Draft an AI addendum to a technology contract
Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- From the playbook positions the lawyer has marked, produce a first draft of training-use, output, audit and suspension clauses. The lawyer settles every sentence before the addendum is sent or signed.
- What the lawyer must review
- The addendum will be signed, so the lawyer treats the draft as a working text. Rule 1.1 and Formal Opinion 512 require review of generated contract language. Rule 1.6 still governs what may be pasted into a tool to produce the draft. Where the addendum is meant to make the vendor a California service provider, the contract must contain the prohibitions in Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.140(ag), including the written-contract requirement and the notice duty if the provider engages another person to process the information.
- Written for / version
- United States versionUS
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Potential support includes preparing preliminary structure or wording. 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
- Review operative clauses in the complete document, including definitions, cross-references, schedules and inconsistencies with the instructions.
- 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.