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Turn your legal advice into a plain-English client letter
Rewrite your technical advice note into a clear, warm letter a non-lawyer understands, without changing what you actually advised.
When to use it
After writing an advice note
Step by step
Start from your own advice
Write your advice as you normally would. The AI only changes the wording for the reader; the advice itself must be yours.
Ask for a plain-English version
Paste your note, with client names replaced by labels if your AI tool is not firm-approved.
Prompt to copyRewrite this lawyer's advice note as a letter to a client with no legal background. Keep every point of advice, recommendation and caveat exactly as given; do not add new advice, options or legal sources. Structure: 1) The short answer in two sentences, 2) Why, in plain words, 3) Your options, as a short list with the pros and cons I gave, 4) What I recommend, 5) What happens next and what I need from you. Explain any legal term in brackets the first time. Reading age around 12. Note: [paste advice]Compare it line by line
Check the letter against your note to make sure nothing was dropped, softened or overstated, especially caveats and time limits.
Send on letterhead
Paste the final text into your firm's letter template and send it as you normally would. If the AI mentions any case or law, check it against the original source, as AI can invent case law.
What you get
The short answer: you can end the lease early, but only from 1 June and only if your rent is up to date. Why: your lease has a 'break clause' (a set date when either side can end it)... What I need from you: confirmation by 20 March that you want to go ahead.
Tips
- Ask it to keep your caveats word for word if they matter.
- Do not paste client confidential details into a public AI tool unless your firm allows it.