| Court - Judge Name |
Effective Date |
Applicable To | Categories |
Summary |
| Cook County Circuit Court – Judge Horan | 4/5/2024 | Generative AI | Generative AI Usage | The order requires all attorneys appearing before the Court to indicate in the caption of any filing if the attorney prepared the filing using large language model artificial intelligence. The order specifically names ChatGPT as an example of a large language model artificial intelligence. The order explicitly states that failure to include the disclosure may result in sanctions for the attorney. |
| Requires Disclosure and/or Verification | ||||
| Applies to AI Used for Filings/Drafting | ||||
| N. D. Illinois – Judge Coleman | 4/3/2024 | Any AI | Any AI Usage | Judge Coleman has a standing order listed on the court’s website titled “Memorandum of Law Requirements” in which she prohibits any use of AI to draft memoranda or “as authority to support” a motion. This language uniquely forbids AI itself from being cited as a source, rather than the more typical practice found in other court orders which address citations created by AI. The order also does not refer to gen AI specifically and applies to any AI. |
| Prohibits Use of AI | ||||
| Applies to AI Used for Research | ||||
| Applies to AI Used for Filings/Drafting | ||||
| N.D. Ill. - Magistrate Judge Gabriel A. Fuentes | 4/2/2024 | Generative AI | Generative AI Usage | This standing order primarily focuses on the use of any “generative AI tool" in the preparation or drafting of documents for filing with the Court and requires disclosure of any filing in which generative AI was used to conduct legal research and/or to draft the document. The order has been revised from its original form, and no longer requires disclosure of which generative AI tools were used or how they were used, while also emphasizing that the order is “not intended” to “discourage use of generative AI” or to “trigger greater judicial scrutiny” of briefs containing such disclosures. |
| Requires Disclosure and/or Verification | ||||
| Applies to AI Used for Research | ||||
| Applies to AI Used for Filings/Drafting | ||||
| Cook County Circuit Court – Judge Cleary | 2/13/2024 | Any AI | Any AI Usage | The standing order requires disclosure if a party has used any AI in the “creation” of a filing. That disclosure must be part of the same document. In such cases, the party must also verify the existence and accuracy of any authority cited. The order does not distinguish between gen AI or other forms of AI, so it is applicable to all AI usage. There are no carveouts or exceptions for AI-powered research tools. |
| Requires Disclosure and/or Verification | ||||
| Applies to AI Used for Filings/Drafting | ||||
| Illinois Human Rights Commission – Judge Weinthal | 8/1/2023 | Generative AI | Generative AI Usage | The standing order cautions parties against using gen AI to compose legal pleadings. The order specifically calls out gen AI products ChatGPT, Harvey.AI, and Google Bard, emphasizing that the platforms “do not provide the necessary guarantees of accuracy and reliability that are required for legal writing.” Lastly, the order reminds parties that they will be responsible for the accuracy of their pleadings and makes clear that use of gen AI will not provide a legal defense to allegations that information provided by such a tool was misleading or untrue. However, this order does not prohibit or restrict the use of Gen AI. |
| Suggests Cautious Use of AI | ||||
| Applies to AI Used for Filings/Drafting | ||||
| N.D. Ill. – Judge Iain D. Johnston | 12/19/2023 | Any AI | Any AI Usage | This standing order applies to AI generally, and reminds both lawyers and pro se litigants to comply with Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 11(b) and 26(g), and any other relevant rules, when using AI “in connection with the filing of a pleading, motion, or paper in this Court or the serving/delivering of a request, response, or objection to discovery.” There are no prohibitions, disclosure requirements, or other limitations on the use of AI. |
| Suggests Cautious Use of AI | ||||
| Applies to AI Used for Research | ||||
| Applies to AI Used for Filings/Drafting | ||||
| N.D. Ill. - Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Cole | 7/21/2023 | Any AI | Any AI Usage | This standing order refers generally to “artificial intelligence” and “AI,” requiring disclosure of the use of any “AI tool” for “research and/or drafting.” The order appears to imply that this disclosure should be in the form of a certification, as it says that “a certification on a filing will be deemed as a representation” that the filer has verified all cited legal authorities in a given document. |
| Requires Disclosure and/or Verification | ||||
| Applies to AI Used for Research | ||||
| Applies to AI Used for Filings/Drafting |
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