Apply ethical walls to AI knowledge tools

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Key facts

Human involvement
RedLawyer-led
How AI is used
Ensure walled matters are excluded from AI retrieval for blocked users.
What the lawyer must review
Risk partner signs off on the configuration.
Written for / version
Written for Australia

The work product

Forum. Australia

Produce. Apply ethical walls to AI knowledge tools

Have ready. Epiq/Intapp Walls: ethical walls and AI risk (vendor); The matter instructions and the documents the output will rely on..

Example of the limit. Stop before the result is filed, sent or relied on. Risk partner signs off on the configuration.

Stop and hand it back 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.

Sources for this task were checked on 2026-10-10.

Who does what

Who does what
RoleWhat they do
AssistanceDo not begin AI assistance until the responsible lawyer has defined and confirmed its permitted scope.
LawyerPerform the substantive analysis and decisions. Independently check any permitted supporting work and approve the exact output for its intended use.

Checklist

  1. Open the cited source and confirm it is the current instrument for this forum and this date.
  2. Risk partner signs off on the configuration.
  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.

Sources

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.

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