Northern District of Texas: "Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence" first-page brief disclosure (LR 7.2(f) and LCrR 47.2(e))
First-page disclosure for briefs filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, under the heading the local rules require. Leaving it out certifies that no part of the brief was prepared with generative AI.
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Kind
Court document A document filed or served in a court or tribunal.
Version
1
Where it applies
United States, United States federal courts, Texas
AI use
Green The tool writes the first draft inside a template you have already tested. You check it. Without that test, first drafting starts at Yellow.
Source
Written for this library
Status
Maintained. Checked on 7 November 2026 against the 3 authorities it cites, for United States, United States federal courts and Texas.
When to use it
Use on any civil or criminal brief filed in the Northern District of Texas that was prepared using generative AI. If no generative AI was used, omit it: filing without it certifies that none was used. Check the presiding judge's orders for a direction to list the parts prepared with AI.
How to use this precedent
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Use AI only as far as the Green level allows. “How AI may be used” says what AI may and must not do.
Before it goes out, a lawyer checks it against current law and each point under “The lawyer checks”.
How AI may be used
A tool may place the heading and the statement on page 1. The lawyer decides whether the rule's definition is met and what the statement says.
AI may
Insert the heading and statement on the first page in the court's format
Add the parts list where the lawyer says the presiding judge has directed it
AI must not
Must not decide that a tool falls outside the rule's definition
Must not remove the heading from a brief the lawyer has marked as AI-assisted
Must not add a statement that citations were verified
The lawyer checks
Whether any tool used meets the definition: a computer tool, whatever it is called, that can generate new content in response to a prompt by learning from a large reference database
Whether the presiding judge has directed disclosure of the specific parts
That a brief filed without the heading truly had no generative AI input, because omission is a certification