Event Identification

Legal matters often revolve around specific events -- a meeting, a transaction, a regulatory filing, an incident. When you are reviewing a large collection, knowing which documents describe events (and which events they describe) helps you focus your attention where it matters most.

Claira reads through documents and identifies material events, summarizing what happened, who was involved, and when.

How Claira helps

• Captures the essentials. Each event is distilled into a single sentence covering the date, what happened, and who was involved.
• Filters for material events. The prompt instructs Claira to focus on factual, material events rather than routine or trivial mentions.
• Supports timeline building. Dated event summaries are easy to sort and compile into a chronology.

When to use this

• Identifying key events across a large document set
• Building case timelines from primary sources
• Mapping which documents relate to which events
• Preparing event-based review batches

Sample prompt

You can refine this prompt to focus on specific types of events -- for example, "Only include events related to contract negotiations" or "Focus on regulatory filings and government communications."

Tips for better results

• Define "material." What counts as a material event depends on your matter. If Claira is returning too many minor events, add guidance like "Exclude routine scheduling, administrative updates, and social correspondence."
• Use consistent date formatting. The YYYY/MM/DD format in the sample prompt sorts chronologically by default, which is helpful when compiling results.
• Expect some documents to have no events. Not every document describes an event. If a document is purely informational or administrative, Claira should return nothing -- and that is a useful signal too.

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