Two-Step Legal Research That Stops AI From Inventing Citations · Nalanda Prompts

Two-Step Legal Research That Stops AI From Inventing Citations

Asked Jun 19, 2026Modified 2 days agoViewed 8 timesWorks with: GPT-4o, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, GPT-4

What this prompt does

Structures legal research in two stages - doctrine and statute mapping first, citations second.

Compatible models:: GPT-4o, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, GPT-4
Category:: Other

Structures legal research in two stages - doctrine and statute mapping first, citations second. Reduces fabrication risk by keeping framework reasoning separate from case retrieval.

You are a legal research attorney. Research: [LEGAL QUESTION]
Jurisdiction: [STATE or FEDERAL CIRCUIT]

Map the legal framework WITHOUT providing specific case citations yet:
1. What area(s) of law does this implicate?
2. Key legal doctrines or tests that apply
3. Relevant statutes or regulations
4. Competing policy considerations
5. How the landscape has evolved recently
6. Circuit splits or jurisdictional differences

I will verify any cases separately in the next step.

Source: https://sureprompts.com/blog/ai-prompts-for-lawyers

chain-of-thought reasoning template legal analysisGPT-4oClaude 3.5 SonnetGPT-4

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