Disclaimer: Using AI for climate-aligned legal content
We provide example AI prompts that you can use and adapt. By using these prompts, you accept these terms and acknowledge the limitations described.
What example prompts do: Help you research, draft and implement climate-aligned legal content.
What they don’t do: Replace your professional judgment or provide legal and commercial advice.
Key definitions
Artificial Intelligence (AI): Computer systems that can perform tasks typically requiring human intelligence, such as understanding language and solving problems. AI ranges from simple rule-based systems to advanced machine learning models.
Legal AI: AI technology specifically designed or adapted for legal work, including tools that analyse contracts and conduct legal research. These systems are trained on legal data to understand legal language and concepts.
Large Language Model (LLM): A type of AI trained on vast amounts of text that can understand and generate human language. LLMs power tools like ChatGPT and Claude, enabling them to answer questions, review documents and generate content.
AI prompt: A way to converse with an LLM and generate a response. This could be a question, instruction or input that helps the AI generate a useful answer.
Before you use a prompt
Never input confidential information. LLMs retain data. Remove client names, sensitive commercial terms, personal data and proprietary information.
AI makes mistakes. It can invent sources, misstate law and legal concepts, and present outdated information confidently. Always verify independently.
Different tools generate different answers. A prompt can produce different results across models. Slightly different prompts used in the same model can also generate different answers, so re-wording and iteration is encouraged.
Your responsibilities
You must:
- Use your professional judgment to evaluate all outputs
- Verify information through authoritative primary sources
- Check that laws, regulations and standards are up-to-date
- Seek independent advice for your specific situation
- Comply with your professional and ethical obligations
- Read how you can use our content and the terms that apply.
Understanding limitations
Knowledge cutoffs. LLMs know more about the structure of language than they do about facts, especially when it comes to current information that may not have been included in their training set. While some LLMs have the capability to search the internet and know developments after their training date, this isn’t always the case.
Hallucinations. LLMs can fabricate citations, invent case law and confidently state false information. Cross-reference all sources and legal references independently.
Jurisdictional gaps. Legal and regulatory requirements vary significantly by location. Ensure compliance with your specific jurisdiction and seek local advice where necessary.
No liability. The Chancery Lane Project accepts no liability for decisions made based on AI-generated content. You use these tools at your own risk.
Best practices
- Start broad, then verify. Use LLMs for initial research and confirm with official sources.
- Cross-reference everything. Check multiple sources for critical information.
- Document your process. Keep records of how you verified AI-generated content.
- Check for updates. Ensure you’re using current example prompts from our website.