---
title: "Check AI-assisted legal work before you rely on it"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/knowledge-management/know-how/verify-ai-legal-output"
type: "know_how_note"
site: "AI Law Framework"
kind: "Verification checklist"
checked: "2026-10-10"
---

# Check AI-assisted legal work before you rely on it

> Read the output against the instructions, open the sources, and write down what you checked.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/knowledge-management/know-how/verify-ai-legal-output  
Checked: 2026-10-10

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This is general information about using AI in legal work in Australia. It is not legal advice, and it is not a decision on your matter, your client or your court.

## Steps

1. **Read it against the instructions.** Compare the output with the question you asked. If the tool answered a different question, do not repair that by skimming.
2. **Open the sources.** Open every case, statute and document the output relies on. A citation that looks real is not a source until you have read it.
3. **Check the facts you supplied.** Check names, dates, figures and defined terms against the documents you provided. Do not trust a summary of a document you have not opened.
4. **Ask what the tool was not shown.** A later draft, a missing instruction, or a document that was not uploaded is not in the answer.
5. **Keep the decision.** Advice, filing and signature stay with a lawyer. Write down what you checked, in enough detail that another lawyer could see it was done.

## Sources

- [Law Society of New South Wales: A solicitor’s guide to responsible use of artificial intelligence (January 2026)](https://www.lawsociety.com.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/20260109%20LS4816_PSU_GuidetoAI_2026-01-08a%20FINALv2.pdf) (Law Society of New South Wales)
- [Queensland Law Society Guidance Statement No 37: Artificial intelligence in legal practice](https://www.qls.com.au/practising-law-in-qld/ethics/guidance-statements/no-37-artificial-intelligence-in-legal-practice) (Queensland Law Society)
- [Statement on the use of AI in Australian legal practice (December 2024)](https://lsbc.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-12/Statement%20on%20the%20use%20of%20AI%20in%20Australian%20legal%20practice_2.pdf) (Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner)

## Questions

**Is this legal advice?**

No. These notes are general information about using AI in legal work in Australia. They are not advice on a matter, a client or a court.

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**What should I leave out of a saved note?**

Leave out a client’s name, a file number and other personal information unless you mean to store it on this account.