Fifteen prompts for the drafting and explaining that eats your billable day — built to produce strong first drafts you review, never advice you forward blind.
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Draft a {{clause type — e.g. limitation of liability, indemnification, termination for convenience}} clause for a {{agreement type}} governed by {{jurisdiction}} law, favoring the {{party}}. Then list the 3 ways the counterparty will likely push back and a fallback position for each. This is a first draft for attorney review.
Demand letter skeleton
Draft a demand letter for {{matter type}}: facts (from my notes below), legal basis stated generally, the specific demand, deadline, and consequences of non-compliance. Firm, professional, no bluster that could read badly in front of a judge later. Placeholders for all names and identifying details.
Facts:
Redline rationale
For each of my proposed edits to this clause (below), write a one-sentence rationale I can put in the redline comment — professional, principle-based (risk allocation, market standard, mutuality), not adversarial.
Original and my edits:
Intake questionnaire
Build a client intake questionnaire for a {{matter type}} matter: the facts I always need, documents to request, deadlines/limitation triggers to flag immediately, and conflict-check information. Ordered so a paralegal can administer it.
Notes → internal memo
Turn my rough notes into an internal memo: question presented, brief answer, facts, analysis (flag every point that needs authority verified — do not invent citations), and recommendation. Mark uncertain points as [VERIFY].
Notes:
Review & Research
Issue-spot this contract
Review this contract for the {{party}} and issue-spot like a senior associate: missing protections, one-sided terms, undefined terms, ambiguity, and anything unusual for a {{agreement type}}. Rank by risk, cite the clause number for each, and suggest the fix. This supplements — never replaces — my own review.
Contract:
Case summary (IRAC)
Summarize this opinion in IRAC format: issue, rule, application, conclusion. Then add: procedural posture, the one-line holding I'd quote, and how strong it is as authority (majority/dicta/dissent). Do not embellish beyond the text provided.
Opinion text:
Research plan (terms to verify)
I need to research: {{legal question}} in {{jurisdiction}}. Build a research plan: the issues broken into sub-questions, search terms for Westlaw/Lexis/CanLII, the types of authority to prioritize, and likely-relevant doctrines or statutes to check. Frame everything as leads to verify — cite nothing as settled.
Timeline from case facts
Build a chronological timeline from these case facts: date, event, source document, and why it matters. Flag gaps where I'm missing dates and contradictions between sources. Table format.
Facts/documents:
Compare two clause versions
Compare these two versions of the same clause. What changed, who benefits from each change, what risk shifted, and is anything now internally inconsistent with the rest of a standard {{agreement type}}? Plain-English summary first, then clause-by-clause detail.
Version A:
Version B:
Client Communication
Client update in plain English
Rewrite my case update below for the client: plain English, no legalese, honest about risks without alarming them, clear about what happens next and what I need from them. Keep it under 200 words and end with the single action item.
My notes:
Explain a legal concept to a client
Explain {{legal concept — e.g. indemnification, without prejudice, force majeure}} to a client with no legal background, in under 150 words, with one everyday analogy. Then add the one caveat they most commonly misunderstand.
Engagement scope paragraph
Draft the scope-of-engagement description for {{matter type}}: what's included, what's expressly excluded, assumptions, and when scope changes trigger a new estimate. Precise but readable — this goes into an engagement letter for my review.
Explain fees and billing
Write a fee-explanation section for clients: how {{billing model — hourly/flat/contingency}} works, what drives cost up or down, disbursements, and when they'll see invoices. Transparent and trust-building, not defensive. Under 200 words.
Deposition / witness prep questions
Draft {{number}} examination questions for a {{witness role}} in a {{matter type}} matter about {{topic}}. Order them funnel-style (open → specific), flag which answers to lock down with documents, and note likely objections to each question's form.
How careful lawyers use ChatGPT
Never paste client-identifying information. Use placeholders for names, parties and identifying facts. Consumer AI chats are not privileged or confidential channels — treat every paste as potentially discoverable.
Everything is a first draft. AI can hallucinate authority — it has famously invented case citations. Verify every citation, statute and deadline against a real source before anything leaves your desk.
Give it the jurisdiction and posture. "Ontario employment agreement, employer side" gets dramatically better output than "employment contract."
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Bar associations increasingly say yes for drafting assistance — with duties of competence, confidentiality and verification intact. Don't input client-identifying data into consumer AI tools, verify all authority, and review everything. These prompts are structured around those constraints.
Will these prompts give legal advice?
No — they produce drafts and analysis frameworks for a qualified lawyer to review and take responsibility for. Nothing an AI outputs should reach a client or court unreviewed.
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