Professional practice · 3 min read
Where human review belongs in a legal AI workflow
Useful legal AI should give the lawyer better material to examine. It should also make the moment of human judgement explicit.
The source check
A lawyer should be able to open the underlying authority and confirm the answer against it. Citations support this task; they do not complete it.
The matter check
A general legal proposition must be tested against the client's facts, instructions, procedural posture and applicable dates.
The final decision
The practitioner determines whether the output is accurate, appropriate and ready to use. Supervision and accountability remain with the professional team.
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