Committee on Artificial Intelligence in the Connecticut Legal System

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The charge of the committee is to:

Determine whether the Practice Book rules and/or the rules of professional responsibility should be amended to ensure that lawyers, judges, and court staff use AI in a responsible and sustainable way that is consistent with the principles of fairness, accountability, equality, and transparency. If so, the committee should recommend specific changes.
Recommend ways that the Judicial Branch can ethically use AI to promote efficiency, while prioritizing fairness, accountability, equality, and transparency.
Establish mechanisms to evaluate and monitor the performance of AI technologies used by lawyers, judges, and employees in the court system to assess their impact and identify areas of improvement.
Consider and recommend ways that AI can enhance access to justice.

Committee Members
Associate Justice Joan K. Alexander, co-chair, CT Supreme Court Lucio DeLuca, co-chair, Executive Director, Information Technology Division, CT Judicial Branch Judge Barry F. Armata, Judge of the Superior Court P.J. Deak, Deputy Director, Court Operations Systems Support, CT Judicial Branch Attorney Tais C. Ericson, Executive Director, Superior Court Operations Division, CT Judicial Branch Attorney Paul S. Hartan, Chief Administrative Officer, CT Appellate System Brian Hill, Executive Director, Administrative Services Division, CT Judicial Branch Claudia Jalowka, Deputy Director, Law Libraries, CT Judicial Branch Dibyendu Kundu, Director of Information Systems, Information Technology Division, CT Judicial Branch Attorney Ryan McKeen, Best Era, LLC Attorney Stephen N. Ment, Executive Director, External Affairs Division, CT Judicial Branch Ratish Nair Chief Technical Officer, Information Technology Division, CT Judicial Branch Gary A. Roberge, Executive Director, Court Support Services Division, CT Judicial Branch Attorney Elizabeth Salsedo-Surovov, Director, Knowledge, Management & Information Resources, Robinson & Cole Attorney Alexis Smith, Executive Director, New Haven Legal Assistance Bryan Sperry, Deputy Director, Information Technology, Court Support Services Division, CT Judicial Branch Judge Beverly Streit-Kefalas, Probate Court Administrator Attorney Cindy Theran, Assistant Director, Legal Services, CT Judicial Branch

Associate Justice Joan K. Alexander, co-chair, CT Supreme Court
Lucio DeLuca, co-chair, Executive Director, Information Technology Division, CT Judicial Branch
Judge Barry F. Armata, Judge of the Superior Court
P.J. Deak, Deputy Director, Court Operations Systems Support, CT Judicial Branch
Attorney Tais C. Ericson, Executive Director, Superior Court Operations Division, CT Judicial Branch
Attorney Paul S. Hartan, Chief Administrative Officer, CT Appellate System
Brian Hill, Executive Director, Administrative Services Division, CT Judicial Branch
Claudia Jalowka, Deputy Director, Law Libraries, CT Judicial Branch
Dibyendu Kundu, Director of Information Systems, Information Technology Division, CT Judicial Branch
Attorney Ryan McKeen, Best Era, LLC
Attorney Stephen N. Ment, Executive Director, External Affairs Division, CT Judicial Branch
Ratish Nair Chief Technical Officer, Information Technology Division, CT Judicial Branch
Gary A. Roberge, Executive Director, Court Support Services Division, CT Judicial Branch
Attorney Elizabeth Salsedo-Surovov, Director, Knowledge, Management & Information Resources, Robinson & Cole
Attorney Alexis Smith, Executive Director, New Haven Legal Assistance
Bryan Sperry, Deputy Director, Information Technology, Court Support Services Division, CT Judicial Branch
Judge Beverly Streit-Kefalas, Probate Court Administrator
Attorney Cindy Theran, Assistant Director, Legal Services, CT Judicial Branch

Meeting Notice: The Committee will hold a meeting Monday, March 10, 2025 at 2 p.m. This meeting will be conducted using Microsoft Teams and will be streamed live on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/@connecticutjudicialmeeting6042/featured. If you need an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act, please email Laurie.Adams@jud.ct.gov.

Agendas and Minutes:

Date	Agenda	Minutes
March 10, 2025	Agenda (PDF)	Minutes (PDF) - Draft
January 14, 2025	Agenda (PDF)	Minutes (PDF)
November 13, 2024	Agenda (PDF)	Minutes (PDF)
September 24, 2024	Agenda (PDF)	Minutes (PDF)

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