Practice templates: try one
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01 Tabular review
“Review these three supplier agreements side by side: term, renewal, termination for convenience, liability cap, governing law and data processing.”
Three agreements with deliberately different caps, terms and governing laws, so the table has real differences to show.
- Software supply agreement (Dutch law)
- Master services agreement (English law)
- Payments services agreement (German law)
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02 Horizon scan
“What is coming in the next 12 months that changes the AI and data obligations of a Dutch hospital-scheduling software vendor, with dates and what we have to do about each?”
A vendor profile that makes the scan specific: an AI shift-ranking model and 38,000 nurses' personal data.
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03 Ask legal
“Can our sales team take a prospect to a EUR 250 dinner, and what do we need to record?”
A short internal policy with limits and a register rule, so the answer quotes the company's own rule next to the law.
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04 Survey matrix
“For our four offices, how does each country treat post-employment non-competes: enforceable, maximum duration, compensation, formal conditions?”
Four countries by four questions, with a client scope note that asks for the article and a blank where the law is unclear.
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05 Cite check
“Check every citation in this draft statement of defence: does the authority exist, and does it say what we claim?”
Six citations: two real Supreme Court judgments, two invented ones, and two Civil Code articles to confirm.
Note: The Haviltex and Kelderluik judgments are real public decisions. Citations 3 and 4 are invented. Parties and facts are fictional.
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06 Playbook
“Review this vendor draft against our playbook and show every deviation, with the fallback we can accept.”
An eight-clause playbook against a one-sided draft: most rows deviate, one is a red line.
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07 Matter board
“Show my open matters and what needs me first.”
Twenty matters in five stages with owners and deadlines, plus a scheduling order whose terms Monocle checks against the Rv.
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08 New client intake
“Take in this new client and check the parties for conflicts against our client list.”
A 300-name client list with six planted near-matches (BV and B.V., Ltd and Limited, one-letter differences) for the string check.
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09 Renewal calendar
“Build a renewal calendar from this contract list: the date each contract ends, the last day to give notice, and what we pay.”
Fifteen contracts with start date, term, auto-renewal and notice period: the dates are calculated, not read.
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10 Fact chronology
“Build a dated chronology of this dispute from the file, with the document behind each entry.”
Twelve dated items across emails, a ticket, an incident log, letters and a summons, with one disputed count (31 trucks).
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11 Discovery response log
“Draft a response to each request for production from the case file, quoting the document, and flag the requests with nothing to produce.”
Eight requests, six documents: four requests have no responsive document and must not be drafted from guesswork.
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12 Patent claim comparison
“Compare claim 1 of this patent with our product description, element by element, and say where we are outside the claim.”
A narrowed claim (re-grouping within 90 seconds) against a product that never re-groups: the gap is in the prosecution history.
Note: Patent numbers and the patent holder are invented.
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13 Docket watch
“What changed on these four dockets this week, and which new deadlines does it create?”
Fifteen docket entries over four cases, with five entries that set a date to turn into deadlines.
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14 AI use-case inventory
“Classify each AI system in this list under the EU AI Act and tell me which ones need action first.”
Twelve systems including a CV screener, emotion tagging on calls and a worker productivity score, the rows that tier highest.
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15 Sell-side Q&A log
“Answer every buyer question from the data room, with the quote and document, and mark the ones the data room cannot answer.”
Twelve bidder questions over three data-room documents: five are answerable, seven must abstain.
- Buyer questions
- Data room index
- DR-01 customer agreement
- DR-02 customer agreement
- DR-03 employment and IP template
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16 Outside counsel spend
“Check this invoice against our billing guidelines line by line and total what we should query.”
Twenty time entries with planted breaches: rate above cap, block billing, clerical work, two partners at one meeting, 0.25 increments, full-rate travel, 12 hours of research.
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17 Entity compliance calendar
“Build the compliance calendar for these entities for the next 12 months: each filing, its deadline and the rule behind it.”
Eight entities in seven countries, one row per filing with its year end and the deadline rule the entity team noted: each due date is counted from its rule, and three rules that do not run from the year end are named, not guessed.
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18 Litigation portfolio
“Set the summons and the statement of defence side by side: what each side claims, what is disputed, and what each relies on.”
Two pleadings that agree on the outage and disagree on cap, amount (31 or 19 deliveries) and gross negligence.
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19 Eviction notice check
“Is this termination notice valid under Dutch residential tenancy law, and what should the tenant do?”
A notice with points to test (ordinary mail, the notice period for a ten-year tenancy, the renovation ground) against ten lease facts.
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20 Pro bono case board
“Show the pro bono cases as a board and tell me which ones need a volunteer before their deadline.”
Fourteen cases in four stages, five of them waiting for a volunteer, one with a hearing notice that sets the date.
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21 A2J front door
“My landlord says I have to leave by 31 December because of renovation. I cannot afford a lawyer. Do I have to go and what do I do first?”
A plain-language question from a layperson, answered with what is certain, what depends, and the right free help from a directory.
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22 Intake queue
“Screen each request in this queue, check the parties against our client list, and tell me which can go to a decision.”
Ten requests across four stages, reusing the 300-name client list from 08, so conflicts surface on real rows.
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