Review a self-represented litigant's AI-drafted document before filing
Key facts
- Human involvement
- RedLawyer-led
- How AI is used
- Extract every case name, statute, quotation and factual assertion into a list for the lawyer to open. Change nothing in the document.
- What the lawyer must review
- If you present the paper to a federal court, by signing, filing, submitting or later advocating it, you certify under Rule 11(b), after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances, that it is not presented for an improper purpose, that the legal contentions are warranted by existing law or a nonfrivolous argument for changing the law, that the factual contentions have evidentiary support or will likely have it, and that denials are warranted on the evidence. Model Rule 3.3 forbids knowingly making a false statement of fact or law to a tribunal or failing to correct a false statement of material fact or law you previously made. Model Rule 8.4(c) prohibits conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation. Formal Opinion 512 says generated output has included citations to nonexistent opinions and inaccurate analysis, and that even an unintentional misstatement to a court can be a misrepresentation under Rule 8.4(c). You check every authority in a reporter or an official source. Asking another generative tool whether a citation is real is not the check. Some courts require disclosure of generative-AI use. Opinion 512 says to consult the court's local rules. You do not file the client's draft unchanged.
- Written for / version
- United States versionUS
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Supporting preparation only. Potential support includes organising research leads and extracting and organising information. Confirm the tool’s capability and permitted scope. The tool writes nothing into the document. Substantive advice, judgement and any restricted content remain with the responsible human. |
| Lawyer | Perform the substantive analysis and decisions. Independently check any permitted supporting work and approve the exact output for its intended use. |
Checklist
- Open each relied-on authority independently. Confirm its existence, current status, proposition and any quotation or pinpoint reference.
- 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.