme will provide attorneys with a practical, critically informed understanding of AI-assisted legal tools, their demonstrated benefits for pro se litigants and under-resourced legal service organisations, and the professional responsibility framework that must govern their use.

The programme is designed to be solutions-oriented. It acknowledges that AI presents genuine opportunities to extend legal services to communities historically left behind by the justice system, while also confronting the bias, risks, limitations, and ethical obligations that responsible adoption demands.