# kaal:claim:5541658-022

**Claim.** The digital divide among legal professionals complicates equitable adoption of AI and may exacerbate rather than reduce disparities in access to justice.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** asserted

**Holds when.**

- settings where access to AI tools is unequally distributed among practitioners

**Source quote.**

> The "digital divide" among legal professionals further complicates equitable AI adoption, potentially exacerbating access disparities.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, Morgan A. Gray, *The Evolving Role of Artificial Intelligence in Law* (2025), C. Bias and Ethical Challenges, page 27

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Morgan A. Gray, The Evolving Role of Artificial Intelligence in Law (2025). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5541658

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**Failure mode.** digital divide widening access disparities  (family: inequality-and-access-divide)

**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** digital-divide, access-to-justice, equity, adoption

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