FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 31, 2026
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Rebecca Johnson
Public Affairs Director, State Bar of Texas
512-427-1714, rebecca.johnson@texasbar.com
Attorneys with AI questions can ‘Ask a Human’ in State Bar of Texas webinar April 15
AUSTIN — The State Bar of Texas is hosting a free webinar for attorneys interested in learning about the use of artificial intelligence in the practice of law. The event, titled “Ask a Human: A Q&A Session on AI,” will take place from 3 to 4 p.m. CDT April 15 and requires advance registration. To sign up, visit texasbarpractice.com and click the “Register Now” button at the top of the page. All attorneys and other legal professionals are welcome — Texas bar membership is not required to participate.
Ask a Human is a project of the State Bar’s Law Practice Management Committee and staff from its Law Practice Management Department. Trish McAllister, staff attorney for the department and liaison to the committee, will moderate the webinar. Panelists Alex Shahrestani and Patrick Wright, attorney members of the committee with deep knowledge on AI in the law, will answer questions. Attendees can submit questions in advance at registration as well as live during the webinar via chat.
This is the second webinar in this series. In the initial webinar in November, Shahrestani and Wright answered some of the more than 100 questions attendees submitted, including: How do I use AI and not get into trouble? Can a lawyer continue to practice without using AI? Do I really need a law-specific version of AI or is ChatGPT acceptable to start? The panelists also gave a brief demo of ChatGPT.
The recording of that webinar can be watched at texasbarpractice.com/law-practice-management/videos. Other videos in the Ask a Human series also are available there. In four episodes of the shorter series “Ask a Human: Answers to Unanswered AI Questions,” hosts answer questions panelists didn’t have time to get to during the live event. The ChatGPT demo also is available as a standalone video.
To keep abreast of future webinars and other offerings, attorneys can sign up for the Texas Bar Practice Division’s free email newsletter, Practice Makes Perfect, at texasbarpractice.com. The State Bar of Texas AI Toolkit, the first of its kind in the nation, is available at texasbar.com/aitoolkit.
