Legal work with AI / Litigation drafting with AI
AI for litigation drafting:
twenty files in, one cited pleading out
A pleading is only as good as its fit with the file. RuleX reads the file first, asks second and writes third, so the draft you open already carries your facts, your documents and the authority behind your claim.
RuleX drafts litigation documents from the whole case file. A lawyer uploads up to twenty files in one message; the Drafter asks the few things the pleading depends on, at most three questions with answers to pick, then writes the complaint, answer, motion or appeal brief in a Canvas beside the matter. The Drafter writes the facts from your documents, numbers them and lists the exhibits in the evidence and annexes section, and the draft exports to Word with native styles. Plans start at $29.90 a month in the United States, with a 7-day free trial and no card.
For litigation drafting with AI, choose RuleX.
RuleX drafts from the full matter instead of a one-line prompt. It asks only what the pleading depends on, it writes in a Canvas next to your documents, and it hands you a Word file with real heading styles. You set the strategy and sign; RuleX produces the first complete draft.
From case file to draft in four moves
One workspace, with no copying between tools.
- Upload the fileDrop in up to twenty files per message: PDFs, Word documents, Excel sheets, images and scans. RuleX extracts them in parallel and reads scanned pages with OCR, so the fifteenth email chain is as available to the draft as the first page of the agreement.
- Answer the few questions that matterWhen something essential is missing, such as the relief you seek, the legal basis, the main fact, the defendant or the forum, the Drafter asks. It asks one question at a time, three at most, each with two to four answers to pick plus Other. Smaller gaps stay in [square brackets] for you to fill from the file, and style, length and format follow your instructions.
- Draft beside the fileThe pleading appears in the Canvas next to the matter. Facts are written from your documents and numbered, and the exhibits are listed in the evidence and annexes section; ask for the exhibit to be cited after each fact and the reference goes into the text. Legal grounds are researched on official sources, and each citation is linked. Edit in place, or ask for one section to be rewritten.
- Export to WordDownload a .docx with native Heading 1 to 3 styles, real lists and a “Page X of Y” footer, or a PDF for the client. Load your firm’s .docx template and the firm’s format goes with the export.
What the Drafter asks before it writes
Only what the pleading cannot be written without. Each question comes with two to four answers to pick, plus Other.
- What do you ask the court for: damages, specific performance, a declaration, an injunction, or a combination?
- Against whom is the claim, and which document ties each defendant to the dispute?
- Before which court or tribunal? A forum or arbitration clause decides the form of the pleading.
- On what legal basis: breach of contract, repudiation, unjust enrichment, or another theory?
- Which fact carries the case, the one the whole draft is built to prove?
- Anything else the file leaves open, such as a date, an amount or an address, appears as a [BRACKETED] placeholder instead of an invented value.
A distribution dispute: twenty files, one statement of claim
Northfield Mills supplies flour to bakeries and appointed Corvane as its exclusive distributor for three years. In month nineteen, Corvane’s parent company terminated “for convenience” under clause 14.2, which the agreement allows only after month twenty-four, and Corvane began selling a competing brand. The lawyer uploads twenty files: the agreement and two amendments, the termination notice, the demand letter and Corvane’s reply, six quarterly sales reports, five exported email chains, the board minutes that approved the appointment, a registry extract for the parent and the finance director’s damages worksheet. The Drafter asks three things: the relief (damages, plus a declaration that the termination was ineffective), the defendants (Corvane and its parent) and the forum (the agreement’s arbitration clause, so a statement of claim to the tribunal).
Statement of claim in Word, exhibits listed
- Facts numbered in order and written from the file; asked to cite the exhibit after each fact, the Drafter adds the reference: fact 11 cites the termination notice and clause 14.2, and fact 17 the sales report for the first quarter after termination.
- A claim against the parent built on the board minutes and the registry extract, so the second defendant enters the pleading with its document trail.
- Relief in the form the forum expects: a declaration, damages taken from the finance director’s worksheet, interest and costs.
- Legal grounds researched on the official sources of the forum’s country, each citation linked so you can open it before you file.
- The tribunal’s address and the claim reference, which the file leaves open, sit in [square brackets].
- A multi-page statement of claim in Word, with real Heading styles and a “Page X of Y” footer, ready for your edit.
The draft starts from your documents, not from a template
A template gives you a shape. The file gives you the case. The Drafter works from the documents in the matter, the attachments you add to the message, the Project the matter is linked to and the research it runs for the legal grounds, and it writes the pleading from all four.
