---
title: "Prepare a trust-inspection pack from the ledgers and authorities"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/obligations/trust-accounting-and-handling-client-money/prepare-a-trust-inspection-pack-from-the-ledgers-and-authorities"
type: "task"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A41-A20260923-3"
practice_area: "Trust accounting & handling client money"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Prepare a trust-inspection pack from the ledgers and authorities

> Assemble a pack index of reconciliations, authorities, trial balances and sample disbursements, marking missing months.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/obligations/trust-accounting-and-handling-client-money/prepare-a-trust-inspection-pack-from-the-ledgers-and-authorities  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Trust accounting & handling client money](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/trust-accounting-and-handling-client-money.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Assemble a pack index of reconciliations, authorities, trial balances and sample disbursements, marking missing months. |
| What the lawyer must review | Prepare the pack for the inspector or examiner Do not let the tool fill a gap with a generated ledger |
| Written for / versions | 1 jurisdiction versions below |

## Checking plan

The pack is for the inspector or examiner. Do not let the tool fill a gap with a generated ledger.

- What the AI does: Assemble a pack index of reconciliations, authorities, trial balances and sample disbursements, marking missing months.
- What the lawyer does: Set the scope, verify the evidence, resolve exceptions and approve the final output for its intended use.
- Basis: Suggested checking approach based on the task guidance. Complete the assessment for the actual tool, information and jurisdiction.

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. Confirm the output against the client’s instructions and the complete relevant source material, including omissions or contradictions.
2. Verify every relied-on citation, figure and name against the source document.
3. The responsible lawyer approves the exact version before use.

## Sources

- [ABA Business Law Today: How to Protect Your Law Firm's Data in the Era of GenAI, December 2024](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/resources/business-law-today/2024-december/how-protect-law-firm-data-era-gen-ai/) (checked 2026-09-23)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Direction to pay money into the law practice trust account](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/trust-accounting-and-handling-client-money/direction-to-receive-trust-money.md) | Letter | Yellow | Letter telling a payer to pay a named sum into the general trust account, with the client's confirmation that the money is entrusted for this matter and is not payment of a bill already given. |
| [Check before a trust-to-operating transfer (United States)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/trust-accounting-and-handling-client-money/us-trust-to-operating-transfer-check.md) | Checklist | Red | A check, before any transfer from a client trust account to the operating account, that the fee is earned or the expense incurred, the client has the direction and the bill, and no disputed amount… |
| [Notice that funds were received into trust (United States)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/trust-accounting-and-handling-client-money/us-notice-funds-received-in-trust.md) | Letter | Yellow | A short notice that funds in which the client or a third person has an interest have been received and placed in a named trust account, as Model Rule 1.15(d) requires prompt notice. |
| [Trust account statement to the person for whom money is held](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/trust-accounting-and-handling-client-money/trust-account-statement.md) | Letter | Yellow | Statement of trust money received, paid and still held for one person, for one ledger, given at the end of the matter, on request, or after 30 June. |
| [Index for a trust investigation or external examination](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/trust-accounting-and-handling-client-money/trust-examination-pack-index.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Index of trust records to gather when an investigator or external examiner asks for them, and a cover note recording what the principal produced and what was held back. |

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

## Jurisdiction versions

| Jurisdiction | Level |
| --- | --- |
| [United States](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/trust-accounting-and-handling-client-money/prepare-a-trust-inspection-pack-from-the-ledgers-and-authorities/united-states.md) | Yellow |

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