AI in Legal Practice

The cluster focuses on the use of AI tools like LLMs by lawyers for legal research, drafting motions, and analysis, highlighting risks such as hallucinations creating fake case law and the need for human verification before court use.

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jorisboris Feb 17, 2024 View on HN

Especially once we have ai lawyers ;)

Yoric Jan 24, 2025 View on HN

Do I understand correctly that this is an AI that will be used to sue or otherwise take law-related decisions? What can go wrong?

thfuran Jun 12, 2025 View on HN

People are using LLM slop in legal filings. I'm sure someone somewhere is already using it in worse ways.

victorbjorklund Apr 26, 2025 View on HN

I dont understand how a lawyer can use AI like this and not just spend the little time required to check that the citations actually exist.

ChrisArchitect Nov 14, 2025 View on HN

Related:Vigilante Lawyers Expose the Rising Tide of A.I. Slop in Court Filingshttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/business/lawyers-ai-vigil... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45866504)

lolinder Jan 26, 2023 View on HN

This company is either run by someone who doesn't understand the tech or is willfully fraudulent. ChatGPT and company are far from good enough to be entrusted with law. Having interacted extensively with modern LLMs, I absolutely know something like this would happen:> Defendant (as dictated by AI): The Supreme Court ruled in Johnson v. Smith in 1978...> Judge: There was no case Johnson v. Smith in 1978.LLMs hallucinate, and there is absolutely no space for hallucinati

squiggleblaz Mar 28, 2025 View on HN

Asking the LLM for relevant case law and checking it up - productive use of LLM. Asking the LLM to write your argument for you and not checking it up - unproductive use of LLM. It's the same as with programming.

sumanthchary Oct 3, 2025 View on HN

LegalDeep AI isn't build for replacing the Licensed Professionals, it's build for making there life easier and increasing there productivity. This tool might save there time and money.LegalDeep AI just gives you summaries and analysis not perfect data to share with clients without review by user himself. They can use this for help.

mike-the-mikado May 11, 2025 View on HN

"Why it is the very plausibility of AI-generated case law that should put lawyers on their guard"

sorokod Apr 29, 2024 View on HN

wonder no more [1]In a cringe-inducing court hearing, a lawyer who relied on A.I. to craft a motion full of made-up case law said he “did not comprehend” that the chat bot could lead him astray.[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/08/nyregion/lawyer-chatgpt-s...