Credit: This seminar qualifies for 1 CLE Ethics Credit

This program is a recording of the Live Webcast Seminar held on November 5, 2025.

If you attended the live webcast and received credit, then you cannot claim credit for watching this recorded program.

Summary:

Artificial intelligence tools—especially large language models (LLMs)—are transforming the way lawyers practice. From drafting briefs to client communication, AI promises speed and efficiency, but it also raises novel ethical risks. This program will explore how generative AI intersects with the Hawai?i Rules of Professional Conduct, including competence, confidentiality, candor to the tribunal, and firm-wide supervision.

Participants will learn how courts and regulators are responding to AI use, common pitfalls such as hallucinated citations, and practical best practices for safe adoption. Attendees will leave with a grounded understanding of AI’s potential in law practice and the guardrails needed to use it responsibly—without risking their license.

Speaker:

Ryan S. Little, Little Legal Ryan S. Little is the founder of Little Legal, a multi-state legal ethics firm serving lawyers and law firms in Hawai‘i, California, and Alabama. A former prosecutor with the Hawai‘i Office of Disciplinary Counsel, Ryan has extensive experience on both sides of the lawyer discipline system, including in trust accounting enforcement and defense matters.  

At Little Legal, he advises firms on all manner of ethics issues, including how to build compliance systems, survive audits, and respond strategically to state bar inquiries. His clients range from solo practitioners to national firms. Known for his practical, no-nonsense guidance, Ryan helps lawyers stay in the clear and out of the Bar Journal’s discipline report.

Duration: approximately 1 hour 

NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN FOR ONLINE SEMINARS.  This seminar will be available in your classroom to view for 1 year from the date of purchase OR until November 5, 2027, whichever comes sooner.

ADA Accommodation: In Accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you require accommodation for a disability, please contact us by email at cle@hsba.org; or by phone at 537-1868 and ask for the CLE Department before purchasing the program.   

Questions? Please contact HSBA CLE Department at 537-1868 or CLE@hsba.org.