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AI Service Evaluation Checklist

Due diligence checklist for evaluating AI-assisted legal services. Covers regulatory status, scope assessment, hallucination risk analysis, and economic analysis.

Time Investment: 15-30 minutes per service

Use Case: Evaluating AI legal services for practice use or client recommendation

From Newsletter Issue #6

Work through the steps below.

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Verify regulatory status of the service provider*

Check if the provider is SRA-authorised, bar-registered, or operates under a regulatory exemption.

Assess the scope of AI involvement*

Determine which tasks are AI-performed vs. human-reviewed.

Evaluate hallucination risk controls*

Check what safeguards are in place against AI generating false information.

Review data handling and confidentiality policies*

Confirm how client data is stored, processed, and protected.

Conduct economic analysis

Compare pricing against traditional services and calculate cost-benefit.

Overall service recommendation