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On 20 March 2026 the Plenary of the General Council of the Spanish Legal Profession approved an interpretive circular on the use of generative artificial intelligence in briefs. Its central conclusion: using AI is lawful, but filing what it produces without verifying it is, in general, a serious offence.
The 2026 bar aptitude test was taken online with multiple-choice questions, and its mark is weighted with the master's. The format has obvious virtues. It also has a limit: it does not measure what a lawyer does on their first day at the firm.
The Council of Europe Framework Convention on artificial intelligence and human rights, democracy and the rule of law opened for signature in Vilnius in September 2024, and the European Union ratified it in May 2026. We summarise its content and what it means for legal practice.
The Energy Section of the Madrid Bar Association holds a morning session, on Tuesday 27 October, on the contracts that prepare an energy project: development, shareholders' agreements and access and connection to the electricity and gas grids. In person in Madrid and online.
The European pay transparency directive sets June 2027 for the first gap reports of large companies. The Spanish text is still a draft. Law firms have good reasons not to wait.
A lawyer who practises on their own account handles personal data of clients, opposing parties and witnesses every day. The Data Protection Act sets specific obligations for any controller, and clarifies that lawyers are not on the list of those who must appoint a data protection officer.
