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Legal Contract Review Policy
Pre-action governance for legal contract review, drafting, and redlining operations. Enforces firm-specific guardrails, privilege protection, attorney supervision requirements, and jurisdiction controls to prevent malpractice risk and ensure ABA ethics compliance.
v1.0.0
Requirements
Required Capabilities
legal.contract.review
Minimum Assurance Level
L3
Required Limits
allowed_document_types
max_document_size_mb
allowed_contract_jurisdictions
require_attorney_review
privilege_protection_enabled
max_contracts_per_day
allowed_client_tiers
supported_currencies
currency_limits
require_client_consent
require_conflicts_check
require_fee_disclosure
allowed_attorney_jurisdictions
require_matter_isolation
Enforcement Rules
These rules are automatically enforced when using this policy pack
document_type_allowed
document_size_limit
jurisdiction_authorized
attorney_review_required
privilege_protection_enforced
daily_contract_limit
client_tier_authorized
assurance_tier_enforced
idempotency_required
currency_supported
per_currency_value_limit
daily_currency_cap
client_consent_required
conflicts_check_required
fee_disclosure_required
engagement_letter_required
attorney_jurisdiction_authorized
matter_isolation_required
data_encryption_required
supervisor_approval_required
Best Practices
- Cache /verify with ETag; 60s TTL
- Subscribe to status webhooks for instant suspend
- Log all contract review attempts for Verifiable Attestation
- Maintain immutable audit trails for malpractice protection
- Enforce attorney supervision per ABA Formal Opinion 512
- Protect attorney-client privilege in all operations
- Implement document type allowlists for firm-specific guardrails
- Monitor contract review patterns for unusual activity
- Use idempotency keys to prevent duplicate operations
- Track jurisdiction compliance for multi-jurisdictional practice
- Maintain privilege level metadata for all documents
- Require attorney review for high-value contracts based on currency-specific thresholds
- Obtain client consent for AI use per ABA ethics rules
- Perform conflicts of interest checks per ABA Rule 1.7
- Disclose fee reductions from AI use per ABA ethics rules
- Require engagement letters for new client matters
- Verify attorney licensing in contract jurisdiction to prevent UPL violations
- Enforce matter isolation to prevent conflicts with opposing parties
- Encrypt client data per ABA Rule 1.6 confidentiality requirements
- Require supervisor approval for non-lawyer work per ABA Rule 5.3
- Configure per-currency contract value limits for multi-currency operations
- Set document retention policies (typically 7-10 years) for compliance