Legal Research Source Verification and Standardized Writing

Problem

AI-assisted legal writing often turns plausible citations into fragile claims. A case citation may have a clean reporter format but an inaccurate holding; a statute excerpt may mix versions; a law review footnote may omit volume, issue, or page. Cross-jurisdictional work is worse when China, the United States, and the EU are blended without clear sources. This skill targets source reliability and writing discipline rather than fast drafting.

How it works

It follows a verify first, analyze second, write last workflow:
- Research framing: classify the task and identify jurisdiction, core concepts, and required citation types.
- Source verification: build itemized checks for cases, statutes, and articles, recording fields such as holding, section number, effective date, journal volume, and page range, then mark them as verified, suspected, or unverified.
- Legal analysis: structure reasoning with IRAC, CREAC, Case Brief, or comparative-law formats to reduce skipped steps.
- Writing and review: generate drafts, literature reviews, memos, or abstracts, then audit source traceability, jurisdictional confusion, terminology, citation format, and AI-style phrasing.

Boundaries

Use it for law school assignments, early papers, case studies, legal memos, and bilingual legal writing. It makes uncertain citations visible, but it does not replace authoritative legal databases; items marked unverified still need human confirmation. Output quality depends on the input materials, jurisdiction, and target journal style.