The machine processes.The advocate authors.
Shivam Shukla is an Advocate at the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, sole author of AI for Indian Advocates, and creator of the Supervised Intelligence Model, the AI Responsibility Test, and the Five Doctrines of Professional AI Use. The standard was built in litigation, published for the profession, and is now carried into international research.
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Three instruments. One standard.
No national professional standard governs how artificial intelligence is used by India's advocates. Courts are recording the consequences: fabricated citations, unverifiable pleadings, professional conduct findings. This work fills the gap with a working method, not a set of guidelines.
Supervised Intelligence Model
Five stages governing every AI-assisted legal task. Three exclusively human. Two AI-assisted under continuous advocate direction. No stage may be inverted, skipped, or delegated.
AI Responsibility Test
Four questions an advocate must answer before filing AI-assisted work, and before challenging the opponent's. The test operates inward on your own work product and outward as a forensic instrument.
Five Doctrines
The doctrinal foundation of professional AI use: Cognitive Sovereignty, Epistemic Diligence, Fiduciary Confidentiality, Adversarial Anticipation, Intellectual Amplification.
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Research & Writing
Journal papers, the SSRN working paper, conference engagements, and Field Notes recording how the standard meets live developments. For editors, organisers, and academics.
Advisory & Training
CLE sessions, law school workshops, corporate legal team protocols, and individual coaching. Professional formation for practice in a world where AI exists, grounded in SIM and ART.
The Practice
Constitutional and writ jurisdiction, civil and revenue appeals, criminal defence, and family law before the Allahabad High Court. Where every framework in this work was first tested.
No one sells you your judgment. No one sells you your capability. No one sells you your standard. You build all three.
AI for Indian Advocates · 2026Field Notes, dispatched.
Practitioner briefs on AI, law, and professional responsibility, written from inside the courtroom. Sent occasionally. No noise.