The essential position.
WHAT IT CAN ASSIST WITH
First-draft documents, for review Summarising material you supply Extracting terms from contracts Reviewing documents at volume, with verification Explaining concepts Administrative work
WHAT IT MUST NOT DO
Provide legal advice Determine a position Cite authority Replace professional judgement Be relied upon without verification
THE CITATION PROBLEM
This is the defining risk in legal practice.
Language models invent cases. They generate plausible citations, plausible parties, plausible holdings, none of which exist.
Practitioners have been sanctioned for filing documents containing fabricated authorities.
Never cite anything without retrieving and reading the actual authority.
THE PROFESSIONAL POSITION
You remain responsible for every document you file and every piece of advice you give.
Your regulator's rules apply regardless of what produced the draft.
WHERE THE BENEFIT IS REAL
Drafting speed, document review at volume, and administrative time.
WHAT THIS SECTION ASSUMES
That you are qualified and that your jurisdiction's rules and your regulator's guidance take precedence.
