--- name: status-uk-agents title: /legal-clinic-uk:status description: Case status summary by audience — client-facing (plain language), internal (for the supervising solicitor or barrister), or tribunal/court-ready (formal format per local court or tribunal rules). Same facts, different framing and depth. Use when a student needs to update the client, brief the supervisor, or prepare a court or tribunal status report. author: uk-agents author_url: https://github.com/uk-agents/uk-legal-plugins/tree/main/legal-clinic-uk/skills/status license: Apache-2.0 version: 0.1.0 execution_mode: open jurisdiction: gb practice: criminal language: en --- # /legal-clinic-uk:status 1. Load `~/.claude/plugins/config/uk-legal-plugins/legal-clinic-uk/CLAUDE.md` → supervision style, plain-language standards, jurisdiction. 2. Use the workflow below. Read case notes. 3. Generate for the specified audience: - `client` — plain language, what happened/next/you do/reach us - `internal` — procedural posture, done since last check-in, upcoming, needs supervisor input, student's assessment - `court` — formal status report in caption format per current court/tribunal rules 4. Supervision routing per audience (client-facing and court/tribunal-ready usually flag). ``` /legal-clinic-uk:status client ``` ``` /legal-clinic-uk:status internal ``` ``` /legal-clinic-uk:status court ``` --- # Status: Audience-Aware Case Summaries ## Purpose UK law school clinics generate enormous numbers of status updates — to clients, to supervisors, to co-advisers, to courts and tribunals. Same case, same facts, completely different documents. This skill takes the case notes and produces the right summary for the right reader. ## Load context `~/.claude/plugins/config/uk-legal-plugins/legal-clinic-uk/CLAUDE.md` → supervision style, plain-language standards (for client-facing), jurisdiction. Case notes for facts. ## Audience modes ### Client-facing **Reader:** The client. Probably stressed. Possibly unfamiliar with legal process. Reading level per `~/.claude/plugins/config/uk-legal-plugins/legal-clinic-uk/CLAUDE.md` plain-language standards (default plain English / approx. 6th grade equivalent). Follow SRA client care obligations — the client has a right to understand what is happening in their case. `[SRA-CODE]` **Include:** - What's happened since they last heard from the clinic - What's happening next and when - What (if anything) they need to do - How to reach the clinic **Don't include:** - Legal analysis (they don't need to know the IRAC) - Weaknesses in their case (unless it's time to have that conversation — and that's a call for the supervisor, not a status update) - Jargon. If a legal term is unavoidable, explain it. *Review label for the student (not for the client — strip before sending):* `[AI-ASSISTED DRAFT — requires student review and supervision step per plugin config]` Check whether your jurisdiction's student practice rules require any specific form of student/non-solicitor disclosure in client letters. Under the SRA Code of Conduct 2019, clients must be informed clearly about who is acting for them and the supervisory structure. `[SRA-CODE]` ```markdown Dear [Client], I wanted to update you on your case. **What's happened:** [Plain English. "We sent a letter to your landlord on [date]" not "Correspondence was issued to the Respondent."] **What's next:** [What and when. "The tribunal has set a hearing date of [date] at [time]. You must attend." Or: "We are waiting for the other side to respond. This could take a few weeks."] **What you need to do:** [Specific and clear. Or: "Nothing right now — we will let you know when we need something from you."] **How to reach us:** [Clinic phone, hours, student name] [Student name] Law Student — not a qualified solicitor or barrister All advice is given under the supervision of [Supervisor], [Solicitor / Barrister], [SRA / BSB authorisation number] [Clinic name] ``` **Before sending:** sending a client status update is a consequential action. The gate is the supervision workflow in `## Supervision style` in `~/.claude/plugins/config/uk-legal-plugins/legal-clinic-uk/CLAUDE.md`. Confirm the draft has been reviewed per the supervision protocol (queue / flag / lighter-touch) and all internal review labels have been removed from the client-facing copy. Confirm the sign-off line identifies the student correctly and the supervising solicitor/barrister as required. ### Internal (for the supervisor) **Reader:** The supervising solicitor or barrister. Knows the law. Wants to know where the case stands and what the student needs from them. **Include:** - Procedural status (where in the life of the case — pre-claim, post-issue, hearing listed, etc.) - What's been done since last check-in - What's coming up (deadlines, hearings, tribunal dates) - Issues needing supervisor input - Student's assessment (how it's going, concerns, strategic questions) ```markdown # Status: [Client] — [Matter] — [date] **Student:** [name] | **Procedural posture:** [pre-claim / ET1 submitted / ET3 received / preliminary hearing listed / main hearing listed / post-hearing / etc.] ## Since last check-in - [What's been done] ## Upcoming | Date | What | Action needed by | |---|---|---| | [date] | [deadline/hearing] | [date] | ## Needs supervisor input - [Question or decision point — specific] ## Student's assessment [How it's going. Strengths, concerns, strategic questions. This is where the student's thinking shows.] --- [AI-ASSISTED DRAFT — student should revise the assessment section especially; that's your thinking, not a summary of notes] ``` ### Court/tribunal-ready **Reader:** A judge, tribunal panel, or clerk. Formal. Specific to what the court or tribunal needs. Format varies by forum. **E&W Courts (CPR):** follow the applicable Practice Direction for case management statements and directions questionnaires (N180 for county court allocation; case management information sheets for specialist courts). **Employment Tribunal:** no standard "status report" form — follow any specific case management order or presidential guidance. The format is a letter or brief document to the tribunal identifying case status and any outstanding matters. **First-tier Tribunal (Immigration):** follow Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Rules 2014; any scheduled case management review directions. **Format:** Per local rules and practice directions. Caption, statement of truth if required, signature block (student with supervisor's authorisation clearly stated), service if filed. ```markdown ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ AI-ASSISTED DRAFT — requires student analysis and supervising solicitor/barrister review Court and tribunal filings ALWAYS require supervisor review before filing ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ [Caption / header per jurisdiction — VERIFY against current court/tribunal rules] [VERIFY: format per applicable Practice Direction / Presidential Guidance / local directions] STATUS REPORT / CASE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION [Party] submits this status report pursuant to [the court's/tribunal's order of [date] / the applicable case management directions / in advance of the [case management hearing / review] scheduled for [date]]. 1. Procedural history: [brief] 2. Current status: [directions compliance / outstanding steps / any agreed timetable] 3. Outstanding matters: [what's pending] 4. Proposed next steps: [scheduling, if the court/tribunal wants input] [Signature block — student name, law student not a solicitor/barrister, acting under supervision of [Supervisor], [Solicitor/Barrister], [SRA/BSB authorisation number], [Clinic name]] [Certificate of service if filing — per applicable rules] --- [VERIFY: caption format, applicable rules, service requirements — per current court/tribunal procedural rules and any specific directions in this case] `[CPR-RULE]` ``` ## Supervision routing Per `~/.claude/plugins/config/uk-legal-plugins/legal-clinic-uk/CLAUDE.md`: - Client-facing → usually a flag trigger (client communication) - Internal → no flag (it's going to the supervisor anyway) - Court/tribunal-ready → always flagged if formal queue enabled; always requires supervisor review ## What this skill does NOT do - **Decide what to tell the client.** Especially on bad news or case weaknesses — that's a conversation for the student and supervisor, then the student and client. Status updates are status, not strategic advice. - **File anything with a court or tribunal.** Drafts the document; supervisor reviews; filing per clinic procedure. - **Replace the student's assessment in internal status.** The "student's assessment" section is the student's thinking — the draft can scaffold it but can't write it. ## Close with the next-steps decision tree End with the next-steps decision tree per CLAUDE.md `## Outputs`.