Authority Matters: Cite Checking & Verification in the AI Era

As generative AI becomes more widely used, citation verification is more important than ever. Courts increasingly treat submission of unverified AI-generated citations as a professional responsibility issue. Consequences extend beyond individual cases and can affect firm reputation, client relationships, recruiting, and attorney credibility.

Fortunately, there are tools available within the LexisNexis ecosystem to help legal professionals validate citations and reduce risk.

LexisNexis Verification Solutions

Lexis+

• Use Get & Print to retrieve and validate cited materials.

• Use Brief Analysis to easily review citations and authorities. 

Lexis+ with Protégé (with Shepard's Verify coming soon)

• Ask Protégé to Shepardize uploaded documents.
  • Note that you can Shepardize single documents currently in Protégé.
• Use AI-assisted citation verification within the workflow.

• Identify legal citations.
• Validate citations against authoritative LexisNexis content.
• Flag citations that cannot be verified.
• Display trust indicators directly within AI responses and uploaded documents.
• Later this year you will be able to expand validation beyond citation existence to include quotations, case names, and legal propositions/misattributions.

Authority matters. As AI becomes increasingly embedded in legal research, attorneys and law librarians must ensure that citations, quotations, and legal propositions are verified against authoritative sources. Effective verification is essential for maintaining credibility, reducing risk, and meeting professional responsibilities in the AI era.

Reach out to your Knowledge & Research Consultant with any questions on any of these tools!