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I'm a lawyer. I found myself writing a lot of legal briefs—but didn't like the Bluebooking and cite-checking part (it's kind of like linting code, but for lawye
by mdeck_ 6y ago
I'm a lawyer. I found myself writing a lot of legal briefs—but didn't like the Bluebooking and cite-checking part (it's kind of like linting code, but for lawyers and their briefs). So, I used Django to create http://www.cite.ly http://www.cite.ly, which automates the process of checking legal writing for Bluebooking errors and misquotations of case law through a web app.
We turned a 5- to 10-hour process into one that takes 10 minutes!
The app itself is in private beta at this point. We also rely on the software internally while externally offering a service where lawyers send us their briefs and we show them the errors that the software finds :)
- 23matt 6y agoI'm a Swiss lawyer working as a court clerk and have dabbled with Django myself (automating documents using python-docx and python-docx-template). I find this interesting and was wondering if you could elaborate on how you built this.
- mdeck_ 6y agoThe short answer is: mostly, a lot of regex. Yes, there’s also a lot more to it. Happy to discuss—reach out at michael@cite.ly :)