Build an issues table of one-sided contract terms
Key facts
- Human involvement
- RedLawyer-led
- How AI is used
- List clauses that depart from the positions the lawyer supplies, with the clause text beside the position. Write no recommendation to accept or reject a clause.
- What the lawyer must review
- You decide what the client should accept. The table is not that decision, and no sentence from it goes into a mark-up that is sent until you have written the comment yourself. Formal Opinion 512: do not treat a generated observation as the governing law. Model Rule 1.6: keep the contract out of a public tool.
- Written for / version
- United States versionUSCth
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Supporting preparation only. Limit any support to organising, indexing or comparing the source material. Confirm the tool’s capability and permitted scope. The tool writes nothing into the document. Substantive advice, judgement and any restricted content remain with the responsible human. |
| Lawyer | Perform the substantive analysis and decisions. Independently check any permitted supporting work and approve the exact output for its intended use. |
Checklist
- Review operative clauses in the complete document, including definitions, cross-references, schedules and inconsistencies with the instructions.
- 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.