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ABA Model Rules for legal AI workflows

ABA Model Rules in legal AI workflows: what compliance requires, who asks for evidence, and the records to keep.

Legal forceModel rules; binding only as adopted by each state's highest court
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Checked21 Oct 2026

01 / The rule

What ABA Model Rules requires

Lawyers and law firms licensed in jurisdictions that have adopted versions of the ABA Model Rules (nearly every US state).

  1. 01Rule 1.1 and Comment 8: understand the benefits and risks of AI tools used, and verify their output.
  2. 02Rule 1.4: consult clients about the means used, including AI use that affects fees or significant decisions.
  3. 03Rule 1.6(c): make reasonable efforts to prevent unauthorized disclosure of client information entered into AI tools.
  4. 04Rule 3.3: make no false statements of law or fact to a tribunal, including AI-generated citations, and correct any made.
  5. 05Rule 5.1: partners and managers must have firm measures, such as AI-use policies, ensuring lawyers comply.
  6. 06Rule 5.3: supervise nonlawyer assistance, including AI vendors and tools, so conduct is compatible with the lawyer's duties.

02 / In this sector

In a legal AI workflow

No Model Rule names AI, but the 2012 technology amendments and Opinion 512 make clear the existing duties cover generative AI. Filing unverified AI output has led to court sanctions, such as Mata v. Avianca (S.D.N.Y. 2023).

Usually asked by

General counsel and litigation support.

Named alongside

FRE 702 · ABA Model Rules.

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03 / Records

Records to keep

  1. 01Firm AI-use policy and approved-tool list
  2. 02Vendor confidentiality and data-use review for each AI tool
  3. 03Records of human verification of AI-drafted filings
  4. 04Client consent or disclosure records for AI use

Optional evidence · where Planisphere fits

Keep a record anyone can check

When your team meets a duty, Planisphere can seal the event it reports as a receipt.

01 · Your teamRecord the event

A disclosure shown, a review signed, a model change approved: the event your system reports.

02 · PlanisphereSeal it

The event becomes a sealed receipt, dated and attributed to whoever is signed in.

03 · AnyoneCheck it

Paste the receipt into Verify. No account or key.

A record supports your compliance evidence process. It is not a legal finding or a certification. Systems that call Planisphere's gate API can also hold or refuse an action before it runs.

SOURCES

Go back to the source

PRIMARY
Model Rules of Professional Conduct

American Bar Association

PRIMARY
ABA Formal Opinion 512: Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools

American Bar Association Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility

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