Using AI for Legal/Policy Review: Cautions

Where AI can help with first-pass review and where human experts must decide.

Use approved data only. Treat AI output as a draft and verify facts.
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Legal and Policy Review: Cautions

Good uses

  • Create a first-pass checklist from approved policy text.
  • Compare two approved excerpts and identify differences.
  • Rewrite dense policy language into plain-language training material for review.

Do not use AI to

  • Provide final legal advice.
  • Make employment, eligibility, disciplinary, or compliance decisions.
  • Process regulated or privileged information in an unapproved tool.

Human review

A qualified owner must review outputs before they are shared, relied on, or used in a decision.