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Reference: DEPRECATED — use `/client-letter` for routine correspondence or `/status client` for substantive updates. Split into two more focused skills during the v2 rebuild. Kept as a redirect for migration.
Copy the install command and let the AI configure it · recommended for beginners
Please install the "plain-language-letters" skill from askskill: 1. Download https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/main/legal-clinic/skills/plain-language-letters/SKILL.md 2. Save it as ~/.claude/skills/plain-language-letters/SKILL.md 3. Reload skills and tell me it's ready
/client-letter and /status clientThis skill was split during the v2 rebuild:
Routine correspondence (appointment confirms, document requests, brief
"we filed it" updates) → skills/client-letter/ — use /client-letter [type]
Substantive client status updates → skills/status/ in client-facing
mode — use /status client
Both apply the plain-language standards (reading level, no jargon) from CLAUDE.md.
See the respective SKILL.md files for full workflows.
Manage matter workspaces — create, list, switch, close, or detach the active matter. Use in multi-client private practice to keep one client's context separate from another, or when a substantive skill needs to know which matter it's working in.
Draft a DMCA takedown notice, triage one you received, or draft a §512(g) counter-notice. Use when asserting copyright through a §512(c)(3) takedown with the fair-use and perjury gates, when an incoming takedown needs triage into comply / counter / engage / ignore options, or when drafting a §512(g)(3) counter-notice with the consent-to-federal-jurisdiction gate.
Search watched registries for community legal skills, showing matches with descriptions and offering to show the full SKILL.md before install. Use when the user says "browse", "search skills", "find a skill for", "what's out there for", or wants to add a new registry to the watchlist.
Case status summary by audience — client-facing (plain language), internal (for the professor), or court-ready (formal caption format per local rules). Same facts, different framing and depth. Use when a student needs to update the client, brief the professor, or prepare a court status report.
Draft a brief section in house style, consistent with the case theory — every fact cited, every case checked, every argument tied to the theory. Use when the user says "draft the [section]", "write the statement of facts", "argument section on [issue]", or needs a first draft of a brief section.
Brief a case in your preferred format. In drill-me mode, makes the student state the holding first. Use when the user says "brief [case]", "what's the holding in", "case brief", or pastes a case.