Drafting, reviewing, and finalizing a pleading

In the cockpit, you can create a draft pleading with a single click – matching the current phase of the proceeding (e.g., a statement of claim). This is based on your facts of the case and your recorded facts.

What the AI takes into account

• The structure follows German pleading conventions (Rubrum (heading), specific motions, statement of grounds with offers of evidence, list of exhibits) – no US style.
• Offers of evidence are placed directly after the respective assertion; the list of exhibits is at the end. You control which evidence is used in the evidence manager.
• Cited norms are checked against official sources. If a norm could not be verified, you will see an "unverified citations" warning.

Extensive pleadings are written in sections

If your statement of facts is extensive, the AI does not write the pleading in one go but section by section – so that nothing gets cut off, even in long texts. For this, the card “Filing in sections” appears at the top of the proceedings with a suggested outline for the reasoning. You can rename, remove or reorder sections; motions, parties and exhibits are already fixed and can be edited once the draft is finished. With Approve and write, one section is written after the other; finally, everything is assembled into one pleading and checked like any draft. Shorter pleadings are still created in a single step.

• Pause and continue: With Pause, the AI stops after the current section. Later – even after reloading the page – you continue from the first open section. Finished sections are kept.
• Price: You are charged once at the start; you see the price in advance (Where do I see what something costs before I start?). Writing the sections, retries and assembling cost nothing extra.
• Refund: If the draft cannot be completed due to an error on our side, we refund the price in full (Refunds & Reimbursements). The same applies if you discard the draft because mandatory legal representation turned out to apply along the way or a document of the case file has since been excluded from AI evaluation.
• Discard: If you discard a draft without such a reason, the sections written so far are lost and the price is not refunded – the confirmation dialog tells you this beforehand.

The pleading sounds like it came from you

The AI writes your pleading in the first person (“I am filing a claim,” “I ordered on…”)—just as a diligent private individual would write to the court: short, clear sentences, amounts, and dates, no legal lectures. The text contains no AI notes, explanations, or advice; those belong in the chat, not in the pleading. If information is missing, a yellow-highlighted placeholder “[please complete: …]” appears in that spot—fill it in before you review. Below the date, you will find a signature line with your name.

Something unclear? Next to every pleading is Ask the AI: The chat opens with a prepared question (“Please explain my pleading to me…”)—you send it yourself.

Review is mandatory

A draft initially remains a draft. Via Review & finalize, you confirm point by point (Rubrum, motions, facts of the case, and evidence) – and, in the case of unverified citations, explicitly confirm that they have been checked. Only then is the pleading considered reviewed. Until then, the PDF and DOCX visibly carry “DRAFT”; when you finalize, we recreate both without this watermark – the content stays the same, and your review is documented. Why this is important: Limits of AI & No Legal Advice.

Revising a draft with AI

With Revise with AI you describe what should be changed in the draft; the AI revises it selectively and leaves everything else as unchanged as possible. The revision goes through the same check as a newly created draft.

Revising long drafts selectively

If a draft is extensive (several sections, roughly 12,000 characters or more), Revise with AI also asks which parts your instruction concerns: each section of the reasoning individually, plus the caption, motions and exhibit list. Everything is preselected. The AI rewrites only the selected parts – one step per section, so nothing gets cut off even in long texts. All other sections stay word for word, including their headings (you can rename them via Edit). The result appears as a new version; your current version remains unchanged.

The price is the same as for any revision and is charged once at the start; the individual sections, retries and assembling cost nothing extra. You can follow the progress in the card at the top of the proceedings – pause, continue later or discard. If the revision fails due to an error on our side, or the version was submitted in the meantime, we refund the price in full. Short drafts are revised in one step as before.

Afterwards

Download the DOCX and PDF or print directly—everything at once as a ZIP—and submit it yourself: How do I submit my pleading myself?. Then mark the pleading as submitted. Under Your case file, you will find all pleadings bundled, the list of exhibits, and a proceeding overview as a PDF (or text file) for download.

Related topics: How do I submit my pleading myself? · Printing everything: pleadings, exhibits, and overview · The history of your proceeding: What has happened, what does it mean, what now? · Having court mail explained in plain English · Detected facts (persons, dates, amounts, deadlines) · Where do I see what something costs before I start?