Career+: AI Confidentiality Basics for Legal Work

End-of-lesson check

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1. A legal team wants to use AI to summarize a court opinion that is publicly available. What is the primary consideration before proceeding?

   1. Whether the opinion contains any privileged attorney-client communications
   2. Whether redaction of client names is required
   3. Whether the jurisdiction has adopted AI regulations for legal work
   4. Whether the material is public and low confidentiality risk

2. Which type of document typically carries the HIGHEST risk when processed through external AI tools?

   1. A client contract with business terms
   2. A published law review article
   3. A dictionary of legal terms
   4. A legal textbook chapter

3. What does the term 'privilege' refer to in legal AI usage?

   1. A system for ranking document importance
   2. The authorization level needed to edit legal documents
   3. The right to access any AI tool available online
   4. Legal protection that prevents confidential communications from being disclosed in court

4. Before using any AI tool with client data, what is the FIRST step in the safe pattern described?

   1. Draft the prompt to minimize word count
   2. Save all previous conversations for archiving
   3. Classify the data to determine its sensitivity level
   4. Choose which AI model produces the best output

5. A paralegal is asked to feed a client's entire medical history into an AI tool to help draft a brief. What should guide the decision?

   1. Personal data triggers privacy obligations requiring minimization, redaction, or avoidance of external tools
   2. AI tools are HIPAA-compliant by default
   3. Medical records are public information once filed with a court
   4. The brief needs all available facts, so no restrictions apply

6. What does 'redaction' mean in the context of legal AI usage?

   1. Converting handwritten notes to digital text
   2. Removing or obscuring sensitive information before sharing with AI
   3. Highlighting key passages in a document
   4. Translating legal terms into plain language

7. When is it appropriate to ask an AI tool to make final legal judgments or conclusions?

   1. When the tool has been trained on case law from the relevant jurisdiction
   2. AI tools should never make legal judgments
   3. When a supervising attorney has reviewed and approved the output
   4. When the prompt clearly states it is for entertainment purposes

8. What is the purpose of using only 'approved tools' for certain legal materials?

   1. There is no real purpose; any AI tool works equally well
   2. Approved tools produce longer outputs
   3. Approved tools have been vetted for security and compliance with legal industry standards
   4. Approved tools are free to use

9. A legal strategy memo outlining trial tactics should be processed how?

   1. Posting it publicly to get better AI responses
   2. Using an approved enterprise tool or referring to firm policy
   3. Converting it to audio format before using AI
   4. Using any AI tool since strategy is not evidence

10. Why might a law firm need to save prompt and AI output context for future review?

    1. To impress clients with detailed documentation
    2. There is no reason to save AI interactions
    3. To train the AI on the firm's specific style
    4. Because some jurisdictions require a record of AI-assisted work product

11. What is the relationship between AI literacy and jurisdiction-specific professional rules?

    1. AI literacy is only relevant for paralegals, not attorneys
    2. Professional rules only apply to paper-based legal work
    3. AI literacy replaces the need to follow local bar rules
    4. AI literacy supplements but does not replace jurisdiction-specific professional rules

12. Which of the following would require the MOST caution before using AI assistance?

    1. A client's social security number and financial account details
    2. An internal office memo about holiday hours
    3. A list of state abbreviations
    4. A publicly available attorney directory

13. A new associate wants to use a free, publicly available AI chatbot to analyze a client matter. What is the primary concern?

    1. Free tools produce lower quality legal analysis
    2. The tool may not have enough memory for complex documents
    3. There are no concerns with free AI tools
    4. Free tools typically lack security vetting and may store or expose confidential data

14. What information should typically be REDACTED before using AI with legal documents?

    1. The caption and court name
    2. Standard legal disclaimers
    3. Legal citations and case numbers
    4. Names, account numbers, and unnecessary identifying facts

15. When working with a client contract that contains sensitive pricing terms, what is the SAFEST approach?

    1. Post the contract in a public forum for better analysis
    2. Ask the AI to summarize the entire document verbatim
    3. Use an approved enterprise tool or properly redact confidential terms first
    4. Use any AI tool since contracts are not privileged