Citation Integrity
Fabricated citations are career-ending errors. Stage 8 enforces a zero-tolerance filter, applying a zero integrity score to any evaluation unit that contains hallucinated authorities.
In law, a fabricated citation (e.g., Mata v. Avianca) is a false statement of law to a tribunal. A benchmark that gives partial credit for "mostly correct" briefs containing fake cases is measuring academic capability, not professional readiness.
A model must either anchor its reasoning in the verified case universe or fail. There is no middle ground for "creative" legal synthesis.
LegalChain maintains a database of 1,024 plausible-looking but non-existent citations (e.g., Smith v. Jones, 412 U.S. 881).