---
title: "Build a legal-team GenAI playbook"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/in-house-general-counsel/build-a-legal-team-genai-playbook"
type: "task"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A40-B8-2"
practice_area: "In-House / General Counsel"
tier: "green"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["AU"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Build a legal-team GenAI playbook

> Draft use cases and guardrails.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/in-house-general-counsel/build-a-legal-team-genai-playbook  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [In-House / General Counsel](https://ailawframework.com/practice/in-house-general-counsel.md) |
| Human involvement | Green: AI drafts, lawyer checks |
| How AI is used | Draft use cases and guardrails. |
| What the lawyer must review | GC approves. |
| Written for / versions | 1 jurisdiction versions below |

## Checking plan

**Lawyer review required**

Build a legal-team GenAI playbook

- What the AI does: Draft use cases and guardrails.
- What the lawyer does: GC approves.
- Basis: Area-specific AU source in links
- Written for: AU
- Source basis: Area-specific AU source in links

## Sources

- [Allens: GenAI guide for in-house legal teams](https://www.allens.com.au/insights-news/insights/2023/07/generative-ai-in-practice-a-guide-for-in-house-legal-teams/) (checked 2026-10-10)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [AI vendor due diligence questionnaire (United States)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/in-house-general-counsel/us-ai-vendor-due-diligence-questionnaire.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Questions for a vendor of a generative or agentic AI tool, drawn from the confidentiality, security, retention and supervision points in Formal Opinion 512 and Model Rule 5.3.… |
| [Legal department generative AI policy (United States)](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/in-house-general-counsel/us-legal-department-generative-ai-policy.md) | Policy | Yellow | A short policy for lawyers and staff in a company legal department covering approved tools, what may be input, review of output, and instructions to outside counsel. |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

## Jurisdiction versions

| Jurisdiction | Level |
| --- | --- |
| [United States](https://ailawframework.com/practice/in-house-general-counsel/build-a-legal-team-genai-playbook/united-states.md) | Yellow |

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