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AI-Assisted Legal Research for Government Lawyers

Accountable
Department of Justice Canada (JUS)
Functional Modes
Creating (Generative AI)
Human decides
Purpose
Research & Development
Input Dataset
Operational data Identifiable data
Algorithm or Model
Language Models
Output Dataset
Generated content Anonymized data

This system adds an AI legal research assistant to the Department of Justice Canada's Westlaw Canada subscription, allowing government lawyers to use generative AI to speed up legal tasks such as research and document drafting. It is a pilot project currently under evaluation and is used only by Government of Canada employees. Users are informed that AI is involved in producing results.

This disclosure was drafted with AI assistance.

Schema: ai@2026-05-06-beta

Government of Canada – DTPR AI Register