Prompting tips
🎁 Legal tasks usually require your role, position, factual background, scope of materials, and the intended use of the output.
An effective request = Task + Role / position + Background facts + Scope of materials + Focus areas + Output format + Review requirements.
The seven elements in detail
To help the Legal assistant deliver results closer to your work needs, try to state in your request: what you want done, which party you represent, what materials you already have, which issues you care about, what output format you want, and which information needs human verification.
Element | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
Task | State clearly whether to review, draft, research, organize, or redact | Please review this technical service contract |
Role / position | State which party you represent to avoid a biased review stance | I am Party B's lawyer / We are the service provider |
Background facts | Add transaction, dispute, or business background | The client requires acceptance to be completed before launch, and the payment cycle is long |
Scope of materials | State which files to refer to | Base it on the contract body and historical revisions I uploaded |
Focus areas | List key clauses, points of dispute, or risk directions | Focus on payment, acceptance, intellectual property, and limitation of liability |
Output format | Specify the deliverable format | Generate a Word review version with revisions and comments |
Review requirements | Ask it to flag uncertain information and items requiring human confirmation | Please flag signatures and seals, licenses, blanks to be filled in, and amounts and dates |
✅ You do not need to include every element each time, but Role / position + Focus areas + Output format have the greatest impact on result quality.
Configuration
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