NotebookLM Litigation Prompts: Affidavits
Short sequential NotebookLM prompts for affidavits using uploaded litigation documents, with source/page grounding and gap checking.
Use only as a supervised litigation preparation aid. Verify every material point against the uploaded sources and current law.
Prompt
Standing instruction: Answer only from the uploaded sources. Identify the document and page/source supporting each material proposition. Do not invent missing facts. Where the documents conflict, identify the conflict. Distinguish fact, allegation, evidence and submission. Run these prompts sequentially: 1. Summarise this affidavit paragraph by paragraph. 2. Identify which statements in this affidavit are based on personal knowledge and which appear based on information or belief. 3. Identify hearsay statements in this affidavit. 4. Identify argumentative or submission-like paragraphs in this affidavit. 5. Identify statements unsupported by the exhibited documents. 6. Identify contradictions between this affidavit and earlier affidavits. 7. Identify admissions made in this affidavit. 8. Identify paragraphs suitable for cross-examination. 9. Draft an affidavit chronology using only facts personally attributable to the deponent. 10. Identify exhibits that should accompany this affidavit. 11. Check whether every exhibit referred to in the affidavit appears in the uploaded documents.
Description
Short sequential NotebookLM prompts for affidavits using uploaded litigation documents, with source/page grounding and gap checking.
These prompts are intended to be run as a series rather than pasted as one long instruction. They work best after the relevant pleadings, affidavits, exhibits, correspondence, bundles, notes of evidence, judgments or appeal papers have been uploaded into the notebook.
Standing instruction
> Standing instruction: Answer only from the uploaded sources. Identify the document and page/source supporting each material proposition. Do not invent missing facts. Where the documents conflict, identify the conflict. Distinguish fact, allegation, evidence and submission.
Prompt series
Summarise this affidavit paragraph by paragraph.
Identify which statements in this affidavit are based on personal knowledge and which appear based on information or belief.
Identify hearsay statements in this affidavit.
Identify argumentative or submission-like paragraphs in this affidavit.
Identify statements unsupported by the exhibited documents.
Identify contradictions between this affidavit and earlier affidavits.
Identify admissions made in this affidavit.
Identify paragraphs suitable for cross-examination.
Draft an affidavit chronology using only facts personally attributable to the deponent.
Identify exhibits that should accompany this affidavit.
Check whether every exhibit referred to in the affidavit appears in the uploaded documents.
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Verification
- Require document and page/source references for material propositions.
- Separate facts, allegations, evidence and submissions.
- Flag contradictions, missing documents and uncertain points.
- Do not use the output directly for filing without lawyer review.
| Difficulty | Intermediate |
| Compatible Models | NotebookLM, Gemini |
| Expected Output | A source-grounded working table or issue list responsive to the prompt series, with missing evidence and conflicts identified. |
| Category | NotebookLM Litigation Prompts |
| Prompt Style | Short sequential prompt series |
| Series Number | 9 |
| Prompt Count | 11 |
| Reviewed On | 2026-10-01 |
| Version | 1.0 |