D.C.: District of Columbia Courts Administrative Order: Artificial Intelligence Task Forc…
Chief Judge Anna Blackburne-Rigsby (D.C. Court of Appeals), Chief Judge Milton C. Lee (D.C. Superior Court), and Executive Officer Herbert Rouson, Jr. · District of Columbia Courts (Court of Appeals and Superior Court)
Verified September 28, 2026
- Citation
- District of Columbia Courts Administrative Order: Artificial Intelligence Task Force of the District of Columbia Courts
- Order date
- March 6, 2026
Status and scope
Applies to the issuing body's own personnel or adjudicators, not to attorney filings, and imposes no obligation on attorneys. It provides: 'ORDERED that the Artificial Intelligence Task Force of the District of Columbia Courts will be a standing Committee of the District of Columbia Courts effective March 6, 2026', with eight listed purposes.
What the instrument requires of its addressees
- 'ORDERED that the Artificial Intelligence Task Force of the District of Columbia Courts will be a standing Committee of the District of Columbia Courts effective March 6, 2026', with eight listed purposes.
- One purpose is to 'Develop court rules with respect to disclosure, transparency, ethics, accuracy, authenticity and certification of AI use in court pleadings and proceedings.'
- The order appoints co-chairs from the Court of Appeals and the Superior Court and members drawn from judges and court staff. It imposes no obligation on attorneys, parties, or filings.
Practice areas: state civil, state criminal
What the order does
The District of Columbia Courts’ administrative order, filed March 6, 2026, provides that “the Artificial Intelligence Task Force of the District of Columbia Courts will be a standing Committee of the District of Columbia Courts effective March 6, 2026.” Its recitals note that AI has “numerous possibilities for courts,” but that “concerns remain about the integrity of the court process, validity of evidence, and equal protection under the law when AI use is under consideration.”
Among the task force’s eight purposes is to “Develop court rules with respect to disclosure, transparency, ethics, accuracy, authenticity and certification of AI use in court pleadings and proceedings.” The order appoints co-chairs from the Court of Appeals and the Superior Court and members drawn from the courts’ judges and staff.
How the tracker treats it
The order governs the courts’ own organization and imposes nothing on attorneys or litigants today. It is tracked as a signal: the D.C. Courts have tasked a standing committee with proposing AI disclosure and certification rules, and any rules it produces would be separate entries.