Litigation legal-AI skills in 🇺🇸 United States

179 legal AI skills for litigation in United States.

Jury Instructions

Apache-2.0United StatesLitigation

Drafts complete proposed jury instruction sets for U.S. litigation, including preliminary charges, elements, burden of proof, evidence evaluation, and verdict forms. Adapts to jurisdiction-specific pattern instructions. Use when drafting jury instructions, jury charges, verdict forms, or special interrogatories during trial preparation.

Legal Document Handling

MITUnited StatesLitigation

Specialized instructions for reading, modifying, and filling PDF legal forms (e.g., California judicial council forms). Use this for any task involving PDF forms.

Legal hold

Apache-2.0United StatesLitigation

Issue, refresh, release, or report on legal holds — drafts the hold notice as .docx, updates legal_hold fields in _log.yaml, and calendars the next refresh. Use when the user says "issue a hold", "refresh hold", "release hold", or asks for a portfolio-wide hold status report.

Legal Memorandum

Apache-2.0United StatesLitigation

Drafts U.S. internal legal memoranda using IRAC structure to analyze issues, synthesize authority, assess risks, and recommend strategy. Use when asked to draft a research memo, internal memo, issue analysis, case strategy memo, or any IRAC-based legal analysis.

Legal Research Summary

Apache-2.0United StatesLitigation

Synthesizes U.S. statutes, case law, and regulatory guidance into attorney-ready litigation research summaries with counterarguments and strategic implications. Use when drafting research memos, case law surveys, statutory/regulatory synthesis, or answering "what is the law on X" questions. Trigger keywords: legal research summary, research memo, case law survey, statutory analysis, regulatory guidance, legal landscape.

Litigation Deadline Calendar

MITUnited StatesLitigation

Calendar litigation and arbitration deadlines from a scheduling order. Parses a PDF scheduling order, identifies key dates, computes backward deadlines using the applicable rules (Colorado CRCP, Federal FRCP, or arbitration forum rules for AAA/JAMS), and generates an .ics calendar file for Outlook or Google Calendar import. Use this skill whenever the user mentions: litigation deadlines, scheduling order, case management order, deadline calendaring, discovery deadlines, trial preparation deadlines, arbitration scheduling, or anything related to computing or tracking court or arbitration deadlines. Also trigger when the user uploads a PDF that appears to be a court scheduling order or arbitration scheduling order.

Motion for Attorneys' Fees

Apache-2.0United StatesLitigation

Drafts post-judgment motions for attorneys' fees using the lodestar method. Covers prevailing party analysis, rate justification, hours documentation, billing judgment, lodestar enhancements, and supporting declarations. Trigger when user needs a fee motion, fee petition, lodestar calculation, or post-trial fee application.

Motion for Class Certification

Apache-2.0United StatesLitigation

Drafts a Motion for Class Certification under FRCP 23 or state equivalents, arguing numerosity, commonality, typicality, adequacy, predominance, and superiority from case materials. Use when drafting class certification motions, seeking class treatment, or preparing Rule 23 briefing in discovery or pre-trial phases.

Motion for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement

Apache-2.0United StatesLitigation

Drafts a Motion for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement under FRCP 23(e) or state equivalents, covering fairness analysis, notice compliance, fee requests, and supporting declarations. Use when seeking final court endorsement after preliminary approval, preparing for a Rule 23(e) fairness hearing, or drafting a settlement approval motion.

Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement

Apache-2.0United StatesLitigation

Drafts a Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement under Rule 23(e), covering settlement class certification, notice plan, claims administration, fairness analysis, and proposed scheduling order. Use when drafting preliminary approval motions, class action settlement filings, or Rule 23(e) submissions.

Motion for Preliminary Injunction

Apache-2.0United StatesLitigation

Drafts a Motion for Preliminary Injunction applying the Winter four-factor test with jurisdiction-specific procedural compliance. Covers merits analysis, irreparable harm, equities balancing, bond, and proposed order language. Use when filing for preliminary injunction, TRO, temporary restraining order, or emergency injunctive relief in federal or state court.

Motion for Stay Pending Appeal

Apache-2.0United StatesLitigation

Drafts a Motion for Stay Pending Appeal using the four-factor balancing test and supersedeas bond analysis. Use when drafting stay motions, bond requests, post-judgment enforcement suspension, or emergency stay applications after filing a notice of appeal.

Motion for Summary Judgment

Apache-2.0United StatesLitigation

Drafts a Motion for Summary Judgment package for personal injury litigation under FRCP 56 or state equivalent. Trigger when the user needs an MSJ, summary judgment brief, dispositive motion, no-genuine-dispute motion, or judgment-as-a-matter-of-law motion during pre-trial or discovery phases.

