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title: "How to use AI for supervising junior lawyers' AI use in Australia"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/guides/supervising-ai-use-law-firm"
type: "how_to_guide"
site: "AI Law Framework"
practice_area: "Running the firm"
---

# How to use AI for supervising junior lawyers' AI use in Australia

> Supervision of a junior’s AI use is the same supervision as of their draft, with one extra question: what did the tool do, and what did the junior check.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/guides/supervising-ai-use-law-firm

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Check this before you rely on it

The Uniform Law regulators’ statement, the Law Society of New South Wales guide, Queensland Guidance Statement No. 37 and the joint law societies’ 2026 checklist all treat supervision as the principal’s work. A policy the junior has not been shown is not supervision.

## Steps

1. **Write the supervision rule in the policy.** Say which tools a junior may use, on which work, and what they must bring to the reviewer: the prompt, the output, and the authorities they opened. The joint checklist is the question list for the tool. Queensland Guidance Statement No. 37 is the confidentiality rule they have to be able to apply. A junior who cannot explain the tool should not be using it on a file.
2. **Review the work, not the confidence.** Read the draft against the file and the cases, as you would any other junior’s draft. Ask which sentences the tool wrote and which cases the junior opened. The Law Society of New South Wales guide and the citation guide both reject a second model as the check. The Uniform Law statement leaves the file with the principal who lets it go out.
3. **Record the training.** Note who was shown the policy, the approved tools and the prohibited inputs, and the date. When the court notes or the vendor terms change, do it again. Training that is not recorded will be forgotten the first time someone asks.

## Questions

**Is it allowed to use AI for supervising junior lawyers’ AI use in Australia?**

Supervision is the principal’s job. A tool does not supervise. The principal reviews the draft and the junior’s check of it.

**What tools are used for supervising junior lawyers’ AI use?**

The same approved tools as the rest of the firm, listed in the policy. There is no separate supervision product on this page.

**Is a junior’s statement that they “checked the AI” enough?**

No. The reviewer looks at the authorities and the file. A statement of confidence is not a review.

## Sources

- [Uniform Law regulators: Statement on AI use](https://lsbc.vic.gov.au/news-updates/news/statement-use-artificial-intelligence-australian-legal-practice)
- [LSNSW: Solicitor's guide to responsible AI use](https://www.lawsociety.com.au/AI-hub/solicitors-guide-responsible-use-artificial-intelligence)
- [QLS Guidance Statement No 37](https://www.qls.com.au/practising-law-in-qld/ethics/guidance-statements/no-37-artificial-intelligence-in-legal-practice)
- [Joint law societies AI selection and use checklist (2026)](https://www.qls.com.au/getmedia/066d9e41-b508-49a6-b428-d0ed8e29b54e/2026-FINAL-RISK-ASSESSMENT-TOOL-CON-BODS-AI-IN-LEGAL-PRACTICE-CONSULTING-COMMITTEE.pdf)

## Related

- [Law firm AI policy](https://ailawframework.com/guides/law-firm-ai-policy-australia.md)
- [Checking citations](https://ailawframework.com/guides/verify-ai-citations-australia.md)
- [Telling clients about AI use](https://ailawframework.com/guides/disclose-ai-use-to-clients-australia.md)