Prompt Library: 65 Production-Tested Claude Prompts for Legal Work

Nathan Cord's Superlawyers prompt library provides 65 production-tested Claude prompts across 12 practice areas, each following a CONTEXT → TASK → FORMAT → CONSTRAINTS structure. The library includes a research orientation prompt that helped an associate review a 210-page M&A contract in four hours, flagging three liability gaps. All legal citations generated by Claude must be verified against primary sources before use.

65 production-tested Claude prompts for real legal work, across 12 practice areas. The official prompt repository for Superlawyers: How Claude Makes You the Best Lawyer in the Room by Nathan Cord . Published by QuantumInk https://quantum-ink.com · Register for free updates https://quantum-ink.com/superlawyers Last month, an associate at a mid-size firm reviewed a 210-page M&A contract in four hours instead of the standard two to three days — and flagged three liability gaps the senior partner later confirmed were real. She didn't skip clauses. She used a structured Claude prompt from this library. Every prompt here is designed for that pattern: Claude multiplies your judgment, never replaces it. The prompts are ready to paste into Claude. The book explains why they are structured the way they are. Every prompt follows the CONTEXT → TASK → FORMAT → CONSTRAINTS structure. Never skip a section — each one changes the output materially. Before running any prompt, read the relevant chapter. The structure matters more than the wording: change a fact in CONTEXT and the whole output changes correctly. This is The Landscape Map from chapter-03-research/ . Use it when you need to orient yourself in an unfamiliar area of law before opening Westlaw or LexisNexis. CONTEXT: I am a plaintiff's/defendant's attorney in STATE representing brief client description in a type of matter case. Key facts of the matter in 2-3 sentences. TASK: Give me a research orientation — not cases, but a structured overview of: 1. THE DOCTRINAL LANDSCAPE: What legal theories have plaintiffs/parties used in type of matter cases? What have defendants/opposing parties argued? 2. THE CONTESTED ISSUES: What factual and legal questions tend to determine outcomes in type of matter cases? What distinctions tend to be dispositive? 3. WHERE THE LAW IS: Which jurisdictions have the most developed case law on legal issue ? Is there federal preemption to consider? What regulatory bodies are relevant? 4. THE RESEARCH AGENDA: Given my fact pattern, where should I focus my primary source research? What types of cases am I looking for? FORMAT: Organized by the four topics above. Each section 3-5 paragraphs. No case citations — I will find cases in primary sources. CONSTRAINTS: Flag any area where you are uncertain about the current state of the law or where your knowledge may be outdated. Flag any area where recent developments may have changed the analysis. Verify: any specific case names Claude mentions despite instructions not to. 64 more prompts in the folders below. superlawyers-prompts/ │ ├── BOOK WORKFLOWS from the book chapters ├── chapter-03-research/ ├── chapter-04-drafting/ ├── chapter-05-analysis/ ├── chapter-06-devils-advocate/ ├── chapter-07-communication/ ├── chapter-08-automation/ ├── chapter-09-cross-border/ │ ├── PRACTICE AREA PROMPTS beyond the book ├── practice-employment/ ├── practice-real-estate/ ├── practice-startups-venture/ ├── practice-intellectual-property/ ├── practice-management/ │ └── contributed/ Every legal citation generated by Claude must be verified against a primary source before it appears in any document you file, send to a client, or use as the basis for legal advice. This rule appears in Chapter 1 and governs every prompt in this library. No exceptions. The book covers general workflows. These folders cover specific practice areas in depth. | Folder | Coverage | |---|---| practice-employment/ | Employment agreements, wrongful termination, handbooks, severance, discrimination charges | practice-real-estate/ | Purchase agreements, title review, commercial leases, due diligence, easements | practice-startups-venture/ | Term sheets, founders agreements, SAFEs, IP audits, equity compensation | practice-intellectual-property/ | Trademark clearance, copyright infringement, IP licensing, trade secrets | practice-management/ | Meeting summaries, engagement letters, status reports, BD copy, billing narratives | More practice areas coming. See contributed/ to add yours. To receive notifications when the library is updated, star this repository. To receive the updated edition of the book free of charge and to be notified when Superlawyers: Advanced launches, register here https://quantum-ink.com/superlawyers with your Amazon order number. - Fork this repository - Add your prompt to the relevant folder or to contributed/ - Follow the format: prompt name, practice area, context, the prompt itself, and a note on what to verify - Submit a pull request Prompts that generate unverified legal citations or omit verification steps will not be accepted. This library is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International CC BY-NC 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ . In practice: Free to use in your legal practice, adapt for your matters, and share with colleagues with attribution . Not permitted to reproduce in books, courses, training programs, or other commercial products without written permission from QuantumInk. 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