NotebookLM Litigation Prompts: Witness Statements
Short sequential NotebookLM prompts for witness statements 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. Prepare a factual outline for this witness based only on documents involving or known to the witness. 2. Identify documents this witness can personally authenticate. 3. Identify facts this witness should not give because they appear outside personal knowledge. 4. Identify gaps in the proposed witness statement. 5. Compare the witness statement against the pleadings and identify inconsistencies. 6. Compare the witness statement against contemporaneous documents. 7. Identify potentially damaging admissions in the witness statement. 8. Identify parts of the witness statement likely to attract cross-examination.
Description
Short sequential NotebookLM prompts for witness statements 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
Prepare a factual outline for this witness based only on documents involving or known to the witness.
Identify documents this witness can personally authenticate.
Identify facts this witness should not give because they appear outside personal knowledge.
Identify gaps in the proposed witness statement.
Compare the witness statement against the pleadings and identify inconsistencies.
Compare the witness statement against contemporaneous documents.
Identify potentially damaging admissions in the witness statement.
Identify parts of the witness statement likely to attract cross-examination.
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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 | 23 |
| Prompt Count | 8 |
| Reviewed On | 2026-10-01 |
| Version | 1.0 |