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Routine client correspondence from templates — appointment confirmations, document requests, brief "we filed it" updates. Plain language, required elements, supervision routing. NOT substantive advice. Use when a student needs to send routine correspondence, an appointment confirmation, a document request letter, or a brief status note to a client.
Copy the install command and let the AI configure it · recommended for beginners
Please install the "client-letter" skill from askskill: 1. Download https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/main/legal-clinic/skills/client-letter/SKILL.md 2. Save it as ~/.claude/skills/client-letter/SKILL.md 3. Reload skills and tell me it's ready
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/CLAUDE.md → plain-language standards, supervision style, clinic contact info.Scope: routine only. Substantive advice → /status client or a conversation with the professor.
/legal-clinic:client-letter appointment
/legal-clinic:client-letter doc-request
Clinics send a lot of routine correspondence: "your appointment is Tuesday at 2pm," "please bring your lease," "we filed your answer." This skill handles those from templates so students aren't typing the same letter every week.
Scope: routine only. Substantive advice, bad news, case strategy — those are /status client or a conversation, not a template letter.
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/CLAUDE.md → plain-language standards, supervision style, clinic contact info.
Read the supervisor guide for this practice area at ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/guides/<practice-area>.md. Check the pedagogy_posture setting:
guide (default): Produce the structure and the checklist (required elements, plain-language targets, sign-off per student practice rule). Ask the student to draft each section. Give feedback on their draft (register, reading level, required elements, what they missed). Offer to fill a section only when the student has tried once.assist: Produce the letter. Flag items for student review. The student edits and learns by reviewing.teach: Don't produce the letter. Ask the student to draft it. Give feedback. Ask leading questions when they're stuck. Only show a model paragraph after two attempts, and only the section they're stuck on. Track what they got right and wrong so the supervisor can see progress.If no guide exists, use guide. If the guide exists but doesn't set a posture, use guide.
Whatever the posture, the output always includes: "Pedagogy mode: [assist/guide/teach] — set by your supervisor's guide. This means I [description of what the student did vs what the skill did]."
Check your jurisdiction's student practice rule for required disclosure language in letters signed by a law student. Some jurisdictions require specific forms; most require that the student identify themselves as a law student / certified legal intern and identify the supervising attorney. The templates below use a generic form — conform the sign-off to your rule before sending.
Review label goes OUTSIDE the letter. The
[AI-ASSISTED DRAFT — requires review per plugin config supervision step]tag is a note to the student, not part of the letter body. Place it above the rendered template (or in a header the student deletes before sending), never inside the fenced letter content. If it ends up in the client-facing copy, the skill has failed.
Review label for the student (not for the client — strip before sending):
[AI-ASSISTED DRAFT — requires review per plugin config supervision step]
Dear [Client],
This confirms your appointment with [Clinic name]:
**Date:** [date]
**Time:** [time]
**Where:** [address / room / or "by phone at [number]"]
**With:** [student name]
**Please bring:** [documents needed — from case notes or leave as prompt
for student to fill]
If you need to reschedule, call us at [clinic phone] at least 24 hours before.
[Student name]
Law Student, Certified Legal Intern
Under the supervision of [Supervising Attorney]
[Clinic name] | [phone] | [hours]
Review label for the student (not for the client — strip before sending):
[AI-ASSISTED DRAFT — requires review per plugin config supervision step]
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