ILTACON Day 3: "Beyond the Charter" — AI Governance Frameworks That Actually Work

Legal Tech News' ILTACON Day 3 coverage (August 26) reported on the session "Beyond the Charter: AI Governance Frameworks That Actually Work," which examined how AmLaw firms are putting AI governance into practice. The session found that GRC and IT teams need written authorized use policies (AUPs) and frameworks aligned to NIST AI Risk Management and ISO 42001, but that written policy alone is insufficient — compliance and IT leaders also need organizational leverage to enforce governance in conversations with attorneys and vendors who resist controls. A separate Legal Tech Digest report (August 27) confirmed that leading ILTACON firms — including Cadwalader and K&L Gates — are pursuing formal AI certifications (ISO 42001) alongside ABA Formal Opinion 512 alignment as the dual-track governance posture. For KM professionals whose function now sits at the intersection of knowledge access, AI tool deployment, and information governance, the ILTACON evidence is clear: KM's traditional work on ethical walls, access controls, and matter metadata is now directly load-bearing infrastructure for every AI governance framework a firm builds.