This audit measures whether AI tools are replacing your legal reasoning or supporting it. Your answers show where you still control the judgement and where AI may be making decisions for you.
Never cite a case from AI without opening the original judgment or reliable reporter. A hallucinated citation is professional negligence.
When a junior lawyer uses AI for foundational research, require them to tell you the three most important cases and why, before they write the memo. If they cannot articulate the reasoning, they did not do the work.
Keep a log of every time AI misses something material in your practice area. After five entries, you have identified a blind spot in that tool.
Contract risk analysis: write down your own risks first, then run the contract through AI. Compare the lists. If AI finds something you missed, investigate why. If you find risks AI missed, that is the pattern to watch.
Tell your insurer explicitly which AI tools you use and ask for guidance on how to document verification so you have proof you did not delegate your professional judgement.