Law Student Socratic Drill
It asks, you answer, it pushes back: active Socratic study for law students.
Official Anthropicby AnthropicChecked October 18, 2026
Part of the Law Student plugin in Anthropic's Claude for Legal suite. Claude questions you on a subject and refuses to hand over the answer until you reason your way there, then tracks your progress.
Who it is for
- Law students
- Bar exam candidates
- Students who like active recall
Prompts to try
Once the skill is installed, ask for the result in plain words. Claude picks the skill up on its own.
Drill me on personal jurisdictionSocratic quiz on the elements of negligenceTest me on contract formation, don't give me the answersHow to install it
In Claude Code
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-for-legal/plugin install law-student@claude-for-legal
In Claude.ai
In Cowork, open Customize > Browse plugins and install the Law Student plugin, or upload the zipped plugin folder.
Good to know
Run /law-student:cold-start-interview once to set up your profile. The plugin also has case briefs, flashcards and a study planner.
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How we checked it
Confirmed SKILL.md at law-student/skills/socratic-drill/SKILL.md in anthropics/claude-for-legal via the GitHub API; skill folder last changed 2026-05-11, repo has 9,720 stars and was pushed 2026-10-14.
Source: github.com/anthropics/claude-for-legal/tree/main/law-student/skills/socratic-drill