Working with Drafts
A cited answer is the raw material; a memo or opinion is the deliverable. Once your research reads the way you want — every claim verified, the right follow-ups asked — Judicio turns the same findings, with the same citations, into a written document you can hand to a colleague, a client, or a court. This page covers turning findings into a draft, choosing the tone, and exporting an evidence pack of every source.
Turning findings into a memo or opinion
You don't start from a blank page. Working in the same research session that already holds your answer and its sources, toggle Drafting on in the composer and tell Judicio what to produce — for example:
Draft a short advice memo on whether the 90-day non-renewal notice is enforceable, with a recommendation.
or
Write a formal opinion on Northwind's liability if Milestone 1 is missed.
Judicio composes the document from the findings already on screen, so:
- the analysis carries through — the reasoning in your answer becomes the body of the memo or opinion;
- the citations carry through — the authorities behind each point stay attached, so the draft is as traceable as the answer it came from; and
- the facts from your attached documents are woven in where they're relevant.
Because drafting happens inside the conversation, you refine a draft the same way you refine an answer: send a follow-up (or tap a suggested follow-up chip) — "make the recommendation firmer", "add a section on remedies", "shorten the background" — and Judicio revises in place, keeping the citations intact.
The draft is only as good as the answer beneath it. Verify the key citations (see Understanding Results) and ask any follow-ups before you draft — it's faster to settle the analysis in the answer than to repair it in the document.
Choosing the tone
The Tone control (on the composer's settings, alongside Jurisdiction, Language and Response length) sets the register Judicio writes in. The same findings can read as a tight internal note or a formal client opinion depending on the tone you pick:
| Tone | Reads like | Reach for it when |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (default) | Memo / brief register | The default for legal writing — memos, opinions, anything that may be relied on |
| Concise | Short, fact-dense sentences | You want the bottom line fast, with minimal prose |
| Conversational | Plain English, contractions OK | An internal explainer or a note to a non-lawyer |
| Academic | Analytical, doctrinal framing | A doctrinal analysis that works through the authorities |
| Advisory | Client-counselling register | An opinion or advice letter addressed to a client |
Two more controls shape the output alongside tone:
- Response length — Concise (tight, high-density), Balanced (the default), or Detailed (thorough and comprehensive).
- Language — write the draft in any of the supported response languages, not only English.
Set these before you send, and adjust them on a follow-up if the first pass isn't pitched right.
Exporting an evidence pack
A memo is more persuasive when the reader can check it — and when the sources can't quietly disappear. From the research session, Export gives you both the document and the proof behind it:
- PDF — the answer or memo as a finished, shareable document, with Include citations on so every claim stays traceable.
- Word (.docx) — the same document, editable in Microsoft Word for further drafting or for dropping into your own house style.
- Evidence pack — a single bundle containing the archived snapshot of every source the answer cited, exported as one PDF.
The evidence pack is the differentiator. Judicio archives a snapshot of each web source at research time (see Archived snapshots), so the pack hands your reader the complete, frozen source trail behind the answer — the cases, statutes, and pages exactly as they read when you relied on them, immune to later link rot. Where you'd otherwise attach a folder of screenshots, you attach one pack.
If you only need one source rather than the whole trail, open the Sources panel, find the citation, and use Download (the archived PDF) or Add to folder to file it straight into your File Library as a normal, searchable document.
An AI-drafted memo or opinion is a strong first draft, not a finished product. Read the whole document, re-verify the citations against their sources, and make sure it meets your jurisdiction's conventions and any filing requirements before it leaves your hands.
Sharing and saving
- Auto-saved — the session, its answer, and anything you draft are saved to your account automatically; reopen it from your history at any time.
- Share with your team — teammates with access to the matter can open the session and see the same draft, citations, and sources.
- Export anytime — re-export to PDF, Word, or an evidence pack whenever the draft changes.
Next steps
- Understanding Results — read and verify a cited answer before you draft from it.
- Jurisdictions — browse the supported jurisdictions and their source coverage.
- Research Templates — speed up recurring questions with pre-built templates.