Check authorities and the record before filing a federal submission
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- Extract every case name, statute, quotation and record cite from the draft into a verification list.
- What the lawyer must review
- Open each authority in a reporter or official database
- Sign only what you can certify under Rule 11
- Do not ask another tool whether cites are real; that does not satisfy Mata or Opinion 512
- Written for / version
- United States versionUS
Rules that apply
The document starts from the task name. Change it if this piece of work is different.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Potential support includes organising research leads and extracting and organising information. Confirm the tool’s capability and permitted scope. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Open each relied-on authority independently. Confirm its existence, current status, proposition and any quotation or pinpoint reference.
- Check the current court or regulator requirements, prescribed form and attachments for the intended document and filing.
- 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.