NotebookLM Litigation Prompts: File Intake / Understanding The Case
Short sequential NotebookLM prompts for file intake / understanding the case 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 case in 10 bullet points: parties, dispute, reliefs, key facts, key documents and present procedural stage. 2. Explain this case to a lawyer who has never seen the file before. 3. What is this case really about? Identify the central factual and legal disputes. 4. Identify each party, their role, and the allegations made by or against them. 5. List every cause of action pleaded by the Plaintiff and the facts relied upon for each. 6. List every defence pleaded by the Defendant and the facts relied upon for each. 7. Identify all counterclaims, set-offs and affirmative defences. 8. Identify the remedies sought and the factual basis for each remedy. 9. What facts are common ground and what facts are disputed? 10. Identify facts mentioned repeatedly across multiple documents.
Description
Short sequential NotebookLM prompts for file intake / understanding the case 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
Case overview
Summarise this case in 10 bullet points: parties, dispute, reliefs, key facts, key documents and present procedural stage.
Explain this case to a lawyer who has never seen the file before.
What is this case really about? Identify the central factual and legal disputes.
Identify each party, their role, and the allegations made by or against them.
List every cause of action pleaded by the Plaintiff and the facts relied upon for each.
List every defence pleaded by the Defendant and the facts relied upon for each.
Identify all counterclaims, set-offs and affirmative defences.
Identify the remedies sought and the factual basis for each remedy.
What facts are common ground and what facts are disputed?
Identify facts mentioned repeatedly across multiple 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 | 1 |
| Prompt Count | 10 |
| Reviewed On | 2026-10-01 |
| Version | 1.0 |