DIZON.LAW

Karlo Dizon · lawyer, author, builder

Law · artificial intelligence · public knowledge

Books, essays, and public tools for law and AI.

Karlo Dizon writes about how lawyers use, verify, and challenge artificial intelligence. He also builds free legal research platforms that make public law easier to find, understand, and check.

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Writing
AI in the Defender’s Office
Editing
Territorial Review
Building
KARTILYA.PH

§ 01 Current book

First edition · in production

AI in the Defender’s Office

A National Field Guide for State and Federal Public Defenders

A practical book about using, supervising, verifying, and challenging artificial intelligence in public defense. It treats AI as a problem of legal practice, built around bounded workflows, fictional matter files, primary-source verification, and the professional duties that remain with counsel.

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DIZON.LAW · AI Practice Library · Volume 01AI in the
Defender’s
OfficeA national field guide for state and federal public defendersKarlo Dizon

§ 02 Recent writing

Essays on how AI is changing legal practice.

All essays
  1. 01Ethics · June 27, 2026 · 9 minWhat ABA Formal Opinion 512 Requires of Lawyers Using AIThe ABA's first formal ethics opinion on generative AI says the rules you already follow govern your use of these tools, and they govern it now.
  2. 02Sanctions · June 24, 2026 · 9 minAI-Fabricated Citation Cases Every Litigator Should KnowFive named cases, one repeated failure, and the written protocol that keeps your firm off the list.
  3. 03AI ethics · June 21, 2026 · 8 minIs ChatGPT Confidential for Lawyers? It Depends on the Account, Not the ModelThe confidentiality of an AI chatbot rarely turns on the model; it turns on whether your firm signed consumer terms or a commercial contract.

§ 03 Live projects

Free legal research platforms for Guam and the Philippines.

Project dossiers
Live · United States territoriesTerritorial ReviewA free, searchable archive of territorial law, beginning with every Supreme Court of Guam opinion and all 22 titles of the Guam Code.792 opinions · 22 code titles · citation-verifiedOpen the archive Live · PhilippinesKARTILYA.PHA free, AI-native archive that makes Philippine statutes and Supreme Court decisions searchable together, in plain language.8,296 provisions · 23,675 opinions · source-checked answersAsk the law

§ 04 How the work is built

Every AI-generated legal answer should be checked against the underlying law.

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Start with legal sources

Build from identified statutes, cases, and record materials so readers can see exactly what authority an answer relies on.

02

Show the verification

Every consequential proposition needs a visible route back to the original authority or record.

03

Public law should be usable

Publishing a PDF is not the same as access. Public law should be searchable, understandable, and available without a paywall.

§ 05 About

Karlo Dizon

Karlo Dizon is a lawyer, author, and legal technologist. He is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Territorial Review, built KARTILYA.PH, and writes about the institutions and professional duties being reshaped by artificial intelligence.

His perspective comes from inside legal practice: appellate and constitutional litigation, service at the Supreme Court of Guam, more than one hundred trial representations as an assistant public defender, and an active appellate docket. He serves on the New York State Bar Association’s Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies.

For speaking, publishing, research, and project correspondence: karlo@dizon.law

Education
Stanford Law · LSE · Yale
Admitted
New York · D.C. · Maryland · Guam
Current book
AI in the Defender’s Office
Founder & editor
Territorial Review
Built
KARTILYA.PH

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