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Draft routine client letters from templates with supervision and plain-language checks.
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
Using the routine client correspondence template, draft an appointment confirmation letter for Ms. Wang. Her meeting is next Tuesday at 2 PM at the clinic reception desk. Use plain language and include a note for student-attorney and supervisor review.
A concise appointment confirmation letter with the time, location, necessary reminders, and review/sign-off notes.
Draft a routine document request letter asking the client for their lease, rent receipts from the last three months, and any notice from the landlord. Keep the language plain and do not provide substantive legal advice.
A brief, friendly letter listing the needed documents and why they are requested, without giving legal advice.
Write a brief client update letter saying, “We filed your answer,” and remind the client to forward any new court papers promptly. Do not include case strategy or substantive advice.
A short status note confirming the procedural action taken and reminding the client to send any new documents.
When students repeatedly send appointment confirmations, document requests, or brief status notes, they can use templates to produce standardized client correspondence. It emphasizes plain language and supervision workflow to reduce repetitive drafting.
When a message should stay procedural and should not turn into legal analysis, this skill helps keep that boundary clear. Substantive advice, bad news, or case strategy should be handled through other channels or a supervisor.
Under different pedagogy settings, the tool can ask the student to draft first, provide assistance, or offer only structure and feedback. This supports routine correspondence while preserving teaching and review requirements.
The README describes a skill for routine client correspondence in a legal clinic. It says to load clinic configuration, choose the correct template type, and draft letters such as appointment confirmations, document requests, and brief filing updates. The documentation repeatedly limits the scope to non-substantive communication, requires plain-language review, and explains supervision workflow, pedagogy modes, and student-attorney disclosure and sign-off requirements.
~/.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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It is used to draft routine client correspondence such as appointment confirmations, document requests, and brief “we filed it” updates. The documentation explicitly says it is not for substantive legal advice.
Not always; it depends on the pedagogy_posture set in the supervisor guide. It may provide structure and checklists, assist with a full draft, or require the student to draft first and then receive feedback.
The docs say to load the clinic configuration for plain-language standards, supervision style, and contact information, and to check jurisdiction-specific student practice disclosure and sign-off rules. The AI-assisted review label should stay outside the letter body.
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