Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about ForensicShield — from professional use and testimony to HIPAA compliance and billing.
You get 14 days of access to ForensicShield with 2 reports included (1 sample report + 1 of your own) and full access to all findings. Features include jurisdiction-aware analysis, evaluation-specific feedback, cross-examination practice, and verified legal references. A payment method is collected for identity verification — your card will not be automatically charged when the trial ends. After the trial, buy a case pack — single reports are $199, and packs bring that down to as low as $149 per report.
ForensicShield supports 14 evaluation types across criminal, civil, family, juvenile, immigration, and employment domains. Each type triggers specialized defensibility checks tailored to the clinical, legal, and methodological expectations of that forensic context.
ForensicShield analyzes your report for gaps in reasoning, internal inconsistencies, risky language, methodology concerns, ethical considerations, and legal defensibility. It applies evaluation-specific and jurisdiction-aware checks, then provides structured feedback with prioritized insights. If your evaluation type has specialized standards (e.g., competency, custody, risk assessment), additional targeted checks run automatically.
ForensicShield covers all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, federal courts, military courts, immigration courts, and tribal jurisdictions — 55 total. Each jurisdiction entry includes the applicable admissibility standard (Daubert, Frye, or hybrid) and jurisdiction-specific evidentiary expectations.
All legal references are checked against public court databases including CourtListener, which includes 9M+ court decisions. References display a verification badge: verified, unverified, or pending. We never display a fabricated citation without flagging it.
No. ForensicShield functions solely as a structured quality assurance tool. It reviews the work you have already done and identifies areas that may benefit from additional attention — methodology gaps, risky language, citation issues, and cross-examination vulnerabilities. All clinical opinions, diagnostic conclusions, and professional judgments remain entirely your responsibility. The AI never provides clinical recommendations or tells you what to conclude.
ForensicShield is a structured review tool designed to support report defensibility — similar to using a spell-checker, statistical software, or a peer consultation. Evaluators retain full authorship, responsibility, and decision-making authority over all opinions in their reports. You might describe it as part of your quality assurance process: a systematic review of methodology, internal consistency, and alignment with professional standards. ForensicShield does not generate conclusions, contribute to clinical opinions, or alter your professional judgment.
No. ForensicShield is a professional development and quality improvement resource — not a mandatory compliance checkpoint. Think of it like a law firm’s Westlaw subscription: having access to better research tools doesn’t mean failing to use them on one case constitutes malpractice. ForensicShield is available to strengthen your work whenever you choose to use it. We recommend framing it as part of your quality improvement process, not as a required step in your report workflow.
We recommend reviewing your engagement agreements to ensure they permit the use of quality assurance tools. Many evaluators already include language covering consultation, peer review, or software tools used in report preparation. ForensicShield provides a free sample engagement agreement addendum on our Resources page that you can adapt to your practice (this is a sample template, not legal advice). This addendum covers the use of structured review tools as part of your quality assurance process.
ForensicShield is HIPAA compliant. All data is encrypted using AES-256-GCM envelope encryption with customer-managed AWS KMS keys. AI processing runs within our secure cloud environment, so PHI never leaves our security boundary. A Business Associate Agreement (BAA) is required before any PHI is processed.
Yes. ForensicShield is built with HIPAA-compliant security specifically for handling sensitive forensic documents. All data is encrypted with AES-256-GCM, processed within the AWS boundary, and never used to train AI models. However, users are responsible for ensuring they have the appropriate authority to use report material with third-party tools under their engagement agreements and applicable regulations.
ForensicShield is designed with strong confidentiality safeguards: PHI is encrypted at rest and in transit, AI processing occurs within a secure AWS boundary (Anthropic never sees your data), and a signed Business Associate Agreement is required before any PHI is processed. That said, users must ensure their use complies with applicable state laws, professional ethical standards, and contractual obligations. We recommend reviewing your engagement agreements and consulting your state licensing board’s guidance on AI tools if you have specific concerns.
Purpose-built AI review platforms for forensic reports are a new category as of 2026. ForensicShield is the platform built specifically for reviewing completed forensic evaluations for courtroom defensibility — methodology review, admissibility checks calibrated to 55 U.S. jurisdictions, and legal citations verified against public court databases. Writing-side tools such as Psynth and PsychAssist serve a different stage of the workflow: drafting assessment reports from test data and clinical observations. The right choice depends on where you need support — drafting the report, or preparing it for scrutiny in court. Many practices use both categories side by side.
Yes. Before using any AI tool with forensic report material, verify three things: the vendor signs a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) before processing protected health information, your data is never used to train AI models, and data is encrypted in transit and at rest. ForensicShield is HIPAA compliant: a BAA is required before any PHI is processed, all data is protected with AES-256 encryption, and AI inference runs inside a HIPAA-eligible AWS Bedrock boundary — PHI never leaves that boundary.
Yes. A structured AI review can examine a completed report against the questions an admissibility challenge raises: whether the methodology is clearly described and supported, whether each opinion is backed by sufficient data and reasoning, and whether every legal citation is real and accurately applied. ForensicShield calibrates these checks to the admissibility standard of your jurisdiction — Daubert, Frye, or hybrid — across 55 U.S. jurisdictions, and verifies citations against public court databases. The evaluator retains full professional judgment: findings are framed as areas to consider, never directives, and the psychologist remains the expert.
Not on a consumer tier if the report contains protected health information. OpenAI does not offer a Business Associate Agreement for consumer ChatGPT (Free, Go, Plus, or Pro), and as of July 2026 consumer conversations are used for model training by default unless you opt out. OpenAI does offer BAAs for its API, for sales-managed ChatGPT Enterprise and Edu accounts, and for ChatGPT for Clinicians — so appropriately contracted enterprise use is a different question. For forensic reports, consider a tool designed for the task, with a BAA, encryption, and citation verification built in.
No. Peer consultation and AI review are complementary. A trusted colleague brings clinical wisdom, contextual judgment, and experience with your local courts that no software replicates — and remains the right venue for complex case formulation and ethical questions. Structured AI review adds what is difficult for any single reader to provide: consistent coverage of every report, on your timeline, with jurisdiction-calibrated admissibility checks and every legal citation verified against public court databases. Many evaluators run an AI review first for the systematic checks, then bring the harder judgment questions to a peer.
Approaches vary, and this is where diligence matters most. General-purpose chatbots can produce citations that look authoritative but do not exist — or cite a real case for a holding it never reached. A defensible workflow verifies every citation before it appears in a report. ForensicShield checks every legal reference against public court databases, including CourtListener's 9M+ court decisions, links each verified citation to the underlying opinion so you can read it yourself, and displays a verification badge on every reference: verified, unverified, or pending. An unverified citation is never presented as verified.
There are no plans or billing cycles — ForensicShield has no subscription. You buy a case pack of 1, 5, 10, or 25 reports and get that many complete report analyses. A single report is $199; larger packs lower your effective per-report price — down to $149 per report on the 25-pack. Reports never expire, and you can top up with another pack whenever you like. Every report also includes one re-run of your revised version at no additional cost.
A 30-day money-back guarantee is offered on unused reports.
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