the Supervised Attorney: Professional Liability, Legal AI, and Boundaries of Machine-Assisted Practice

The legal profession is undergoing a structural transformation. Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant promise; it is a present-day instrument being used in courtrooms, law offices, and intake centers across the world. The Supervised Attorney examines that transformation with rigor, scepticism, and an unapologetic commitment to the proposition that accountability in law cannot be sourced to an algorithm.This book is written for practising attorneys, legal technologists, ethics scholars, bar regulators, and policymakers who must navigate the intersection of machine intelligence and professional responsibility. It is neither a technology primer for the uninitiated nor a treatise for AI engineers. It is a practical and scholarly examination of what it means to use AI responsibly in a profession whose central obligation-competent representation of a human client in a system of rules-cannot be delegated to a model that has never passed a bar exam.