Terms of use

These terms apply when you use LegalBrain (www.legalbrain.co.za), operated by Thando Mazaleni. By creating an account or using the service, you agree to them. Questions: admin@legalbrain.co.za.

1. What LegalBrain is

LegalBrain provides study tools for law students and practice tools for advocates, attorneys and law firms, including AI-assisted features. It is an educational and productivity tool. It is not legal advice and does not replace a lawyer or your own professional judgement.

2. Free access

LegalBrain is free to use until further notice. We will give notice on the site before any change to this.

3. Your account

• Give accurate details and keep your password secret. You are responsible for activity on your account.
• Choose the account type that fits you. Assistant, intern and candidate attorney accounts are created by the advocate or attorney they work with.
• Tell us at admin@legalbrain.co.za if you think your account has been misused.

4. AI output and study material

• AI output can be wrong, incomplete or out of date. Check it against the sources and your own judgement before relying on it.
• Study guides and other study material are general summaries in plain language. They do not cover every topic and are not any university's official curriculum. Follow your course outline and prescribed material.

5. Your content

You keep ownership of what you upload or create. You allow us to store and process it, including sending it to our AI provider when you use an AI feature, only to provide the service to you. You must have the right to upload what you upload. See the privacy policy.

6. Professional users

Advocates, attorneys and firms remain responsible for their professional obligations, including confidentiality, the accuracy of documents they file or send, and the information they enter about clients and others.

7. Firm accounts

A firm account is created by the firm, which adds its people and sets their rank. People of a higher rank can open, edit, review and move the work of people below them, and these actions are logged. People who join through a firm use the firm's workspace for firm work; anyone may also open their own separate advocate or attorney account.

8. Acceptable use

• Do not use LegalBrain for anything unlawful, or to harass, defraud or harm anyone.
• Do not try to access other people's accounts or data, disrupt the service, or get around its security or usage limits.
• Do not upload material that infringes someone else's rights.

We may suspend or close accounts that break these terms.

9. Availability and changes

We work to keep LegalBrain available and accurate, but we do not guarantee that it will always be available, error-free or complete. We may change or withdraw features. We may update these terms and will change the date at the top when we do.

10. Liability

To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for loss arising from reliance on AI output or study material, or from the service being unavailable. Nothing in these terms limits rights you have under South African law that cannot be limited.

11. Closing your account

You may stop using LegalBrain at any time and ask us to delete your account at admin@legalbrain.co.za.

12. Law

These terms are governed by the law of South Africa.