Vermont (statewide): Vermont Supreme Court Administrative Directive No. 38, Policy on Art…
Chief Justice Paul L. Reiber and Associate Justices Harold E. Eaton, Jr., William D. Cohen, and Nancy J. Waples · Vermont Supreme Court
Verified October 1, 2026
- Citation
- Vermont Supreme Court Administrative Directive No. 38, Policy on Artificial Intelligence (as amended Oct. 6, 2025)
- Order date
- October 6, 2025
Summary
'All court users, including self-represented litigants, are expected to review and confirm the accuracy of AI output and related information provided to the Judiciary or used in connection with a court proceeding.'
What does the order require?
- 'All court users, including self-represented litigants, are expected to review and confirm the accuracy of AI output and related information provided to the Judiciary or used in connection with a court proceeding.'
- '[A]ll court users must ensure that AI systems do not compromise sensitive or confidential information, and that data used with AI is handled in accordance with data privacy regulations.'
- 'For attorneys and judicial officers, the Vermont Rules of Professional Conduct (VRPC) and the Vermont Code of Judicial Conduct (VCJC) establish the contours of conduct that are either authorized or prohibited, and both the VRPC and VCJC apply fully to the use of AI systems and output.'
- Court users' and Judiciary employees' use of AI 'is authorized by the Judiciary provided the use of AI systems and resulting work product comply with legal and ethical standards.' No disclosure of AI use is required.
Practice areas: state civil, state criminal, state family, state probate, statewide judicial administration
What the directive provides
Vermont Supreme Court Administrative Directive No. 38, Policy on Artificial Intelligence (as amended Oct. 6, 2025) sets the Vermont Judiciary’s policy on AI for court users and Judiciary employees. It states that use of AI “is authorized by the Judiciary provided the use of AI systems and resulting work product comply with legal and ethical standards.”
For court users, Section II sets two standards. “All court users, including self-represented litigants, are expected to review and confirm the accuracy of AI output and related information provided to the Judiciary or used in connection with a court proceeding.” And all court users “must ensure that AI systems do not compromise sensitive or confidential information,” and that data used with AI is handled in accordance with data privacy regulations. For attorneys and judicial officers, the directive states that the Vermont Rules of Professional Conduct and the Vermont Code of Judicial Conduct “apply fully to the use of AI systems and output.”
The directive requires no disclosure of AI use in filings and names no sanction of its own. Its remaining sections address the Judiciary’s own adoption of AI systems, review of employee AI use cases by the Judiciary’s AI Advisory Board, continuing education, and definitions.
How it changed
The signed October 6, 2025 text amends an earlier version of the directive, effective immediately. The amendment’s marked changes fall in the sections on the Judiciary’s own adoption of AI systems and on continuing education, and in the definition of “AI System”; the Section II standards for court users are unmarked. The earlier version’s adoption date was not located.
Related authority
The Vermont state page describes how Vermont courts have applied V.R.C.P. 11 to filings with fabricated authority.
Primary sources
How this order changed
Dated record of this order's own lifecycle. Where it was amended or withdrawn, the badge shows its standing after that step.
- amendedThe Vermont Supreme Court amended Administrative Directive No. 38, effective immediately; the amendment's marked changes fall in Sections III and IV and the definition of 'AI System', leaving the Section II standards for court users unmarked. source