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Generate end-of-semester case handoff memos and cohort transition summaries for legal clinics.

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Search Tags:#case management#deadlines#legal clinic#student onboarding#handoff memo#client communications#supervision workflow
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill semester-handoff
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
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Skill: semester-handoff
Source: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/main/legal-clinic/skills/semester-handoff
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal --skill semester-handoff

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve?

End-of-semester legal clinic handoffs prevent case knowledge from walking out the door and reduce the re-learning time that causes missed deadlines and client friction.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Per-case transition memos: Generates a structured handoff memo capturing current posture, pending deadlines, what’s been done, what’s open, document pointers, and communications history so the incoming student can continue immediately.
  • Cohort summary: Produces a semester-wide summary including transitions, urgency, unassigned incoming owners, and deadlines the new cohort must hit early.
  • Supervision-style routing: Applies the clinic’s configured supervision model to determine how handoff memos are queued/reviewed before release, including professor gates for consequential case changes.

Quick Start

Run semester-handoff with the target semester and have it generate per-case handoff memos and a cohort summary from your clinic’s CLAUDE profile, deadlines.yaml, and per-case client communications logs.

Frequently Asked Questions about semester-handoff

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I generate case handoff memos for a legal clinic at the end of a semester?▼

To generate case handoff memos, this Skill extracts deadlines, client communications, and case history from your clinic data directory, producing structured per-case transition memos and a cohort summary for incoming students.

What is a cohort transition summary for legal clinic semester changeover?▼

A cohort transition summary is a semester-wide overview capturing transitions, urgency, unassigned incoming owners, and early deadlines the new cohort must hit, reducing re-learning time during legal clinic semester changeover.

Do I need a specific file structure to automate student onboarding and case handoffs?▼

Yes, you need a CLAUDE.md clinic profile, a deadlines.yaml file for deadline data, and per-case client communication logs to map outgoing and incoming students for active cases during semester changeover.

How does supervision workflow routing work for legal clinic handoff memos?▼

Supervision-style routing applies the clinic's configured supervision model to queue handoff memos for review before release, including professor gates for consequential case changes during the student onboarding process.

Can I input an active-case list to filter which cases receive a handoff memo?▼

Yes, the Skill optionally takes an active-case list input to filter case history and client communications, generating handoff memos only for active cases and writing outputs to configured handoffs/semester paths.

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