Does this order require attorneys to disclose AI use?

No. This instrument applies to pro se filers, not to attorney filings; any disclosure or verification it mentions is a duty of its own addressees.

S.D.N.Y.: Individual Rules and Practices in Civil Pro Se Cases, Section d (Generative AI)…

Judge Jessica G. L. Clarke · U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

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Verified October 1, 2026

Citation: Individual Rules and Practices in Civil Pro Se Cases, Section d (Generative AI) (Judge Jessica G. L. Clarke, S.D.N.Y.)
Order date: January 2026

Status and scope

Applies to pro se filers, not to attorney filings, and imposes no obligation on attorneys. It provides: 'Non-attorney pro se litigants are not prohibited from using generative artificial intelligence ("GAI") in filings or documents related to their cases.'

Does not apply to attorney filings. This instrument binds pro se filers. It is tracked for completeness and imposes no obligation on attorneys.

What the instrument requires of its addressees

'Non-attorney pro se litigants are not prohibited from using generative artificial intelligence ("GAI") in filings or documents related to their cases.'
'However, non-attorney pro se litigants are warned that GAI can generate legal citations that do not exist and other false information.'
'Non-attorney pro se litigants are required, to the extent possible, to cross-check any information, including case citations, produced by GAI.'
No disclosure of AI use is required.

Practice areas: federal civil

Verify this order against the court's official website before relying on it. Standing orders are amended without notice. Requirements vary by judge and case type.

What the rule requires

Section d of Judge Jessica G. L. Clarke’s Individual Rules and Practices in Civil Pro Se Cases (S.D.N.Y., Jan. 2026) addresses non-attorney pro se litigants. It states that they are not prohibited from using generative AI in filings or documents related to their cases, warns that generative AI “can generate legal citations that do not exist and other false information,” and requires them, “to the extent possible, to cross-check any information, including case citations, produced by GAI.”

The section requires no disclosure of AI use and states no consequence of its own. It does not apply to attorneys.

Judge Clarke’s rule for attorneys, in her civil rules, refers counsel using generative AI to Rule 11(b) and Rule 26(g).

Primary source

Individual Rules and Practices in Civil Pro Se Cases (Clarke, J.), January 2026 (PDF)

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Individual Rules and Practices in Civil Pro Se Cases, Section d (Generative AI) (Judge Jessica G. L. Clarke, S.D.N.Y.), U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (January 2026)

https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/practice_documents/JGLC%20Clarke%20Individual%20Rules%20and%20Practices%20in%20Civil%20Pro%20Se%20Cases%201.9.26%20FINAL.pdf

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