---
title: "Use specialist AI for criminal law research with verification"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/criminal-law/use-specialist-ai-for-criminal-law-research-with-verification"
type: "task"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A20-B6-2"
practice_area: "Criminal Law"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["AU"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-10"
---

# Use specialist AI for criminal law research with verification

> Research with linked citations then verify.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/criminal-law/use-specialist-ai-for-criminal-law-research-with-verification  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-10

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## 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 | Research with linked citations then verify. |
| What the lawyer must review | Lawyer reads authorities. |
| Written for / versions | Australia |

## Checking plan

**Source-by-source verification**

Trace relied-on content to independent sources and check for relevant material the output has missed.

- What the AI does: Research with linked citations then verify.
- What the lawyer does: Lawyer reads authorities.
- Who reviews: Lawyer competent in the matter and the forum
- Basis: Planning guidance checked against the linked public sources on 10 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.
- Why: The traffic light follows the consequence of an error and how much of the output the lawyer must check before it is used.
- Written for: AU

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. Open the cited source and confirm it is the current instrument for this forum and this date.
2. Lawyer reads authorities.
3. Compare the output with the source and the instructions, including material the output left out.
4. The responsible lawyer approves the exact output for its intended use, or sends it back.

## Notes

- Suggested working checks from the linked public sources. Read the source and confirm it applies to this forum and this date. The checks do not approve software or record that the work is done.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: Australia

**Deliverable**: Use specialist AI for criminal law research with verification

**Inputs**

- LawY: AI for criminal lawyers (vendor)
- Uniform Law regulators AI statement
- The matter instructions and the documents the output will rely on.

**Example**: Stop before the result is filed, sent or relied on. Lawyer reads authorities.

**Stop and escalate when**

- The cited source is not the instrument that applies to this forum or this date.
- The output states a fact, date, citation, figure or commitment that is not in the instructions or the source.
- The responsible lawyer has not approved the exact output for its intended use.

Checked 2026-10-10.

## Sources

- [LawY: AI for criminal lawyers (vendor)](https://www.lawy.ai/ai-criminal-law-australia) (checked 2026-10-10)
- [Uniform Law regulators AI statement](https://lsbc.vic.gov.au/news-updates/news/statement-use-artificial-intelligence-australian-legal-practice) (checked 2026-10-10)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*