Explore a Legal Proposition

Learn how to explore a legal proposition with Vincent. This litigation strategy tool helps you build persuasive AI legal arguments for or against a statement.

Summary

Learn how to Explore a Legal Proposition with Vincent. This powerful litigation strategy tool goes beyond objective research to help you build persuasive, fully-cited AI legal arguments either in support of or in opposition to a specific statement.

Why This is Important

While the Ask a Research Question workflow provides an unbiased, objective answer, the Explore a Legal Proposition workflow is designed to be your strategic partner in advocacy. It acts like a litigator, taking a subjective, biased view to find the best cases, statutes, and secondary materials to either support or oppose your proposition. This allows you to build stronger briefs and anticipate the claims your opposing counsel will make.

Step-by-Step Guide

Step 1: Start the Workflow

To begin, select Explore a Legal Proposition from the list of workflows on the Vincent landing page.

Select 'Explore a Legal Proposition' from the workflow library.

Step 2: Select Your Jurisdiction

Use the jurisdiction selector at the bottom of the box to choose the specific jurisdiction(s) for your research. When you are ready, press the blue arrow to generate the argument.

Step 3: Define Your Proposition and Stance

In the input box, you will need to provide two key pieces of information:

  1. Your Legal Proposition: Write the statement or legal argument you wish to explore.

  2. Your Stance: Select whether you want Vincent to build an argument in support of or in opposition to your statement.

Enter your legal proposition and choose whether to support or oppose it.

Step 4: Refine Your Research with Suggested Questions

This is where Vincent becomes a strategic partner. After analyzing your initial proposition, Vincent may determine that it's best to break it down into more specific legal sub-issues to provide a more thorough and structured argument.

It will present you with a list of suggested research questions, like this:

Vincent may suggest breaking your proposition into more specific research questions.

You can then select the most relevant sub-questions that you want Vincent to focus on when building the final argument. Once you have made your selection, click the blue arrow to proceed.

Step 4: Review the Generated Argument

The argument may take a minute or two to generate. Once complete, it will be displayed on the left-hand side of the screen, with a full list of the authorities Vincent has cited available on the right. The argument is typically structured with:

  • A Short Response summarizing the position.

  • A detailed breakdown of supporting Cases, Statutes, and Secondary Materials.

  • A section on Exceptions and Limitations to the rule.

Review the generated argument and the supporting authorities

Step 5: Interact with Your Results

You have full control over the final output.

  • Modify the Authority List: If you feel a source is not relevant, select Modify list, de-select the texts you wish to exclude, and click Apply. Vincent will regenerate the argument based on your new selection.

Modify the Authority List.

  • Download Your Argument: Use the icons above the answer to download the final memo as a PDF or Word document, or to copy it to your clipboard.

Download Your Argument.

Best Practices & Pro Tips

Anticipate the Opposition: The most powerful way to use this tool is to run it twice. First, build an argument in support of your position. Then, run it again, but select in opposition to your statement. This allows you to see the strongest counterarguments and better prepare your case.

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