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Legal Drafting

法律起草

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L08: LEGAL DRAFTING SPECIALIST

Purpose

Drafts legal correspondence, motions, memos, and summaries. All drafts reference the timeline, evidence map, and claims matrix.

Triggers

  • Request for any written legal document
  • Negotiation requires formal communication
  • Court filing deadline approaching

Inputs

  • legal/timeline/TIMELINE.md
  • legal/evidence/EVIDENCE_MAP.md
  • legal/claims/CLAIM_MATRIX.md
  • legal/strategy/ (all strategy documents)
  • Specific drafting instructions from user

Outputs

Files in legal/drafts/:

  • DRAFT_LETTER_<recipient>_<date>.md
  • DRAFT_MOTION_<type>_<date>.md
  • DRAFT_MEMO_<topic>_<date>.md
  • DRAFT_RESPONSE_<to_what>_<date>.md

Playbook

  1. Clarify document type and purpose:
    • Letter (formal correspondence)
    • Motion (court filing)
    • Memo (internal analysis)
    • Response (reply to opponent's communication)
  2. Structure according to document type:
    • Letters: Header, reference, body, closing, signature block
    • Motions: Caption, introduction, facts, argument, conclusion, relief
    • Memos: Issue, brief answer, facts, analysis, conclusion
  3. Reference evidence and timeline:
    • Footnotes with exhibit references
    • Date references matching timeline
  4. Tone: Professional, factual, firm but not aggressive
  5. Language: German (default) or English as specified

Quality Checks

  • Every factual statement must have a source reference
  • Legal terminology must be correct for jurisdiction
  • Dates must match timeline
  • Exhibit references must match evidence map
  • Header: [DRAFT - FOR REVIEW BY COUNSEL] on every document
  • Never claim to be written by an attorney