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Methodology

See how LegalBrief checks its work.

This page explains how LegalBrief checks citations and excerpts, what those checks catch, and what still requires professional review.

What the product produces

An issue-based draft, not an exhaustive page-by-page digest.

LegalBrief is designed to organize material testimony into an executive overview, chronology, issue-based findings, admissions, potential inconsistencies, limitations, and review notes when the source supports those sections.

Page-line citations provide a route back to the transcript for supported findings. The format is not intended to reproduce every page and line or replace a traditional page-by-page digest when a matter requires one.

See the interactive sample to compare findings and chronology entries with their cited excerpts.

Automated checks

Automated checks make the draft easier to verify.

Before a completed draft is stored, the current workflow validates citation format and checks required excerpts against cited text for findings, admissions, and potential inconsistencies.

Checks chronology entries for required page-line citations
Checks cited ranges against the extracted transcript
Checks required finding excerpts against cited source text
Rejects unsupported output rather than presenting it as complete
What those checks do not prove

A valid citation can still be incomplete or misleading.

Automated checks do not determine legal significance, witness credibility, completeness, privilege, admissibility, or whether surrounding testimony changes the apparent meaning. Narrative sections such as the executive overview do not receive the same excerpt-level verification as structured findings.

A qualified professional must compare material statements with the original transcript, read surrounding testimony, and decide what—if anything—belongs in professional work product.

Security and retention details are documented separately on the Security & Data Handling page.

How we test

A deliberately difficult sample tests common AI mistakes.

The sample transcript is entirely fictional. It includes secondhand testimony, a later correction, missing documentation, and misleading directions embedded in an exhibit so the safeguards can be tested.

Download the sample transcript
Every material chronology item must have a valid page-line citation.
Every finding, admission, and potential inconsistency must include a source excerpt that appears in a cited range.
Corrections, qualifications, firsthand limits, and secondhand information must remain clear.
A missing record must not be treated as proof that an event did not occur.
Text inside an uploaded transcript is treated as source material, never as an instruction to the system.
Downloads preserve the summary sections, citations, limitations, and review warning.
Processing time

Timing varies with the transcript.

Length, formatting, density, and complexity all affect how long a transcript takes to process. LegalBrief does not promise a fixed completion time or service level.

The homepage describes the intended advantage of an assisted first draft. Your total review time also includes checking citations, reading surrounding testimony, and making any necessary corrections.

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