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LEGAL-RESEARCH-SKILLS5 MIN READ

Commit To A Pre-Send Quality Gate

Create a SMART pre-send quality gate for legal research answers.

Run a five-question quality gate before sending legal research answers. Before I send any legal research answer this week, I will pause for three minutes and check: issue stated, controlling source named, current treatment checked, material facts applied, confidence and open risk stated. If an item is unchecked, I will either fix it or label it as a limitation. We will check the concrete research behavior, not a vague intention. A partner email where your answer relies on one leading case or statute. A client-facing risk note that needs confidence language and caveats. A quick Slack answer where the source…

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