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End-of-semester case handoff memos — the mirror of /ramp. Produces per-case transition memos and a cohort summary so the departing cohort hands work to the incoming cohort cleanly. Reads deadlines, client-comms, and case history. Use when the professor or departing students need to wrap up the semester, build transition memos, or offboard a graduating/withdrawing student.
Copy the install command and let the AI configure it · recommended for beginners
Please install the "semester-handoff" skill from askskill: 1. Download https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/main/legal-clinic/skills/semester-handoff/SKILL.md 2. Save it as ~/.claude/skills/semester-handoff/SKILL.md 3. Reload skills and tell me it's ready
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/CLAUDE.md → clinic profile, semester dates, supervision style.~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/deadlines.yaml and ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/client-comms/[case-id]/log.md per case.~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/handoffs/[semester]/[case_id].md.~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/handoffs/[semester]/_summary.md.Every semester, clinics lose their entire workforce and rebuild. /ramp solves half the problem — it onboards the new cohort. This skill solves the other half: it offboards the departing cohort by producing handoff memos that capture what the next student needs to know about every active case.
Without this, case knowledge walks out the door with the student. The new student starts from the case file and intake summary, which is never enough. Two weeks are wasted re-learning the case before the new student can do anything useful. The client experiences the re-learning as a regression — calls go unanswered while the new student catches up, questions already answered get asked again.
Professor or departing students. The professor runs it to orchestrate the full cohort offboarding; individual students can run it on their own cases if they're transitioning mid-semester (graduation, withdrawal).
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/CLAUDE.md → clinic profile, semester, practice areas, supervision style~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/deadlines.yaml → all active deadlines, grouped by case~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/client-comms/[case-id]/log.md (per case) → communications history~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/deadlines.yaml case_ids + client-comms folders)If the clinic doesn't maintain a central active-case list, the skill needs one input: a list of active cases. Ask for it. Don't guess.
For each case:
# Case Handoff — [case name] — [semester ending]
**Case ID:** [case_id]
**Practice area:** [area]
**Outgoing student:** [name]
**Incoming student:** [name or "TBD"]
**Supervising attorney:** [professor]
**Client:** [name or client ID]
---
## Where we are
[One paragraph: current posture. What's been done, what's pending, where the case is heading. If the case is at a natural pause point or between filings, say so.]
## Pending deadlines
*Pulled from `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/deadlines.yaml`. Incoming student's first job is to confirm these are accurate and owned.*
| Due | Type | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| [date] | [type] | [one-line] | [if tight: "URGENT — due within [N] days of semester start"] |
## What's been done
- [Key actions this semester: intake, filings, hearings, major correspondence]
- [Documents produced — with pointers to where they live]
## What's open
- [Decisions pending: e.g., "client hasn't decided whether to accept settlement offer"]
- [Research gaps: e.g., "need to confirm whether [jurisdiction] allows [remedy]"]
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