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Clinic Student Onboarding

Walks new law clinic students through clinic procedures, tools, and practice exercises interactively

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Repository
anthropics/claude-for-legal
Stars
9,870
Licence
Apache-2.0
Files
1 file

What it does

When a new law clinic student asks to be onboarded, this skill acts as a guided tutor. It reads the clinic handbook and settings that a supervising professor set up earlier, then teaches the clinic's practice areas, clients, court jurisdiction, case management, and review rules through questions and short practice exercises with a fake client. It can also generate a one-page reference card on request.

Great for

  • New law clinic students starting their first semester or first case
  • Clinic supervisors who want a consistent onboarding walkthrough instead of repeating the same answers each term

Skip it if

  • Professors or supervisors, since the skill is written for students and the professor runs a separate setup command instead
  • Anyone seeking binding legal advice: the skill only teaches clinic procedure and says its outputs are starting points that must be verified by a human lawyer

Try asking

  • “onboard me”
  • “I'm new to the clinic, how do I get started?”
  • “/legal-clinic:ramp --card”
  • “Walk me through the clinic's commands and give me a practice intake exercise”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Clinic Student OnboardingInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 1 original files, the Apache-2.0 licence and an attribution note.

    ramp.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip ramp.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip ramp.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Run the setup check first: if the clinic profile still has placeholders, ask the supervising professor to complete cold-start-interview before starting.
  • Treat every generated draft and citation as unverified and check it against current local rules and statutes before relying on it.
  • Use the practice exercises to try the tools on fake scenarios before using them on real client matters.

What's inside

  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from anthropics/claude-for-legal under the Apache-2.0 licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.