In generated documents, citations become live links to the authority itself. The rule underneath is simple: a citation only links when it has been verified against a real source. The system would rather flag a citation than fake one.
How it works
While drafting in the document generator, you cite authorities from your firm's library. When the document renders, the case or statute name becomes the link, blue and underlined, with no raw URL cluttering the text.
Pinpoints ride along with the citation. A paragraph pinpoint shows as "at para 33" and, on CanLII, the link jumps straight to that paragraph. Page and section pinpoints ("at p 12", "at s 13") display after the name too, but they do not get anchors, because sources do not support those reliably and a link that pretends otherwise would be worse than none.
Verified, or it does not link
An authority that cannot be verified never becomes a link. In the rendered document it prints as a visible red marker, like [citation "..." not verified, check], so it cannot slip through unnoticed.
Before finalizing, click Check citations. The Citation check lists every authority in the draft with its status: Verified (firm library), Verified (CanLII), Verified (CourtListener), or Not verified, will not link. Check it, or remove. Authorities that were drafted with AI appear separately under Flagged for verification, with a plain reminder that a lawyer must confirm each one exists and is on point before it is used. If an AI key is configured, the check also adds a relevance column as an assist, not a substitute for your review.
The firm library
The library opens from the Clauses & citations button in the document generator. On the Citations tab you can search by name, citation, or proposition, and filter by jurisdiction and by cases versus statutes.
- Add authority. Record the name, citation, type (case or statute), court, jurisdiction, tags, and the proposition it stands for.
- Verify URL. Check that the link actually resolves before you save. Only verified URLs belong in the library.
- Look up online. Find an authority by citation or case name, verified links only, no AI. CanLII covers Canadian neutral citations once its key is set; CourtListener covers US cases. BAILII and CommonLII links are constructed suggestions, and the system tells you to verify those before use.
- Import and Export. Move the whole library in and out as CSV.
Finished documents render network free. Links are resolved and baked in at build time from the library and from lookups you have already verified, so the PDF never depends on a live connection.