Why copyright compliance matters in legal practice Law firms and barristers’ chambers reuse published content every day, whether for legal research, case work, client advice, internal knowledge sharing or prompting generative AI tools. Understanding how published content is reused across your organisation is an important first step in assessing whether you have the appropriate copyright permissions and governance in place. We’ve created a handy checklist to help organisations assess whether they are at risk of copyright infringement. "*" indicates required fields PhoneThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. 1. Does your organisation have a procedure for obtaining copyright permissions?*YesNot sureNo2. Does your organisation have a copyright compliance policy written by a qualified legal professional?*YesNot sureNo2.b. If yes, is this copyright policy regularly updated and communicated to employees?*YesNot sureNo3. Does your organisation save or store published content? (e.g. on a local device, a shared drive, an intranet, or firm website)*YesNot sureNo4. Do employees reuse third-party published content (legal analysis, articles, charts etc) in internal documents such as internal briefings, training materials or presentations?*YesNot sureNo5. Do employees circulate or share published articles, reports or legal commentary with colleagues or across teams via email, Teams, shared drives or knowledge management systems?*YesNot sureNo6. Do employees receive and share published articles via subscriptions, libraries, document delivery services, partners or monitoring tools?*YesNot sureNo7. Do employees copy, extract or compile content from multiple published sources into single documents (e.g. legal updates, research notes, due diligence materials)?*YesNot sureNo8. Do employees share copies of published content with clients (existing or prospective) or barristers, advisers and other judicial staff in connection with legal advice or ongoing matters?*YesNot sureNo9. Do employees upload, paste or otherwise prompt generative AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, or internally hosted LLMs) with third-party published content for summarisation, research, or drafting?*YesNot sureNo10. Does your organisation rely on legal database subscriptions to cover copying and sharing of published content across the firm, including copying beyond named users?*YesNot sureNo Get your results Complete your details for the results of your copyright risk assessment.Name* First Last Email* Job TitleOrganisation*Privacy Policy* By completing this form I agree to CLA's Privacy Policy Next steps We would like to contact you to discuss your responses and to provide further information about our licences. Please check this box if you agree to be contacted by CLA about our licences Stay up to date Sign up to receive publications, research, newsletters and events, and product news from CLA You can view or change your preferences or unsubscribe at any time.This field is hidden when viewing the formMarketing Preferences CLA Business Licences This field is hidden when viewing the formBusiness Segmentation Law This field is hidden when viewing the formMarketing Content Legal Copyright Risk Assessment This field is hidden when viewing the formMarketing Sync Yes This field is hidden when viewing the formRecord TypeThis field is hidden when viewing the formLead OwnerThis field is hidden when viewing the formStatusThis field is hidden when viewing the formLead SourceThis field is hidden when viewing the formForm IDCAPTCHA Please note that this risk assessment is a guidance tool only and does not constitute legal advice. It should not be considered as legal advice and should not be relied on when determining whether a particular use of work would infringe copyright. It is always best practice to seek the permission of the rights owner if unsure.Â
