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Dec. 26, 2025

How legal professionals are using AI with Judge Erica R. Yew

Judge Erica R. Yew was appointed to the Santa Clara County Superior Court by Gov. Gray Davis in 2001. Yew is a member of the Access to Justice Working Group at the TRI/NCSC AI Policy Consortium for Law & Courts. She is a past President of the California Judges Association and has previously served on the California Commission on Judicial Performance.

How legal professionals are using AI with Judge Erica R. Yew
Judge Erica R. Yew

What specific task or workflow in your practice, chambers, or studies has AI changed most dramatically, and what does that look like day-to-day?

For me in my current assignment, which is treatment court, there have been no changes.

When you're using AI tools for legal research or drafting, how do you verify the output? What's your process for catching hallucinations or errors?

When I am researching something, I treat the...

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