Check a draft civil filing before a tool's text is used
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- For each citation in the draft, record whether it appears in a source the lawyer supplies. Flag a citation that does not. Do not rewrite the filing.
- What the lawyer must review
- You decide what is filed. Rule 11(b) is your certification, by presenting the paper, that it is not for an improper purpose, that the legal contentions are warranted, and that the factual contentions have evidentiary support or are specifically identified as likely to have it. Model Rule 3.3 is the duty of candor. Formal Opinion 512 warns against a citation you have not checked. No court's generative-tool order was opened. You open the order of the court that will receive the paper. A citation that is not in a source you supply stays out.
- Written for / version
- United States versionUS
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Potential support includes preparing preliminary structure or wording and identifying points for review. 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.
- 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.