What is Ethical Wall?
Access controls and procedures that keep people with a conflict of interest away from a matter's information. AI tools and the knowledge sources they search need to respect the same wall.
badge 07 · door shut · AI hatch shut
An ethical wall is…
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In real work
Jamal once represented the other side, so the firm set up an ethical wall and confirmed its AI search would not show him documents from that matter.
In the illustration
Badge 07 is on the wall's conflict plate. It is tried at the staff door and the lock bar holds; the same badge then sends the AI's retrieval arm to the hatch, and the same bar keeps that shut too.
Draft an ethical wall checklist in your legal AI tool for this sample conflict: who is screened, which folders and knowledge sources are blocked, how access is tested, and who signs off. Flag any gap you see.
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