Free Legal Prompt Builder
The difference between a generic AI answer and a usable first draft is usually the prompt. Choose your options and a structured, professional prompt is assembled as you go — ready for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot.
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AI for Lawyers 2026 covers the tools worth using, the regulation and 100 practical prompts across nine practice areas. The Professional Programme teaches the method live, on real legal scenarios.
Why structure matters in legal prompts
General-purpose AI tools default to general-purpose answers. Without a role, they write like a generalist. Without a jurisdiction, they blend legal systems. Without an audience and format, they produce long, hedged prose nobody asked for. And without guardrails, they may fill gaps with confident guesses — including citations that do not exist.
This builder follows the same structure we teach in our programmes: role, task, context, audience, format and guardrails. It is closely related to the CRAFT framework in AI for Lawyers 2025.
Three habits that make any prompt better
- Anonymise first. Remove names and identifying details — our Confidentiality Redactor does this in seconds.
- Iterate. Treat the first answer as a draft. Ask for what is missing, weaker or wrong.
- Verify. Check every legal proposition and citation yourself — our 7-step verification checklist shows how.
Frequently asked questions
What makes a good legal prompt?
A clear role, a precise task, the jurisdiction, anonymised context, the audience, the output format, and guardrails such as “do not invent citations” and “flag uncertainty”.
Does this tool send my text to an AI?
No. The prompt is assembled locally in your browser and nothing is uploaded. You copy it into whichever AI tool you use.
Which AI tool should I paste it into?
It works with all major assistants. For help choosing, read Claude vs ChatGPT for lawyers.
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