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Case Status Summaries

Turns clinic case notes into client, professor, or court status updates in the right tone

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

What it does

Once installed, the agent can take a law clinic student's case notes and write a status summary tailored to one reader: a plain-language update for the client, an internal briefing for the supervising professor, or a formal status report in court caption format. The same facts are reframed for each audience, and the drafts are marked as AI-assisted so a student and supervisor review them before anything is sent or filed.

Great for

  • Law clinic students who need to update clients regularly
  • Supervising professors who want consistent internal case briefings
  • Students preparing court-ordered status reports that will then be reviewed by a professor

Skip it if

  • Sending client messages without human review: the skill itself says client updates are consequential and need supervision sign-off, and it does not send anything
  • Filing with a court: it only drafts; caption and local-rule formats must be verified and a professor must review before filing
  • Deciding how to deliver bad news or case weaknesses: the skill explicitly leaves that strategic judgment to the student and professor

Try asking

  • “/legal-clinic:status client — write a plain-language update for my client about the hearing next week”
  • “/legal-clinic:status internal — brief my professor on where the landlord case stands since our last check-in”
  • “/legal-clinic:status court — draft a status report for the judge's order requiring an update before the conference”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Case Status SummariesInstall, 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.

    status.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

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

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip status.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

  • Keep the supervision settings and jurisdiction in CLAUDE.md up to date so the drafts follow your clinic's rules and local court format
  • Always rewrite the 'Student's assessment' section yourself; the skill scaffolds it but should not write your judgment
  • Strip all [AI-ASSISTED DRAFT] and [VERIFY] labels only after supervisor review, and check your jurisdiction's student practice rule for required sign-off language

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.