Methodology

    How Judicio answers —
    and why you can check it

    Judicio grounds every answer in retrieved primary sources, labels each citation with deterministic code rather than the AI model, stores a permanent snapshot of every source so citations don’t rot, confirms the jurisdiction an answer applies to, and keeps a qualified human in control of the final review. The output is informational — a fast, verifiable first pass — and it is not legal advice.

    Last reviewed · 14 Jun 2026
    §01 — The pipeline

    From your question to a checkable answer

    One research question — “Is a scanned copy of a signed lease admissible in evidence?” — followed through every stage, so you can see exactly where the answer comes from and where the AI does and doesn’t have a say.

    §01.1Sources

    Primary law first

    Research runs on 33 dedicated legal databases connected directly to primary law across 100+ jurisdictions — Indian Kanoon, CourtListener, EUR-Lex, and the UK’s Find Case Law and BAILII among them — with curated legal web search everywhere else. Answers start from real authorities, not from whatever a model happens to remember.

    §01.2Retrieval

    Your question finds real passages

    Put the question as you would frame the issue. Judicio detects the jurisdiction and confirms it before assuming, asks a clarifying question instead of guessing, and retrieves the passages that actually speak to the point — ranked by how directly they answer it.

    §01.3Grounding

    Answers assembled from what was retrieved

    The answer is written from the retrieved passages — the model’s job is to retrieve and explain the law — and every claim carries an inline citation you can open. The answer is explicit about which body of law it draws from, rather than blending authorities from everywhere into one undifferentiated answer.

    §01.4Citations

    Labels written by code, not the model

    The citation label you see — the case name, statute section, page, or paragraph — is produced deterministically from the actual source metadata, never written by the language model. That removes the single most common failure of generic AI: a plausible-looking citation that doesn’t exist.

    §01.5Verification & limits

    You check; a human decides

    Every finding carries a confidence score and cites the exact page and passage — click the citation and the source opens with the passage highlighted, preserved as it stood when the work was done. AI makes the fast first pass; a qualified professional reviews and decides, and the output is informational, not legal advice.

    §02 — What we don’t do

    Stated in the negative, on the record

    The claims that matter most are the ones about what never happens. Three refusals — and the one affirmative duty that makes them checkable.

    We don’tN-01

    Train on your documents

    Your documents and prompts are never used to train AI models. Your data stays yours and is used only to serve your own work.

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    We don’tN-02

    Invent citations

    Citation labels are generated deterministically from real source metadata rather than written by the language model, and each one points to a stored snapshot of the actual document.

    See §01.4 — deterministic citations
    We don’tN-03

    Give legal advice

    Judicio is a tool for legal professionals, not a law firm. Its output is informational — a fast, well-sourced first pass that a qualified human reviews and remains responsible for.

    Full notice at §05 below
    We doN-04

    Give you sources you can open

    Every research answer, finding, and extracted fact links to its source. You click the citation, read the highlighted passage in its permanent snapshot, and confirm it for yourself.

    The affirmative duty that makes N-01 – N-03 checkable
    §03 — Coverage

    What the pipeline draws on

    Coverage grows and sources are refreshed on an ongoing basis — and whatever changes upstream, every citation in your work stays pinned to the permanent snapshot it was built on.
    §04 — Editorial standards

    Editorial standards for our content

    The same citation-first discipline applies to the guides and explainers we publish, not only to the product. Here is who writes them, how they are reviewed, and how to flag a problem.

    ED-01
    Who writes and reviews

    Articles come from the Judicio editorial team — legal-technology writers working with practising lawyers and the product team — and a person reviews every piece against primary sources before it is published.

    ED-02
    Citation-first

    We write from statutes, case law, and official sources and link to them, rather than publishing unverified model output.

    ED-03
    Human-in-the-loop

    AI assists with research and drafting, but a human edits and approves every article. Our content is informational and is not legal advice for a specific matter.

    ED-04
    Corrections

    We date material when it is updated and fix errors on report — email help@judicio.ai and we will review the page.

    §05 — Not legal advice
    Notice

    An important disclaimer

    Judicio is a tool for legal professionals, not a law firm, and its output is not legal advice. The platform is designed to make a fast, well-sourced first pass that a qualified human then reviews. Citations and analysis should always be verified against the primary source before you rely on them, and the professional reviewing the work remains responsible for it.

    Informational outputQualified human reviewVerify before you rely or file
    §06 — Questions

    Methodology FAQ

    §06.1Does Judicio make up citations?

    No. Citation labels are generated deterministically from real source metadata rather than written by the language model, and each one points to a stored snapshot of the actual document. The model's job is to retrieve and explain the law; it does not invent the citation.

    §06.2Is Judicio's output legal advice?

    No. Judicio is a tool for legal professionals and its output is informational, not legal advice. A qualified human remains responsible for reviewing the work and for any decision based on it. Always verify before you rely on or file anything.

    §06.3Can I verify where an answer came from?

    Yes — that is the core of the design. Every research answer, finding, and extracted fact links to its source. You click the citation, read the highlighted passage in its permanent snapshot, and confirm it for yourself.

    §06.4What happens if a source changes after I use it?

    Your work stays anchored to the version you used. Because Judicio stores a fixed snapshot of each cited source, a later edit or takedown on the open web doesn't change what your answer was built on — you can always return to the exact page and passage as it stood.

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