Technology
Aug. 3, 2026
Are AI-generated briefs persuasive?
AI can produce well-researched and logically organized appellate briefs, but experienced appellate lawyers remain better at strategic judgment, persuasive advocacy and anticipating the human factors that can influence judicial decision-making.
Myron Moskovitz
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Moskovitz Appellate Team
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UC Berkeley SOL Boalt Hal
An increasing number of lawyers have been filing appellate briefs written by ChatGPT, Claude and other artificial intelligence programs.
Some of these briefs have made news, due to AI-generated "hallucinations" that include wildly inaccurate summaries of reported cases (including fake quotations). Some have cited cases that do not even exist.
This annoys judges, because it loads them with extra work and tarnishes the image of the ...
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