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Aanbevelingen AI in de advocatuur

Nederlandse orde van advocaten (Netherlands Bar)

last revised 2025-12-01last verified 2026-09-041 versioncountry page →

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The Dutch Bar's recommendations on responsible AI use, published at the end of 2025 and organised around the five statutory core values of the profession. They are notable in Europe for recommending that lawyers ask the client's permission before using AI on a file, and for requiring manual verification of every citation and fact.

Applies to
lawyers, firms
Effective
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Current version
First version · 01 Dec 2025
Last verified
04 Sept 2026
Official text
www.advocatenorde.nl/voor-advocaten/digitalisering-ai/aanbevelingen-ai…

What the document requires

  • Deskundigheid: basic knowledge of generative AI is essential for every lawyer — LLM principles, prompting, bias mitigation, hallucinations, error detection, regulation and cybersecurity.
  • 'Verifieer altijd de output': check citations, case law and facts manually before use, and use only tools that cite sources.
  • 'Vraag toestemming aan de cliënt voor AI-gebruik in het dossier' — seek client permission for AI use on the matter.
  • No confidential or client data in free or public AI models; apply privacy by design, run a DPIA, and keep input and output inside the firm environment.
  • Know the data flows — storage country, sub-processors, security — and select suppliers by reading the actual contract and privacy terms, not marketing claims.
  • Onafhankelijkheid: supervise staff and suppliers, adopt a firm-wide AI policy and implement a control cycle; be alert to tools that simply confirm the prompt.

Version history

VersionDateWhat changedSource
First versioncurrent2025-12-01First NOvA AI recommendations, prepared by the projectgroep Digitalisering & AI; reported by Het Advocatenblad on 10 December 2025. Month-only date: the source gives the month, so the 1st is recorded as the date.official

Sources

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SafeLegalAI Legal AI Regulation Tracker, "Aanbevelingen AI in de advocatuur" (Nederlandse orde van advocaten (Netherlands Bar), First version, 2025-12-01), safelegalai.com/regulation/other/nl-nova-aanbevelingen-ai-advocatuur (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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