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Prep for a cold-call — predict the professor's likely questions and drill them Socratically, flagging where you're shaky so you know what to re-read before class.
Passed 18 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 11 of 22 without it.
and 4 more in the full report
7 fixed11 passed either way4 still failing0 broke
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One of 7 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
We are doing cold call drill on Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad. You asked me about Judge Andrews's dissent, but I haven't read that far and have no idea what he said. What do you say?
| Checked | Without skill | With skill |
|---|---|---|
| The response instructs the user to re-read the case text. | Missed | Passed |
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/law-student/CLAUDE.md → class list, professors, learning style.If the question the student is asking sounds like it's about a REAL situation — their lease, their parking ticket, their family's business, their friend's arrest, a real dollar amount, a real deadline, a real party name — stop.
"This sounds like a real situation, not a hypothetical. I can't give you legal advice, and you can't give it either — you're not a lawyer yet. If this is real, [the person] needs an actual lawyer: legal aid, your school's clinic, a lawyer referral service (your jurisdiction's bar association, law society, or legal aid body), or (if there's money) a private attorney. I'm happy to help you understand the general legal concepts involved, but that's study, not advice."
Watch for: real names, real addresses, real dates, specific dollar amounts, "my landlord/boss/parent/friend," "I got a ticket/letter/notice," deadlines measured in days. Any one of these is a trigger.
Cold-calling lives or dies on preparation. The professor has read the case dozens of times and knows the questions; the student has read it once. This skill narrows the gap — predicts the likely question patterns for the case, drills the student on them, and surfaces what they haven't locked in.
Not a replacement for reading the case. A test that you actually did.
[UNCERTAIN] on any question that depends on case details I'm not sure of. Strongly recommend the student pastes the case or casebook treatment first.~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/law-student/CLAUDE.md → current classes, professors, learning styletest cases passed, vs 11 / 22 without
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