Federal AI standing orders, one page per order
What the order requires, in plain words, from the court's own document.
What it requires
The first AI standing order in the nation (May 2023). Every attorney and pro se litigant had to file a certificate attesting either that no portion of any filing would be drafted by generative AI, or that any AI-drafted language would be checked for accuracy by a human, against print reporters or traditional legal databases.
The order's own words
“no portion of any filing will be drafted by generative artificial intelligence (such as ChatGPT, Harvey.AI, or Google Bard)”
Date
Reported 30 May 2023. The court’s page carried no date, then or now, so this date rests on contemporaneous reporting rather than on the court’s own document.
Note
Status re-checked 30 July 2026 against the judge's live requirements page, which lists his current requirements and carries no AI item at all. Shown here as history. The order text is from the archived official page.
The source
Dozens of federal judges keep similar requirements in force. The attorney's receipt answers them in one pass: which AI tools were used, for what, what you personally checked, and your signature over all of it, sealed so any later change shows, and verifiable free by the judge or opposing counsel.
Seven days free, then $349 a month.
A signed record of which AI you used and what you checked, sealed to the exact file you deliver, made on your own machine and checkable free by anyone you send it to.
Every fact on this page was re-read against the court’s own document on 30 July 2026. Standing orders change; confirm against the judge's live page before filing. This page is information, not legal advice.