Check a paper prepared for filing against Rule 11
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- Extract every legal contention, factual contention, and citation into a list for the lawyer's inquiry. Do not sign or file the paper.
- What the lawyer must review
- Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(b) provides that by presenting a pleading, written motion, or other paper to the court, whether by signing, filing, submitting, or later advocating it, an attorney certifies that to the best of the person's knowledge, information, and belief, formed after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances, the paper is not presented for an improper purpose, the legal contentions are warranted by existing law or a nonfrivolous argument, the factual contentions have evidentiary support or will likely have it, and the denials are warranted on the evidence or are reasonably based on belief or a lack of information. Model Rule 1.1 requires the competence to make that inquiry. You make the inquiry. A judge's standing order on generative tools was not opened.
- Written for / version
- United States versionUS
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Potential support includes extracting and organising information. 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
- 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.