AI first drafts anchor legal thinking before lawyers have a chance to form their own
AI-summarised brief · reviewed before publication
Lawyers are increasingly relying on AI-generated drafts, which can quietly hijack their judgment by anchoring their thinking. This "First Draft Trap" inverts the core training of the legal profession, which emphasizes resisting obvious answers and considering multiple possibilities. By accepting AI drafts, lawyers may bypass the sophisticated thinking required of their profession, sacrificing peripheral vision and critical analysis for a fast, intuitive solution.