Motion to Compel Discovery

Apache-2.0United StatesLitigation

Drafts filing-ready motions to compel discovery in civil litigation with deficiency matrix, declaration, memorandum, and proposed order. Covers interrogatories, RFPs, RFAs, depositions, and ESI disputes under federal FRCP and state analogs. Includes Rule 37(a)(5) sanctions strategy and meet-and-confer certification. Use when drafting a motion to compel, addressing boilerplate objections, seeking discovery sanctions, or preparing discovery dispute briefing.

Motion to Dismiss

Apache-2.0United StatesLitigation

Drafts FRCP 12(b) motions to dismiss for commercial litigation. Triggers on requests to draft motions to dismiss, 12(b)(6) motions, jurisdictional challenges, venue motions, or pre-answer dispositive motions during the pleadings phase.

Motion to Extend Time to File Brief

Apache-2.0United StatesLitigation

Drafts appellate motions to extend time for filing briefs (opening, answering, or reply) in U.S. appellate courts. Demonstrates good cause through specific verifiable facts, addresses opposing counsel's position, and ensures rule compliance. Use when drafting extension of time motions, appellate deadline extensions, or briefing schedule modifications.

Notice of Appeal

Apache-2.0United StatesLitigation

Drafts a Notice of Appeal to initiate appellate review of a trial court judgment or order in US federal and state courts. Use when filing a notice of appeal, commencing appellate review, or preserving appellate jurisdiction after an adverse ruling.

Notice of Appearance of Counsel

Apache-2.0United StatesLitigation

Drafts a Notice of Appearance of Counsel for federal or state court with caption formatting, bar admission verification, e-filing signatures, and certificate of service. Use when an attorney is entering, substituting, or joining as counsel of record in litigation.

Ohio Statewide Format — Civ. R. 10 + Per-Court Local Rules

MITUnited StatesLitigation

Use when drafting any Ohio court filing — applies Ohio Civ. R. 10 caption + signature requirements, the common local-rule format conventions adopted by most Ohio Common Pleas and Municipal Courts (Letter paper; 1-inch margins with 1.5-inch top on first page for caption; 12-point minimum body font; double-spaced body), the Ohio public- domain citation format `YYYY-Ohio-NNNN` mandatory in appellate cases since 2002, and the affidavit-vs- declaration terminology distinction (Ohio uses "affidavit" under R.C. 2319.04 + Civ. R. 56; "declaration under penalty of perjury" is federal practice). Triggers include "Ohio court filing format", "Ohio Civ. R. 10", "Ohio caption", "Ohio attorney registration number", "Ohio public-domain citation", "Ohio affidavit format", "first page caption Ohio", "Common Pleas local rules format".

Opt-Out Form

Apache-2.0United StatesLitigation

Drafts opt-out forms and notices of exclusion for class actions, settlements, arbitration clauses, and privacy programs. Covers party identification, election language, consequence statements, signature blocks, and submission instructions per governing orders or contracts (FRCP 23, arbitration windows, CCPA/GDPR). Use when preparing opt-out paperwork, notices of exclusion, settlement opt-outs, or arbitration opt-out letters.

Order and Judgment on Appeal

Apache-2.0United StatesLitigation

Drafts a U.S. appellate Order and Judgment memorializing disposition after review of a lower-court ruling. Covers captioning, jurisdictional recitals, standards of review, issue-by-issue holdings, remand directives, costs, and mandate language. Use when preparing an appellate order, judgment, disposition, affirm/reverse/remand order, or mandate-ready directive.

Order Certifying Class

Apache-2.0United StatesLitigation

Drafts a federal or state court order certifying a class action under Rule 23. Triggers when formalizing class certification after a granted motion, drafting certification orders, or preparing rulings for appellate review. Covers Rule 23(a) findings, Rule 23(b) analysis, class definition, counsel appointment under Rule 23(g), and notice provisions.

Party Deposition

Apache-2.0United StatesLitigation

Builds element-driven deposition outlines and witness preparation plans for U.S. party depositions (plaintiff or defendant), covering admissions under FRE 801(d)(2), damages/causation modules, and FRCP 30 procedures. Use when drafting a party deposition outline, preparing a party witness, planning admissions strategy, or testing defenses. Trigger keywords: party deposition, plaintiff deposition, defendant deposition, deposition outline, witness prep, admissions, damages, causation, mitigation.

Petition for Rehearing En Banc

Apache-2.0United StatesLitigation

Drafts a Petition for Rehearing En Banc under FRAP 35 or state equivalents. Guides threshold analysis for precedent conflicts and exceptional importance, enforces formatting/word limits, and includes required certifications. Use when seeking full appellate court reconsideration of a panel decision, raising circuit splits, or challenging panel holdings that conflict with controlling authority.