---
title: "List authorities in a draft before it is lodged"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/immigration-and-migration-law/verify-authorities-in-a-migration-submission-before-lodging/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A30-B6-1-US"
practice_area: "Immigration & Migration Law"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# List authorities in a draft before it is lodged

> 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.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/immigration-and-migration-law/verify-authorities-in-a-migration-submission-before-lodging/united-states  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Immigration & Migration Law](https://ailawframework.com/practice/immigration-and-migration-law.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| 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 | United States |
| Applies to | [Verify authorities in a migration submission before lodging](https://ailawframework.com/practice/immigration-and-migration-law/verify-authorities-in-a-migration-submission-before-lodging.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: 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.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- A citation the lawyer has not opened stays on the unchecked list.
- Do not replace a citation with one the tool suggests.

## Sources

- [8 C.F.R. section 1003.102, Grounds for discipline](https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/1003.102) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [EOIR Policy Memorandum 25-40 (8 August 2025)](https://www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1410621/dl?inline) (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)

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