AI for lawyers
Use AI where it helps—and verify what matters
Practical guidance on legal research, drafting, confidentiality, hallucinations, provenance, and meaningful human review.
6 articles in this topic
Legal AI Verification Has to Go Beyond Checking Citations
A practical review method for checking legal authority, factual claims, quotations, omissions, and reasoning before AI-assisted work leaves a lawyer's desk.
Read article →Before Your Firm Adopts an AI Tool: A Task-by-Task Risk Test
A practical framework for deciding which legal tasks an AI tool may assist with, what evidence its output needs, and where human review must remain decisive.
Read article →A Law Firm AI Policy People Will Actually Follow
A practical AI policy for law firms: approved tools, permitted information, required review, and a clear route for questions and exceptions.
Read article →When Should a Lawyer Tell a Client That AI Was Used?
A practical way to decide when AI use calls for client consent, disclosure, a court filing statement, or a conversation about fees.
Read article →What Is an AI Hallucination, and Why Is It Dangerous in Legal Work?
A documented legal example of fabricated authority, why fluent AI output can be false, and what lawyers should verify before relying on AI-assisted research.
Read article →Can You Use AI for Legal Research Without Risking Client Confidentiality?
What ABA Formal Opinion 512 means for prompts, client information, provider terms, local AI, verification, and fees.
Read article →Usus Legal Technology Brief
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