Legal Research Assistant

A law firm wants a research assistant over case law, statutes and the firm's prior briefs. Must cite with pinpoint accuracy. Hallucinated citations are career-ending. Must handle multi-jurisdiction queries.

• 1Which jurisdictions and how are they structured (federal, state, EU)?
• 2What is the citation format required (Bluebook, etc.)?
• 3How current must the law be — same day, week, month?
• 4Are prior briefs and memos in scope?
• 5What is the tolerance for hallucinated citations?
• 6Is there an existing legal research platform to integrate or replace?
• 7What is the attorney workflow — research, drafting, both?
• 8How is attorney-client privilege protected?

• Zero tolerance for hallucinated citations
• Pinpoint citations (page, paragraph) required
• Multi-jurisdiction
• Attorney-client privilege protection
• Law currency — daily updates for statutes
• Must integrate into attorney workflow, not replace judgment

• Structured citation with verified source (not model-generated citation)
• Hybrid retrieval: vector for semantic + exact for citation numbers
• Citation verification step — does the cited case/section actually exist and contain the proposition?
• Jurisdiction filter at query time
• Privilege log — every query and source logged
• Refusal when no verified source found
• Human-in-the-loop for adversarial arguments