| name | status-anthropics |
| title | /status |
| description | Case status summary by audience — client-facing (plain language), internal (for the professor), or court-ready (formal caption format per local rules). Same facts, different framing and depth. Use when a student needs to update the client, brief the professor, or prepare a court status report. |
| author | anthropics |
| author_url | https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/main/legal-clinic/skills/status |
| license | Apache-2.0 |
| version | 0.1.0 |
| execution_mode | open |
| jurisdiction | general |
| practice | litigation |
| language | en |
/status
- Load
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/CLAUDE.md → supervision style, plain-language standards, jurisdiction.
- Use the workflow below. Read case notes.
- Generate for the specified audience:
client — plain language, what happened/next/you do/reach usinternal — procedural posture, done since last check-in, upcoming, needs professor input, student's assessmentcourt — formal status report in caption format per local rules
- Supervision routing per audience (client-facing and court-ready usually flag).
/legal-clinic:status client
/legal-clinic:status internal
/legal-clinic:status court
Status: Audience-Aware Case Summaries
Purpose
Clinics generate enormous numbers of status updates — to clients, to professors, to co-counsel, to courts. Same case, same facts, completely different documents. This skill takes the case notes and produces the right summary for the right reader.
Load context
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/CLAUDE.md → supervision style, plain-language standards (for client-facing), jurisdiction.
Case notes for facts.
Audience modes
Client-facing
Reader: The client. Probably stressed. Possibly unfamiliar with legal process. Reading level per ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/legal-clinic/CLAUDE.md plain-language standards (default 6th grade).
Include:
- What's happened since they last heard from the clinic
- What's happening next and when
- What (if anything) they need to do
- How to reach the clinic
Don't include:
- Legal analysis (they don't need to know the IRAC)
- Weaknesses in their case (unless it's time to have that conversation — and that's a call for the professor, not a status update)
- Jargon
Review label for the student (not for the client — strip before sending):
[AI-ASSISTED DRAFT — requires student review and supervision step per plugin config]
Check your jurisdiction's student practice rule for required law-student sign-off language; some jurisdictions require specific forms.
Dear [Client],
I wanted to update you on your case.
[Plain English. "We filed your answer with the court on
[date]" not "The responsive pleading was submitted."]
[What and when. "The court scheduled a hearing for [date] at
[time]. You need to be there." Or: "We're waiting for the landlord's lawyer
to respond. That could take a few weeks."]
[Specific and clear. Or: "Nothing right now — we'll
let you know when we need something from you."]
[Clinic phone, hours, student name]
[Student name]
Law Student, Certified Legal Intern
Under the supervision of [Supervising Attorney]
[Clinic name]
