Advise a service member on the court-martial forum
Key facts
- Human involvement
- RedLawyer-led
- How AI is used
- List the forum the charge sheet offers and the Article 16 types. Write no advice on which forum to choose.
- What the lawyer must review
- You advise, after consultation that Article 16 itself requires where it applies. Article 16 (10 U.S.C. § 816) classifies general, special and summary courts-martial. A general court-martial may consist of a military judge and eight members, or, in a capital case, a military judge and the number of members set under Article 25a, or a military judge alone if, before the court is assembled, the accused, knowing the judge’s identity and after consultation with defence counsel, requests a judge alone and the military judge approves. Read the rest of Article 16 for special and summary courts-martial. Opinion 512: do not send the advice out of a generated draft you have not written yourself.
- Written for / version
- United States versionUS
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Supporting preparation only. Consider narrowly defined preparation support after confirming 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
- 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.