Cook County, Ill. (Law): Standing Order on Jury Trials, AI Provision (Hon. Gerald V. Clea…
Hon. Gerald V. Cleary III · Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Law Division, Trial Section, Courtroom 2303
Verified September 30, 2026
- Citation
- Standing Order on Jury Trials, AI Provision (Hon. Gerald V. Cleary III, Cook County Law Division)
- Order date
- February 14, 2024
Status and former requirement
No longer in force (rescinded); this order does not state current filing practice. While it was operative it required: A party submitting any document, motion, brief or memoranda to the Court must disclose in writing on the submitted document that AI was used in the creation of the document and that the party has verified the existence and accuracy of any authority cited.
What the order required while in force
- A party submitting any document, motion, brief or memoranda to the Court must disclose in writing on the submitted document that AI was used in the creation of the document and that the party has verified the existence and accuracy of any authority cited.
- Disclosure was on the document itself, not a separate certificate.
- 'A failure to do so may result in sanctions.'
- Current text: none. Judge Cleary's Standing Order on Jury Trials as entered March 10, 2025, and again June 17, 2026, contains no AI provision.
Practice areas: state civil
No longer in force
Judge Cleary’s replacement Standing Order on Jury Trials, entered March 10, 2025, deleted the Artificial Intelligence section, and the current version, entered June 17, 2026, likewise contains no AI provision. Judge Cleary still presides in Law Division Courtroom 2303; the removal was his own change. Everything below describes what the February 14, 2024 order required while it was operative.
What the rule required
Judge Cleary’s Standing Order on Jury Trials (Law Division Courtroom 2303), entered February 14, 2024, required that any document, motion, brief, or memoranda submitted to the court disclose in writing on the document itself that AI was used in its creation, and that the party had verified the existence and accuracy of any authority cited.
The rule’s scope was “AI” without a “generative” qualifier. The disclosure mechanism was on-document, not a separate certificate, similar to Judge Horan’s former caption-disclosure approach in Chancery Calendar 9.
R&G data corrections
R&G dates this entry 2024-02-13; the order reads “ENTERED 02/14/2024”. R&G also labels the judge simply “Cleary”; the full name is Hon. Gerald V. Cleary III.
Quotable language
“A party submitting any document, motion, brief or memoranda to the Court must disclose in writing on the submitted document that AI was used in the creation of the document and that the party has verified the existence and accuracy of any authority cited.”
Primary source
Standing Order on Jury Trials, February 14, 2024 (PDF)
Replacement order, March 10, 2025 (PDF); current order, June 17, 2026 (PDF)
How this order changed
Dated record of this order's own lifecycle. Where it was amended or withdrawn, the badge shows its standing after that step.
- activeStanding Order on Jury Trials entered with Section 1, Artificial Intelligence: on-document AI disclosure plus a statement that cited authority was verified. source
- rescindedJudge Cleary enters a replacement Standing Order on Jury Trials with no AI section; the former Section 1 is deleted and the remaining sections renumbered. source
- The current Standing Order on Jury Trials, entered June 17, 2026, likewise contains no AI provision. source