What are the 'Red Flags' the skill monitors?

It checks for common academic pitfalls like starting intros with 'This article discusses,' excessive background sections, and the use of 'arguably' to hide a lack of concrete argument.

Can I use this for general legal drafting or memos?

While it improves legal prose generally, it is optimized for scholarly work. For general prose, the base /writing skill is recommended; for academic legal work, this skill provides the necessary rigor.

What is the primary focus of the writing-legal skill?

It is specifically designed for academic legal writing, such as law review articles and scholarship, following the principles outlined in Eugene Volokh's 'Academic Legal Writing'.

How does this skill handle Word document formatting?

The skill enforces a specific workflow requiring the /docx skill and a mandatory law review template to ensure consistent heading styles, body text, and academic formatting.

Does this skill help with legal citations?

Yes, it integrates with /bluebook for citation formatting and includes an 'Iron Law' that requires users to cite original primary sources rather than intermediate secondary sources.

Academic Legal Writing

Name: Academic Legal Writing
Author: edwinhu

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Streamlines the creation of law review articles and legal scholarship using Eugene Volokh's authoritative academic standards.

The writing-legal skill is a specialized capability for Claude Code designed for law students, professors, and legal researchers. Based on Eugene Volokh's 'Academic Legal Writing,' it enforces rigorous standards for scholarly prose, including mandatory confrontation of counterarguments and the verification of primary sources. The skill automates complex workflows like synthesizing precedents, applying consistent law review formatting via standardized .docx templates, and ensuring logical arguments are built without the use of vague metaphors or secondary-source citation chains. It is the essential tool for transforming raw legal research into high-quality, publication-ready manuscripts.

主要功能

01Integrates Bluebook citation standards and AI anti-pattern detection for quality control

02Provides automated law review formatting using standardized .docx templates

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04Synthesizes complex case law into thematic arguments rather than sequential summaries

05Mandates primary source verification to eliminate secondary source citation errors

06Enforces the 'Iron Law' of addressing counterarguments for every prescriptive claim

使用场景

01Drafting and editing law review articles, student notes, and seminar papers

02Converting legal research into structured academic arguments with proper roadmap integration

03Ensuring scholarly manuscripts meet the specific stylistic requirements of legal journals

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add edwinhu/workflows writing-legal

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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