Stop Letting AI Draft Your Filings to the Court!

Yesterday, 7 July 2025, two lawyers in Colorado were fined by the court for submitting error-filled motions which included citations to non-existent cases and misinterpretations. AI, at best, may help you with a first draft but if you don’t check every single thing that the model generated then you are just asking to take hits to both your reputation and your wallet.

The lawyers in Colorado were fined $3,000 each. Earlier this year, in California, a judge issued sanctions against two law firms who used AI in briefs to the court. Of course, the AI hallucinated the cases which is cited. Those sanctions totaled $31,000.

As somebody learning law, you’re learning research; writing; and citation for a reason.

As somebody practicing law, you learned research; writing; and citation for a reason.