| name | semester-handoff |
| title | /semester-handoff |
| description | End-of-semester case handoff memos — the mirror of /ramp. Produces per-case transition memos and a cohort summary so the departing cohort hands work to the incoming cohort cleanly. Reads deadlines, client-comms, and case history. Use when the professor or departing students need to wrap up the semester, build transition memos, or offboard a graduating/withdrawing student. |
| author | anthropics |
| author_url | https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/main/legal-clinic/skills/semester-handoff |
| license | Apache-2.0 |
| version | 0.1.0 |
| execution_mode | open |
| jurisdiction | general |
| practice | general |
| language | en |
/semester-handoff
- Load
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/CLAUDE.md → clinic profile, semester dates, supervision style.
- Load
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/deadlines.yaml and ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/client-comms/[case-id]/log.md per case.
- Use the workflow below.
- Take active-case list as input (ask if clinic doesn't have a central list). Map outgoing → incoming owners.
- Generate per-case handoff memo →
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/handoffs/[semester]/[case_id].md.
- Generate cohort summary →
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/handoffs/[semester]/_summary.md.
- Route per supervision model — formal queue / configurable flags / lighter-touch.
Semester Handoff
Purpose
Every semester, clinics lose their entire workforce and rebuild. /ramp solves half the problem — it onboards the new cohort. This skill solves the other half: it offboards the departing cohort by producing handoff memos that capture what the next student needs to know about every active case.
Without this, case knowledge walks out the door with the student. The new student starts from the case file and intake summary, which is never enough. Two weeks are wasted re-learning the case before the new student can do anything useful. The client experiences the re-learning as a regression — calls go unanswered while the new student catches up, questions already answered get asked again.
Audience
Professor or departing students. The professor runs it to orchestrate the full cohort offboarding; individual students can run it on their own cases if they're transitioning mid-semester (graduation, withdrawal).
Load context
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/CLAUDE.md → clinic profile, semester, practice areas, supervision style~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/deadlines.yaml → all active deadlines, grouped by case~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/client-comms/[case-id]/log.md (per case) → communications history- Case files / intake summaries the clinic maintains
- Student roster — who owns what going into the handoff
Workflow
Step 1: Identify cases and owners
- Pull all active cases (from intake records +
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/deadlines.yaml case_ids + client-comms folders)