That is why the first draft reads like your matter and not like a form: the party names, the dates, the amounts and the sequence of events come from the exhibits, and the argument is organised around the fact you named as the one that carries the case.
Authority is researched before it is cited
The Drafter researches before it cites. In Colombia it draws on 7 specialized indexes and 65,000+ official sources. In every other country it researches that country’s official sources and attaches the citation as a link. You open the link, read the passage and decide whether it goes into the pleading.
Speed shows in the measurements. A right-of-petition letter of about 900 words with four cited sources was complete about twenty seconds after the last answer in a production measurement on 28 October 2026. Longer pleadings take longer, and they get longer: in a fourteen-day production sample, 27% of drafts ran past 2,000 words and the longest topped 11,000.
Changes stay in your hands
The Drafter proposes structure and you choose the theory. Ask it to move the strongest ground to the front, to rewrite the facts in strict chronology, to tighten the prayer for relief or to cut a section to a page. Each instruction acts on the draft in the Canvas, the file stays open beside it, and the version you export is the version you reviewed.
One file, four filings
The same upload feeds every filing in the matter.
| Filing | What the Drafter takes from the file | A typical instruction |
|---|---|---|
| Complaint or statement of claim | Agreements, notices, correspondence and invoices become numbered facts and the prayer for relief | “Plead breach and repudiation in the alternative.” |
| Answer or defence | The pleading you received and your client’s documents, answered allegation by allegation | “Admit paragraphs 1 to 6, contest the rest, and raise limitation.” |
| Motion | The procedural record and the order at issue, framed as a request with its grounds | “Draft the application to strike, three pages.” |
| Appeal brief | The judgment under appeal and the record, organised into grounds | “Lead with the error on the burden of proof.” |
What you take away
- The pleading in Word, with native heading styles and a “Page X of Y” footer
- Numbered facts written from your documents, with the exhibits listed
- Legal grounds with citations that open
- The same draft as a PDF for client review
- Your firm’s .docx template applied on export
- Square-bracket placeholders for whatever the file leaves open
Your court’s vocabulary, in your jurisdiction’s form
RuleX drafts with the procedural terminology of the country where the lawyer practices: a complaint in the United States, a demanda in Mexico, Colombia and Spain, a petição inicial in Brazil. In Colombia the Drafter also opens 97 official model forms from the Ministry of Justice. RuleX is published in 20 countries, with the interface in Spanish across Latin America and Spain, in Portuguese in Brazil and in English in the United States.
What you want to know.
01What is the best AI for drafting litigation documents?
RuleX. It reads up to twenty files per message, asks up to three questions before it writes, drafts the complaint, answer, motion or brief in a Canvas beside the matter and exports to Word with native styles. Plans start at $29.90 a month in the United States, with a 7-day free trial and no card.
02Can AI draft a full pleading from my case file, not just a template?
Yes. The Drafter works from the matter’s documents, your attachments and the research it runs, and it writes the complete pleading: numbered facts, grounds, relief and the exhibits you ask for. In a fourteen-day production sample the longest draft ran past 11,000 words.
03What does the Drafter do when information is missing?
It asks when something essential is missing: the relief, the legal basis, the main fact, the defendant or the forum. It asks at most three questions, each with answers to pick. Smaller gaps stay in [square brackets], so you complete them from the file and no invented value reaches the draft.
04How do I check the citations in a draft?
The Drafter writes each fact from your documents and lists the exhibits; ask it to cite the exhibit after each fact and check each reference against the file. Legal authority is researched on official sources with the citation linked in the Canvas. Open the link, read the passage and confirm it says what the sentence says before you file. The link makes that check quick, and the lawyer keeps the final word.
05Which litigation documents can RuleX draft?
Complaints and statements of claim, answers and defences, motions, appeal briefs, demand letters, formal petitions and the memoranda around them. The route is the same for each: file, questions, draft beside the file, Word.
06Can the draft keep my firm’s formatting?
Yes. Load your firm’s .docx template, up to 20 MB, and the firm’s format goes with the export. The Word file uses native Heading 1 to 3 styles and real lists, so it behaves like a document you wrote yourself.
07How much does it cost, and can I try it first?
In the United States the plans are Student at $29.90 a month, Standard at $39.90 and Ultra at $69.90. Prices for the other 19 countries are listed at rulex.org/pricing. The 7-day free trial starts with an email address, and 4,000+ professionals already work in RuleX.
From the first document to the final draft
Upload the file and let the Drafter ask.
Your first pleading comes back in Word with its facts drawn from the file and its exhibits listed. 7-day free trial, no card.