List authorities in a draft before it is lodged
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- List each citation in the draft, the reporter or URL printed next to it, and whether the lawyer has marked it as opened. Write no substitute citation and no brief sentence.
- What the lawyer must review
- Section 1003.102(c) disciplines a practitioner who knowingly or with reckless disregard makes a false statement of material fact or law, or who offers false evidence. The same section's signature provision says the practitioner's signature is a certification that the signer has read the document and that, after inquiry reasonable under the circumstances, it is well-grounded in fact and warranted by existing law or by a good-faith argument. The rest of that sentence was cut off in the text opened here, so it is not completed. Policy Memorandum 25-40 does not forbid generative tools and does not require disclosure unless a standing order does. The lawyer opens every citation before lodging. This is not an Administrative Review Tribunal filing.
- Written for / version
- United States versionUS
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
- 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.