---
title: "Check a draft award for internal consistency"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/arbitration-and-alternative-dispute-resolution/check-an-award-draft-for-consistency/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A6-B7-2-US"
practice_area: "Arbitration & Alternative Dispute Resolution"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Check a draft award for internal consistency

> List dates, sums, party names, and relief in the draft award that conflict with another paragraph of the same draft, and give both paragraph numbers. Do not rewrite the award.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/arbitration-and-alternative-dispute-resolution/check-an-award-draft-for-consistency/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Arbitration & Alternative Dispute Resolution](https://ailawframework.com/practice/arbitration-and-alternative-dispute-resolution.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | List dates, sums, party names, and relief in the draft award that conflict with another paragraph of the same draft, and give both paragraph numbers. Do not rewrite the award. |
| What the lawyer must review | The arbitrators write the award. 9 U.S.C. § 10(a)(4) allows vacatur where the arbitrators exceeded their powers, or so imperfectly executed them that a mutual, final, and definite award upon the subject matter submitted was not made. The lawyer decides whether a conflict in the draft is that kind of defect. Formal Opinion 512: the lawyer verifies each flagged pair before anyone comments on the draft. Rule 1.6 covers the draft. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Check an award draft for consistency](https://ailawframework.com/practice/arbitration-and-alternative-dispute-resolution/check-an-award-draft-for-consistency.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: List dates, sums, party names, and relief in the draft award that conflict with another paragraph of the same draft, and give both paragraph numbers. Do not rewrite the award.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Commenting on a draft award is not a motion to modify or correct. 9 U.S.C. § 12 is the later service deadline for that motion, and § 11’s grounds were not opened as a separate text.
- Do not send the tool’s list to the tribunal. The lawyer decides what, if anything, is said.

## Sources

- [9 U.S.C. § 10, vacation of an award; grounds](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/9/10) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [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 1.6, Confidentiality of Information](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_6_confidentiality_of_information/) (checked 2026-10-22)

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