AI is already inside your firm. Attorneys are drafting with it, staff are summarizing with it, and your vendors are embedding it into the platforms you rely on every day. The real question is whether your firm can defend how it adopted AI when a client, a court, or a regulator asks.
Join Carlos E. Rodriguez, Founder and vCISO and Alex Paunic, Head of Offensive Security Services of CA2Security, for a practical session on building an AI governance program that holds up to that scrutiny. Built around a five-layer framework, the session focuses on the decisions that matter most: who and what can access AI, what data it can see, who approved its use, and how the firm keeps oversight as AI agents begin acting on their own.
Key topics include:
• Why AI risk is different for law firms: privilege, personal attorney accountability under ABA Formal Opinion 512, and adversarial scrutiny
• A five-layer framework for governing AI, from identity and data through autonomous agents
• Why AI is only as safe as your permissions and data quality, and how ethical walls must extend to every AI tool and agent
• Evaluating AI vendors: the questions every firm should ask before signing
• Aligning AI use with Outside Counsel Guidelines and client engagement terms
• Governing agentic AI: identity, accountability, data and human oversight
• Building security into the AI lifecycle, and what a credible AI security test should include
• The minimum guardrails every firm needs, plus a Day 1, 30, and 90 playbook you can start Monday
Whether your firm is piloting its first AI tool or already running AI across practice groups, you'll leave with a governance framework, a vendor checklist, and a 90-day plan you can put to work immediately.
Who should attend: CIOs, CISOs, IT Directors, Security Leaders, Risk and Compliance Professionals, General Counsel and Firm Risk Counsel, Innovation and Knowledge Management Leaders, Information Governance Professionals, and anyone responsible for AI strategy and governance within a law firm.
Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Time: 11:30 - 1:00
Location: Porter Hedges LLP 1000 Main St, 36th Floor, Houston, TX 77002, United States
Lunch generously provided by CA2Security
Questions? Contact your ILTA Houston Member Liaisons Clarence Anderson at clarence.anderson@orrick.com or Andre Davison at Andre.Davison@harriscountytx.gov.
Event ID: a1oVN00000W9FLZYA3
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