Draft a plea-advice letter from the brief and instructions
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- Draft a structured advice letter (elements, evidence, options, likely process) from the brief summary the lawyer has approved.
- What the lawyer must review
- Give plea advice yourself and check the client understands
- Do not send a generated letter
- Written for / version
- US
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Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Potential support includes preparing preliminary structure or wording. 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
- 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.
Forms and precedents for this task
| Form or precedent | Kind | AI use | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Client’s written instructions to plead guilty, with record of advice and acknowledgment of the facts | Form | AI use Red | Record signed by an accused person confirming the advice received, that the decision to plead guilty is their own, that they admit the elements and the agreed facts, and what they understand about the discount, the penalty range and consequences. |
Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one. All precedents.