Effective: 28 October 2025
1. Core Philosophy
We regard AI as an accelerator of human potential, not a replacement for it. Our goal is to deliver legal services that are faster, sharper, and more affordable without sacrificing quality or ethics.
2. Client Cost Control
Overhead that can be automated will be automated. Tasks such as document assembly, consistency checks, citation formatting, and data extraction are handled by secure, firm-controlled AI systems. Clients are billed only for the intellectual value we add, not for keystrokes.
3. Permitted AI Applications
Document workflow: version control, style enforcement, table-of-contents generation, defined-name consistency.
Data room review: flagging duplicates, privilege-log candidates, and date anomalies.
Matter management: deadline tracking, budget forecasting, and resource allocation.
4. Prohibited AI Applications
Unsupervised legal research or citation generation.
Drafting substantive arguments, opinions, or advice without lawyer review.
Transmission of client confidences to third-party AI services.
5. Data Security Protocol
All AI processing occurs on infrastructure we own or contractually control. No client information is uploaded to public large-language models. Training data is anonymized and retained only as long as necessary for audit trails.
6. Human Oversight
Every AI output is reviewed and approved by a qualified lawyer before it leaves the firm. The reviewing lawyer’s name and timestamp appear in the final deliverable metadata.
7. Transparency
At the start of each engagement we disclose which AI tools will be used and obtain client consent. Clients may opt out of any specific tool without affecting representation.
8. Continuous Improvement
We maintain an internal AI committee that meets quarterly to evaluate new tools, audit past performance, and update this policy.
9. Contact
Inquiries about this policy or requests for a redlined workflow diagram: info@ddlaw.ph