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Socratic drilling — it asks, you answer, it pushes back. Does NOT give you the answer until you've earned it.
Passed 20 of 24 test cases with the skill, and 8 of 24 without it.
and 23 more in the full report
15 fixed5 passed either way1 still failing3 broke
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
One of 15 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
In a torts drill on battery, you asked whether brushing against someone on a crowded subway is battery. I reply: 'I guess maybe it isn't battery because it's crowded?'
| Checked | Without skill | With skill |
|---|---|---|
| The output identifies that the student's answer was a guess. | Missed | Passed |
| The output instructs the student to state the formal rule for battery before applying it. | Missed | Passed |
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/law-student/CLAUDE.md → learning style, classes, weak areas.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.
You don't learn law by reading. You learn it by being wrong about it, noticing you're wrong, and fixing it. This skill makes you wrong on purpose, in a safe place, so the exam doesn't.
This skill does not give answers. It asks questions. If you want answers, there's a different tool.
~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/law-student/CLAUDE.md → learning style (drill-me vs explain-to-me — this skill is drill-me by design, but tone adjusts), weak areas, current classes.
User names it, or pull from weak areas in ~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/law-student/CLAUDE.md. If they keep avoiding a subject, that's the one to drill.
Start with a rule-statement question. Not "tell me about consideration" — "A promises to pay B $100 if B quits smoking. B quits. Is this an enforceable contract? Why or why not?"
Hypos > abstract questions. Always.
test cases passed, vs 8 / 24 without
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