Check a public legal tool against a court's generative-AI filing order
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the tool's prompts and sample outputs, list any output a user could copy into a paper for a proceeding, and whether the tool tells the user to disclose the tool, name it, and check citations and facts. Do not rewrite the tool.
- What the lawyer must review
- There is no single national order. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(b) is the certification an attorney or unrepresented party gives by presenting a paper. The Eastern District of Texas order of 9 April 2025, for Judge Love, requires a certificate of generative artificial intelligence usage with the filing, and treats a filing without one as a certificate that generative artificial intelligence was not used. Formal Opinion 512 says lawyers must consult the court's local rules on this use. The lawyer decides which order applies and what warning the tool must give.
- Written for / version
- United States versionUS
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Potential support includes identifying points for review. Confirm the tool’s capability and permitted scope. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Check the current court or regulator requirements, prescribed form and attachments for the intended document and filing.
- Confirm the output against the client’s instructions and the complete relevant source material, including omissions or contradictions.
- Resolve exceptions and record the responsible lawyer’s approval of the exact output and intended use.