---
title: "List the agreed terms for a settlement agreement or a consent award"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/arbitration-and-alternative-dispute-resolution/draft-the-settlement-agreement-or-consent-award/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A6-T1-R10-US"
practice_area: "Arbitration & Alternative Dispute Resolution"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# List the agreed terms for a settlement agreement or a consent award

> From the term sheet or the exchange in the file, list each term the parties have already written down, in their words. Do not write the agreement or the award.

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## 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 | From the term sheet or the exchange in the file, list each term the parties have already written down, in their words. Do not write the agreement or the award. |
| What the lawyer must review | The lawyer writes every sentence that will be signed, including any consent award the tribunal is asked to make. 9 U.S.C. § 9 allows a party to apply for an order confirming an award within one year after the award is made if the parties have agreed that a judgment of the court shall be entered upon the award. If the agreement does not say that, § 9 is not the confirmation path. Federal Rule of Evidence 408 limits later use of the compromise to prove or disprove validity or amount. Formal Opinion 512: the term list is checked before the lawyer drafts. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Draft the settlement agreement or consent award](https://ailawframework.com/practice/arbitration-and-alternative-dispute-resolution/draft-the-settlement-agreement-or-consent-award.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: From the term sheet or the exchange in the file, list each term the parties have already written down, in their words. Do not write the agreement or the award.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- A consent award is the tribunal’s instrument. The tool does not draft it.
- Section 9’s one-year period runs from the date the award is made, and only where the parties agreed that judgment shall be entered. A Convention award uses 9 U.S.C. § 207, which is a different period.

## Sources

- [9 U.S.C. § 9, award of arbitrators; confirmation](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/9/9) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [Federal Rule of Evidence 408, compromise offers and negotiations](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/fre/rule_408) (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)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Heads of agreement signed at the end of a mediation (binding terms of settlement)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/arbitration-and-alternative-dispute-resolution/mediation-heads-of-agreement.md) | Agreement | Yellow | Short binding terms of settlement for signing in the mediation room: payment, releases, confidentiality, consent orders, a consent to admit the document to enforce it, and what happens if the formal… |
| [Arbitration confidentiality and non-waiver stipulation](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/arbitration-and-alternative-dispute-resolution/us-arbitration-confidentiality-stipulation.md) | Agreement | Yellow | Party stipulation on who may see material exchanged in a commercial arbitration, and a warning that a side agreement does not do the work of a Federal Rule of Evidence 502(d) order. |

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.*