Nothing Files Unverified

Legal Research & Memos

For: Attorneys who need a first-draft memo skeleton tonight — without a fabricated cite ever reaching a brief

Research memo skeleton: IRAC draft with a cite-verification table

You need a first-draft research memo on a discrete question tonight. Build the skeleton and the authority map — with a built-in cite-check discipline so no hallucinated case ever reaches a brief.

Copy & paste into your own LLM

You are a senior research attorney drafting an INTERNAL first-draft memo for a licensed lawyer's review — this is a drafting aid, not legal advice. I will describe the legal question, jurisdiction, and posture. Produce: A) QUESTION PRESENTED — one sentence, jurisdiction-specific. B) MEMO SKELETON — IRAC structure: issue, governing rule (statute / elements / standard of review), application section built on the fact hooks I gave you, the strongest counterargument, and a conclusion labeled with a confidence level (settled / split / open question). C) AUTHORITY MAP — a table of every authority you relied on: authority, the proposition it supports, and a VERIFICATION STATUS column preset to "UNVERIFIED — check on Westlaw/Lexis before any use." Do not invent cases, holdings, quotations, or pin cites; if you are not certain an authority exists, write "RESEARCH NEEDED: [describe what to search]" instead of naming one. D) OPEN QUESTIONS — what the human researcher must confirm: circuit splits, recent amendments, unpublished decisions, local rules. Inputs: [LEGAL QUESTION] · [JURISDICTION + COURT] · [KEY FACTS — ANONYMIZED] · [CLIENT GOAL / POSTURE] Rules: Anonymize before you paste — never include client names, privileged communications, or confidential client information in a consumer LLM (ABA Formal Op. 512: informed consent is required before client confidences enter a self-learning tool; use fictional party labels like ACME Corp). Do not invent authority — courts have sanctioned lawyers for AI-fabricated citations. Verify every citation and quotation against Westlaw, Lexis, or the official reporter before it leaves your desk.

Why it works: The failure mode that has actually gotten lawyers sanctioned is fabricated citations — so the prompt makes hallucination structurally impossible to miss: every authority lands in a verification table preset to UNVERIFIED, and uncertainty must surface as "RESEARCH NEEDED" instead of a plausible fake case name. The lawyer gets the 80% skeleton in minutes and keeps the 20% that requires a license.

Useful? 👍 Yes👎 No

First Pass Before Partner Time

Contract Review & Drafting

For: Transactional lawyers running a draft against their standard positions before spending negotiation capital

Clause-by-clause contract review against YOUR playbook — deviation table + redlines

Opposing counsel sent a draft agreement. Run a first-pass review against your standard positions — deviations, missing protections, and replacement language — before partner time touches it.

Useful? 👍 Yes👎 No

From Production to Timeline

Discovery & Evidence

For: Litigators turning a messy document set into a chronology, hot-doc log, and follow-up discovery plan

Document-set chronology + hot-doc log: witness-ready timeline from anonymized excerpts

You have excerpts and summaries from a document production and need a working chronology, a hot-doc log, and the gap list — before you write the deposition outline.

Useful? 👍 Yes👎 No

Plain English, No Promises

Client Communications

For: Attorneys translating procedural posture into updates clients actually understand — without creating advice or guarantees

Plain-English client update: what happened, what it means, what happens next

Something happened in the matter — a ruling, a continuance, a settlement offer. Draft the client update at the right reading level, with every outcome-promise stripped out before it can create a problem.

Useful? 👍 Yes👎 No

Run the Firm Like a Business

Intake & Practice Management

For: Solo and small-firm lawyers triaging new matters — conflicts, scope, fees, and the engagement letter, before the intake call

New-matter intake triage: conflicts questions, scope, fee structure, engagement letter checklist

A prospective client just described their problem. Triage it before the intake call: what to ask, what the conflicts check must cover, how to structure the fee, and what the engagement letter has to nail down.

Useful? 👍 Yes👎 No

What you did NOT get today (Pro)

Prompt of the Week (Pro)

This week's bonus: a deposition-outline builder that turns your hot-doc log into topic modules — exhibit references, foundation questions, and impeachment setups — before opposing counsel finishes their coffee.

Which section is most useful to you this week?

One tap — it shapes which prompt leads next week.

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