---
title: "Prepare the client notice that the firm uses generative AI on the matter"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/obligations/client-facing-and-access-to-justice-ai-tools/draft-client-facing-disclosures-that-the-firm-uses-ai-on-the-matter/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A43-A20260923-2-US"
practice_area: "Client-facing & access-to-justice AI tools"
tier: "red"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Prepare the client notice that the firm uses generative AI on the matter

> List the disclosure points in Formal Opinion 512 and Model Rule 1.4 against the firm's tool notes. Write none of the notice the client receives.

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Client-facing & access-to-justice AI tools](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/client-facing-and-access-to-justice-ai-tools.md) |
| Human involvement | Red: Lawyer writes; AI may check, clarify or collect data |
| How AI is used | List the disclosure points in Formal Opinion 512 and Model Rule 1.4 against the firm's tool notes. Write none of the notice the client receives. |
| What the lawyer must review | You write and send the notice. Opinion 512 requires informed consent before client information goes into a tool that can disclose it outside the firm, and the consent must explain the risks and the benefit. Model Rule 1.4 requires you to explain the matter so the client can decide. A generated sentence that survives into the notice is your communication. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Draft client-facing disclosures that the firm uses AI on the matter](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/client-facing-and-access-to-justice-ai-tools/draft-client-facing-disclosures-that-the-firm-uses-ai-on-the-matter.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: List the disclosure points in Formal Opinion 512 and Model Rule 1.4 against the firm's tool notes. Write none of the notice the client receives.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Consent is effective only if the client understands the consequences of the sharing. A buried clause in an engagement letter is a weak consent.
- State bars differ on when use of a tool must be disclosed. Read the admitting state's opinion.

## Sources

- [ABA Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Model Rule 1.4, Communications](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_4_communications/) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [New York City Bar Formal Opinion 2024-5: Generative AI in the Practice of Law](https://www.nycbar.org/reports/formal-opinion-2024-5-generative-ai-in-the-practice-of-law/) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Client consent to input information into a generative AI tool (United States)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/client-facing-and-access-to-justice-ai-tools/us-client-consent-input-to-generative-ai.md) | Letter | Yellow | A tool-specific consent for putting information relating to a representation into a named generative AI tool, with the risk particulars Formal Opinion 512 says a boilerplate engagement sentence does… |
| [Client consultation when generative AI affects a significant decision (United States)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/client-facing-and-access-to-justice-ai-tools/us-client-consultation-significant-ai-decision.md) | Letter | Yellow | A short consultation for the case in which a generative AI tool's output will influence a significant decision, or the client has asked whether a tool was used, including where confidentiality… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*