---
title: "Build the hearing-day list from the papers in the file"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/criminal-law/prepare-the-defended-hearing-attendance-checklist/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A20-P20260916-4-US"
practice_area: "Criminal Law"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Build the hearing-day list from the papers in the file

> List the date, the court, and the next step as the notice or order states them, and any federal release condition the order imposes. Do not add a condition.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/criminal-law/prepare-the-defended-hearing-attendance-checklist/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Criminal Law](https://ailawframework.com/practice/criminal-law.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | List the date, the court, and the next step as the notice or order states them, and any federal release condition the order imposes. Do not add a condition. |
| What the lawyer must review | You check the list against the notice. Model Rule 1.4(a)(3) requires you to keep the client informed. If the order is a federal release order, § 3142(c) is the conditions statute, and the list may contain only conditions the order imposes. A state bail order is not reviewed under § 3142. Formal Opinion 512 applies if the papers go into a tool. A time that is not in the notice is not guessed. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Prepare the defended-hearing attendance checklist](https://ailawframework.com/practice/criminal-law/prepare-the-defended-hearing-attendance-checklist.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: List the date, the court, and the next step as the notice or order states them, and any federal release condition the order imposes. Do not add a condition.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Do not describe detention as release.
- Bring the order to the hearing. The list is not a substitute for it.

## Sources

- [ABA Model Rule 1.4, Communications](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_4_communications/) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [18 U.S.C. § 3142 (release or detention pending trial)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/3142) (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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Defended hearing preparation and attendance checklist (NSW Local Court summary proceedings)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/criminal-law/defended-hearing-preparation-attendance-checklist-nsw.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Checklist for a defended hearing in the NSW Local Court: brief served and complete, objections, defence witnesses and subpoenas, client attendance and the risk of a hearing in absence, interpreters,… |

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.*