Paste a citation or a paragraph
Five SAMPLE matters
Each button loads a SAMPLE excerpt — not a real filing. Select a matter, then run verification. The backend queries public sources; this page does not display a canned mock report as live.
Carpenter’s SAMPLE plants a hallucinated cite, a real case used for the wrong holding, an ambiguous short form, and a docket outside the public reporter corpus so one run can show live hits and explicit failures together.
Working excerpt
Click a highlighted citation to open its five checks. Color is pass, fail, or needs review.
Five checks
Existence, citation format, holding support, verification path, human review flag.
Table of Authorities
Grouped the way litigators expect. Click a row to select the same cite.
Human review queue
Court-document outputs
Generated from this result set. SAMPLE watermarks stay on. HTML download — no fake PDF library.
One bad citation can be the filing
The free check covers a paste or a SAMPLE excerpt. A full brief or memo needs a document-level pass. Pricing is framed against the cost of one bad citation, not hours saved.
Verify a full brief See pricingThe five checks
Existence. Does this case exist in the reporter?
Citation format. Is the cite well-formed and does it resolve?
Holding support. Does the case stand for the proposition?
Verification path. What was checked, against what source?
Human review flag. Where does a person still have to look?
OWL is a verification layer, not an AI lawyer, a paralegal replacement, or a Westlaw competitor. This page does not publish unsourced accuracy percentages.
Questions lawyers actually ask
How do I verify AI-generated legal citations?
Paste a citation or a paragraph, or load a SAMPLE matter. OWL runs five checks and flags what a person must review. Verification is not legal advice.
What five checks does OWL run?
Existence, citation format, holding support, verification path, and a human review flag. Failures are explicit. Verification is not legal advice.
What does a verification audit trail contain?
The pasted or SAMPLE string, which checks ran, which public source was used, and whether the result was pass, fail, or needs review. Download a report from this page. See the audit-trail note. Verification is not legal advice.
Does OWL replace a lawyer, a paralegal, or Westlaw?
No. OWL is a verification layer, not an AI lawyer, a paralegal replacement, or a Westlaw competitor. Verification is not legal advice. Human review of all outputs is required.
Is the first citation check free?
Yes. No signup and no card. A full brief is on /pricing. Verification is not legal advice.