Ethics & Limitations
Responsible research practices and known limitations of the system.
Public Datasets Only
CourtListener data used under CC BY-ND 4.0. LePaRD is open research data. No private or proprietary legal data.
No Human Annotation
Hallucination measurement is fully automated via LePaRD gold labels and DeBERTa-v3 NLI. No crowdsourced or paid annotators.
No Built-in Moderation
Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.2 has no built-in moderation per its model card. Outputs used strictly for retrieval research under academic supervision.
PII Handling
PII handling follows CourtListener and LePaRD provider redaction practices. No additional PII collection or processing.
Scope Limitations
Tier C verifies citation existence and local evidence support only — not full legal reasoning correctness. System outputs are not legal advice.
Academic Use Only
This system is a research prototype. Results should not be used for actual legal practice or decision-making.
API Placeholder
GET /api/ethics — returns ethics statement and limitations summary (pending)