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Incorrect legal information is generally less beneficial than no information at all. A dice roll of correct or incorrect information is potentially even worse.


Lawyers are famously never wrong


Lawyers are famously subject to sanctions and malpractice lawsuits if they, say, don’t read the motions they file on your behalf.


Yes yes, there are many annoying rules in the legal system meant to keep regular people from having any legal power directly.


Lawyers are required to actually cite properly and check their citations are correct, as well as verify they are citing precedent that is still good (ie has not been overturned).

This is known as shepardizing.

This is done automatically without AI and has been for decades.




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