---
title: "No-advice notice for a client-facing tool (United States)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/client-facing-and-access-to-justice-ai-tools/us-client-facing-tool-no-advice-notice"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a43-us-client-facing-tool-no-advice-notice"
area_id: "A43"
kind: "notice"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A43-T1-R1", "A43-T1-R2", "A43-A20260923-1"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# No-advice notice for a client-facing tool (United States)

> A fixed notice that a client-facing tool is not a lawyer, does not give legal advice, and does not create a client-lawyer relationship. The firm approves the words once. The tool does not vary them.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/client-facing-and-access-to-justice-ai-tools/us-client-facing-tool-no-advice-notice  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Notice. A formal notice to serve or publish.
- Practice area: [Client-facing & access-to-justice AI tools](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/client-facing-and-access-to-justice-ai-tools.md)
- Jurisdictions: United States
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the 4 authorities it cites, for United States.

## When to use it

Use on a firm or legal-aid site, chatbot or intake flow that a person who is not yet a client can use. Do not use it to bless a tool that answers legal questions in the user's situation. That tool needs a separate decision.

## Used for these tasks

- [Review a client-facing chatbot or intake script against the no-advice line](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/client-facing-and-access-to-justice-ai-tools/review-a-client-facing-chatbot-or-intake-script-against-the-no-advice-li.md)
- [Review public self-help content for accuracy and the advice line](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/client-facing-and-access-to-justice-ai-tools/review-public-self-help-content-for-accuracy-and-the-advice-line.md)
- [Build an escalation matrix for a client-facing tool](https://ailawframework.com/obligations/client-facing-and-access-to-justice-ai-tools/build-an-escalation-matrix-for-a-client-facing-tool.md)

## How AI may be used

Once a lawyer has approved this notice for a named tool, a system may display that approved text with the firm name and tool name filled in. It may not rewrite the notice for a user.

**AI may:**

- Insert the approved firm name, tool name and contact method into the approved notice
- Show the notice before the first question and keep it reachable from every screen of the tool

**AI must not:**

- Must not change the no-advice sentences to fit a user's question
- Must not add a legal conclusion, a prediction, or a statement that a lawyer has reviewed the user's situation
- Must not say a client-lawyer relationship exists

**The lawyer checks:**

- The approved text matches this notice and names the real tool
- The tool cannot answer a user's legal question in the user's own facts, or a lawyer reviews any such answer before it is shown
- A path to a person is stated, and the notice is visible without an extra account

## Authorities

- [ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Formal Opinion 512, Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools (July 29, 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf)
- [ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 1.1 (Competence)](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_1_competence/)
- [ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 1.4 (Communications)](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_4_communications/)
- [State Bar of California, Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct, Practical Guidance for the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Practice of Law (2026 revision, replacing the November 2023 guidance)](https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/ethics/Generative-AI-Practical-Guidance.pdf)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/client-facing-and-access-to-justice-ai-tools/us-client-facing-tool-no-advice-notice and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*