Checklist · Legal Aid & Community Legal Practice
Sign-off checklist for AI-assisted self-help factsheets and kits
Pre-publication checklist for community legal information drafted with AI: legal accuracy against primary sources, jurisdiction and currency, plain language and accessibility, translation, copyright, privacy, AI disclosure and named practitioner sign-off.
- Kind
- Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Where it applies
- Australia
- AI use
- Yellow AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at
- 17 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked against the cited sources on 17 October 2026.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use before publishing any factsheet, web page, kit or script for the public that AI helped draft, summarise or translate. Use it also for updates to existing material. Do not use it for personalised advice to a client, which needs a lawyer's full review.
How AI may be used
AI may produce plain-language drafts, summaries and first-draft translations of self-help material. A practitioner checks legal accuracy, currency and jurisdiction against primary sources, and community and language reviewers check usability, before publication.
AI may
- Draft plain-language explanations from primary sources and the centre's approved content
- Suggest simpler wording and structure, and check reading level
- Produce first-draft translations for review by a qualified translator and a community reviewer
AI must not
- Must not be the source of any legal statement, deadline, fee or form reference that has not been checked against the primary source
- Must not reproduce text from copyright material that does not allow commercial reuse or adaptation
- Must not include real client stories or identifying details
The lawyer checks
- Every legal statement is checked against current legislation, rules or official guidance, with the date checked
- The jurisdiction is stated and the material does not mislead readers in other places
- Time limits, fees and form names are current and flagged for review
- A named practitioner signs off and a review date is set
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
Official form
Open the official form. Always use the current version from the issuer.
Read the full text
The full text is for signed-in accounts. It is free. When you sign in you can:
- read the whole precedent, with its drafting notes beside it;
- copy it, or download it as a Word file or Markdown;
- add it to your firm’s knowledge base, so colleagues can find it;
- let the AI tools you connect read it from that knowledge base.
The summary, the law it rests on and the AI-use guidance above stay public. Privacy.
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