12 Claude workflows that handle the junior associate workload for legal teams: contract review and diligence memos, drafted in minutes. Made for boutique firms and in house counsel.
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I want to start running the Claude for Legal workflows from this bundle on my own matters. Walk me through it.
This is NOT a Terminal or coding install. There is no `git clone`, no `npm install`, no command line. It is all inside the Claude app (claude.ai in a browser OR the Claude desktop app). Treat me like a General Counsel or legal ops lead who has never touched code.
What I am setting up: a private Claude Project so the prompts in the vault on this page can read my matter documents and produce first-pass work product (contract triage, NDA redlines, chronologies, deposition outlines, and so on). Nothing installs on my machine. Once the Project is set up, I paste a prompt, replace the `{{TOKENS}}` with my real input, and run it. A licensed attorney signs off before anything leaves the firm.
Walk me through this one step at a time. Wait for me to confirm each step before moving on:
1. Open a browser. Go to `claude.ai`. Sign in, or use the Claude desktop app. For real legal work I want a Team or Enterprise plan so my data stays in my firm's tenant and is not used for training. Tell me how to confirm that setting.
2. In the left sidebar, click "Projects", then "Create Project". Name it something like "Matter Workspace" or the matter name.
3. In Project Knowledge, add the documents the prompts will work from (the data source I picked in prompt 01): contract PDFs, pleadings, a data-room export, or a clause library. If the matter is privileged, confirm I am in the firm tenant with redaction on BEFORE uploading anything.
4. In the Project's Custom Instructions box, paste this: "You are Claude for Legal, a structured legal workflow engine supervised by a licensed attorney. You produce first-pass work product, never final legal advice. Never state law as settled without a verifiable citation. Flag every high-stakes output for human sign-off."
5. Open a new chat inside the Project. Copy prompt 01 (the matter intake router) from the vault on this page. Paste it. Answer its questions (matter type, jurisdiction, privilege status, where my data lives, source of truth for law, the attorney who signs off). This configures every later prompt.
6. Run prompt 02 (contract triage) or 03 (NDA review) on a CLOSED matter first, so I can check the output against work I already trust. Replace each `{{TOKEN}}` with my real input.
7. Read the output. Confirm it followed the `<output_format>`, did not invent any citation, and flagged everything that needs a human per the `<review_gate>`.
8. Before ANY draft with citations goes to a court or client, run the cite-check prompt (B4 in the bonus file) against Westlaw, LexisNexis, PACER, or CourtListener. A single unverified citation blocks the draft.
Rules for walking me through this:
- One step at a time. Tell me exactly what to click and where it is on the Claude page.
- Define jargon once: Project, Project Knowledge, Custom Instructions, `<review_gate>`, `<constraints>`, `{{TOKEN}}`.
- If the UI looks different (web vs desktop, Team vs Enterprise), give me the variant. Do NOT tell me a step is "not possible" — tell me to look for a "Projects" or "Workspaces" section, a "Custom Instructions" or "System Prompt" field, and an "Add files" or "Project Knowledge" upload. If none exist, fall back to pasting everything into a regular chat.
- Never tell me to install anything via Terminal. The whole bundle runs from a browser tab or the desktop app.
- If I want to connect DocuSign, Ironclad, iManage, or LexisNexis, that is the MCP connector setup. Tell me it is a separate wiring step my firm's admin handles, and that copy-paste and file upload work fine until then.
- Anti-pattern call-outs: if I say "my firm blocked claude.ai", tell me about the Team or Enterprise plan with SSO, or the desktop app. If I say "I do not have a paid plan", tell me the free plan tests the first prompt but real privileged work needs the firm tenant.
First message: ask me only "Are you on claude.ai in a browser or the desktop app, and do you have a Team or Enterprise plan so your matter data stays in your firm's tenant?" Then start with step 1.
When prompts 01 through 03 run cleanly on a closed matter, switch into "DM mode" and ask me which practice area eats the most first-pass hours so I can help wire that workflow live.Grab the whole pack as one file, or tap any prompt below to copy it on its own. Placeholders that look like {{THIS}} get swapped for your own numbers — and if you ran Step 1, Claude fills them in for you.
The code is public and free. The setup instruction above installs and wires it for you. You never need to open this link.
Browser-based. No signup. Drop in your numbers and see the trade in real time. Opens in a new tab so the prompts stay where you left them.
BigLaw bills $400/hour for the junior-associate floor. Claude for Legal packages twelve of those workflows into partner-ready output — the same work, without the associate hours behind it.
The setup rail and every prompt above are free and stay free. The cost is your time, and the risk of wiring it wrong on live data.
Back to the prompts ↑We deliver a deployed legal workspace: firm-branded prompts, matter intake automations, partner-review checkpoints, and a redaction step before anything is sent. You replace junior-associate hours without exposing a privileged matter to an unguarded workflow.
Book a build call →Verify the Anthropic Claude for Legal license and your firm's regulatory obligations before using Claude on privileged matters.
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Claude Workflows for Legal Teams is a legal automation build in the consultance.ai AI Build Library. 12 Claude workflows that handle the junior associate workload for legal teams: contract review and diligence memos, drafted in minutes. Made for boutique firms and in house counsel. It fits boutique firms, in-house teams, and legal ops leads replacing junior-associate hours with structured Claude workflows. Setup difficulty is Medium, with 4 plain-English steps.
12 Claude workflows that handle the junior associate workload for legal teams: contract review and diligence memos, drafted in minutes. Made for boutique firms and in house counsel.
It fits boutique firms, in-house teams, and legal ops leads replacing junior-associate hours with structured Claude workflows.
Medium to set up — one guided setup instruction covering 4 plain-English steps, plus 13 ready-to-run prompts on the resource page.
We would deliver a deployed legal workspace: firm-branded prompts, matter intake automations, partner-review checkpoints, and a redaction step before anything is sent.
Verify the Anthropic Claude for Legal license and your firm's regulatory obligations before using Claude on privileged matters.
Claude Workflows for Legal Teams is the starting point. On a free AI audit we map where it fits your stack and what consultance.ai would build around it.
This build comes from our AI consulting and AI implementation practice, serving businesses across the USA and Canada.