Summarise a supplied judgment for a practice-group know-how note
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- Summarise only the judgment text that was supplied, and list each citation exactly as that text prints it. If the text does not contain a citation, do not add one. Write no sentence of the know-how note.
- What the lawyer must review
- You write the note that the practice group will use, and you read the judgment. Model Rule 1.1 requires competent representation. ABA Formal Opinion 512 says these tools can hallucinate, that uncritical reliance can breach Rule 1.1, and that citations and analysis must be reviewed before they are used, including before they are given to a court. Model Rule 3.3(a) forbids a lawyer knowingly to make a false statement of fact or law to a tribunal or to fail to correct a false statement of material fact or law the lawyer previously made. A summary that adds a case the supplied text does not contain is not a summary. You check every proposition before the note is circulated.
- Written for / version
- United States versionUS
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Potential support includes summarising source material. 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.
- 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.