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title: "Sign-off checklist for AI-assisted self-help factsheets and kits"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/legal-aid-and-community-legal-practice/ai-self-help-factsheet-signoff"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a54-ai-self-help-factsheet-signoff"
area_id: "A54"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-17"
---

# 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…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/legal-aid-and-community-legal-practice/ai-self-help-factsheet-signoff  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-17

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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.

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Legal Aid & Community Legal Practice](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/legal-aid-and-community-legal-practice.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia
- AI level: Yellow. AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-17
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-17 against the 6 authorities it cites, for Australia.

## 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

## Authorities

- [Statement on the use of artificial intelligence in Australian legal practice (Law Society of NSW, Legal Practice Board of WA, Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner, 6 December 2024)](https://lsbc.vic.gov.au/news-updates/news/statement-use-artificial-intelligence-australian-legal-practice)
- [Legal Profession Uniform Law Australian Solicitors' Conduct Rules 2015 r 4.1.3](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/whole/html/inforce/current/sl-2015-0244)
- [Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) Sch 2 s 18 (Australian Consumer Law)](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A00109/latest/text)
- [Copyright Act 1968 (Cth)](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C1968A00063/latest/text)
- [Supreme Court of NSW Practice Note SC Gen 23 – Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI), paras 12 to 17](https://supremecourt.nsw.gov.au/documents/Practice-and-Procedure/Practice-Notes/general/current/PN_SC_Gen_23.pdf)
- [Federal Court of Australia, Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence Practice Note (GPN-AI), 16 April 2026](https://www.fedcourt.gov.au/law-and-practice/practice-documents/practice-notes/gpn-ai)

## Official form

[Official form](https://lsbc.vic.gov.au/news-updates/news/statement-use-artificial-intelligence-australian-legal-practice)

## 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/legal-aid-and-community-legal-practice/ai-self-help-factsheet-signoff 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.*