Is this a generative AI policy template?
No. The linked guide lists the decisions a firm writes in its own words. Copying another organisation’s template does not set your tenancy or your court’s disclosure rule.
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AI for law firm managers in Australia
A manager’s starting point is the firm’s own decisions: who may use a tool, on what work, what must never be pasted in, and who checks the output.
The decision is for one task and one configuration. A catalogue profile is not that decision.
Next steps
- Write the policy from the decision list
The guide is not a template to adopt. Each heading stays blank until someone can point at the tool and the checker.
- Read the society for the practising certificates you hold
A New South Wales guide does not answer a Queensland or Victorian practising certificate.
- Cover confidentiality, client money and costs
Those checks apply across files. They are not an area of law and they are not settled by a software score.
- Assess a tool for one task
Adoption, efficiency and governance are scored separately. The decision belongs to one task and one configuration.
State or territory
Open the place you practise in, or the place named on the file. Each page lists the courts, tribunals, regulators and law society notes recorded there.
Rules and guidance
Published instruments. A secondary source is marked on the jurisdiction page it links to.
- A solicitor's guide to responsible use of artificial intelligence - Law Society
Law Society of NSW — Hub page for the solicitor's guide. Read on 10 October 2026, the page defines artificial intelligence in general terms and says to read the full article on LSJ.com.au. It does not itself set out the conduct duties. The Society's January 2026 guide is a separate PDF.
- Artificial Intelligence Hub - Law Institute of Victoria
Law Institute of Victoria — Law Institute of Victoria publishes “Artificial Intelligence Hub - Law Institute of Victoria”. Share your feedback to help us enhance our support on AI topics. Checked 2026-10-10. Read the linked page before relying on it.
- AI selection and use checklist (joint initiative)
QLS with LIV, LSSA, LSWA, ACT Law Society, LSNT and LST — Multi-society risk-assessment checklist for selecting and using AI tools.
- Generative AI and Ethical Considerations in Legal Practice
Law Society of WA — Law Society of WA brief and AI Hub; separate brief on copyright and generative AI.
- Artificial Intelligence Hub
Law Society of South Australia — Resources, guidance, an implementation tool and templates for SA practitioners on AI and generative AI use.
- ART Practice Direction on Generative AI (republished) and AI in Legal Practice hub
Law Society of Tasmania — Law Society of Tasmania AI hub; republishes ART practice direction notice (Aug 2026).
Guides
These guides are separate pages. This start path links to them.
- Law firm AI policy guide for Australia
A plain-English list of decisions an Australian firm writes into its own generative AI policy. It is not a precedent to adopt, and it is not a law society template.
- Australian data hosting for legal AI
How to read a vendor’s Australian hosting claim, using the attributes this catalogue already records. Not a ranking, and not a finding that a tool is fit for a matter.
Checks that apply across files
- Confidentiality & client information
Applies across files.
- Trust accounting & handling client money
Applies across files.
- Costs, billing & litigation funding
Applies across files.
- AI decision systems (the firm's and clients')
Applies across files.
- Client-facing & access-to-justice AI tools
Applies across files.
Tools to read
Catalogue order, not a ranking. A listing is not approval to upload a file.
- Appian Platform
Appian Corporation
- Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant
Adobe Inc.
- Analyzer in Adobe Acrobat Studio
Adobe Inc.
- Knowledge Base in Adobe Acrobat Studio
Adobe Inc.
- Adobe Acrobat Studio
Adobe Inc.
- Foxit PDF AI Assistant
Foxit Software Incorporated
Practice areas · Court AI notes · Software catalogue
Questions
Which law society applies?
The society for the practising certificate. If the firm holds certificates in more than one state, open each state’s page. Do not treat one society’s guide as national law.
Where is the tool decision recorded?
In a software assessment for one task. A catalogue profile is the vendor research. It is not the firm’s decision.