Contract Review Prompts for In-House Counsel

18 compliance-safe prompts for in-house counsel to review contracts, audit gaps, and prep depositions with privilege protection.

In-house counsel at mid-market companies face a daily grind: vendor contracts to review, compliance gaps to audit, depositions to prep, and discovery to manage—all with legal rigor, privilege protection, and audit trails. Generic AI prompts fail here. They miss jurisdiction-specific requirements, expose confidential data, and produce summaries too vague for executive briefing or negotiation. This prompt pack contains 30 attorney-crafted templates organized around the actual workflows in-house counsel work through: contract risk triage, jurisdiction-specific compliance audits, privilege review, deposition prep, and redline preparation. Each prompt names the legal context (vendor SaaS contracts, GDPR audits, HIPAA discovery, etc.), specifies output format (negotiation matrices, compliance checklists, litigation timelines), and enforces the constraints that matter (no PII exposure, exact quotes from source documents, jurisdiction citations). Available in 5 buyer-angle variants: Contract Risk & Vendor Management, Litigation Discovery & Deposition Prep, Privacy & Compliance Audits (GDPR/CCPA/HIPAA), IP & Licensing Review, and Employment & Equity Agreements. All variants share the same 5-section structure; deltas are in terminology, examples, and regulatory context.

Who this is for

In-house counsel at mid-market companies (50–1000 employees) actively adopting AI for contract and litigation workflows.

Who this is NOT for

NOT for general prompting, solo practitioners without in-house volume, or buyers who don't need legal rigor/privilege protection. NOT a substitute for legal judgment or law firm engagement.

150 copy-paste prompts across 5 variants.

How to Use: In-House Counsel Prompt Pack: Legal Contract & Compliance Review Templates

> Your first useful result in under 5 minutes. This guide shows you exactly what you got, how the prompts work, and how to run them in ChatGPT or Claude.

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What's in This Bundle

| File | What It Is | When to Use It | |---|---|---| | all-prompts.md | Every prompt in one readable document | Browse, search, or print — start here | | contract-risk-vendor-management-prompts.json | Contract Risk & Vendor Management Prompts (30 prompts) | Variant-specific prompt set; use for that exact context | | litigation-discovery-deposition-prep-prompts.json | Litigation Discovery & Deposition Prep Prompts (30 prompts) | Variant-specific prompt set; use for that exact context | | privacy-compliance-audits-gdpr-ccpa-hipaa-prompts.json | Privacy & Compliance Audits (GDPR/CCPA/HIPAA) Prompts (30 prompts) | Variant-specific prompt set; use for that exact context | | ip-licensing-document-review-prompts.json | IP & Licensing Document Review Prompts (30 prompts) | Variant-specific prompt set; use for that exact context | | employment-equity-agreements-prompts.json | Employment & Equity Agreements Prompts (30 prompts) | Variant-specific prompt set; use for that exact context | | cover.png | Product thumbnail | Ignore this one — it's for the store listing |

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Quick Start (3 Steps)

Step 1 — Open all-prompts.md

Open this file in any text editor, Notion, Obsidian, or even a browser. It's plain text — no special software needed.

Scan the section headings to find the category that matches your situation right now.

> Tip: Use Ctrl+F (or Cmd+F on Mac) to search for a keyword to jump straight to relevant prompts.

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Step 2 — Pick a Prompt and Fill in the Variables

Every prompt contains one or more {{VARIABLE}} placeholders — these are instructions to you, not to the AI.

Replace each {{VARIABLE}} with your real information before pasting.

Example — before: ``` Analyze the following system: {{ARCHITECTUREDESCRIPTION}} within {{BUSINESSCONTEXT}}. ```

Example — after (paste this to the AI): ``` Analyze the following system: We have a REST API on Node/Express serving a web dashboard and a mobile app. We return 80+ fields per product even though mobile only uses 6. Within the context of a Series A SaaS with 12 enterprise customers, $180k ARR. ```

How detailed should my variables be? 2–5 sentences or a short bullet list is enough Real and specific beats long and vague A rough draft is better than waiting for perfect

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Step 3 — Paste into ChatGPT or Claude and Run

Recommended AI tools (in order of quality for these prompts): Claude Sonnet / Claude Opus (claude.ai) — best analytical depth ChatGPT GPT-4o (chat.openai.com) — great alternative ChatGPT GPT-4o mini — works for quick exploration; less depth

Free tier works. Paid tier gives better and longer responses.

Paste the entire filled-in prompt — do not summarize or shorten it. After the first response, follow up with questions like: "Focus on point 3 — give me a concrete example" "Rewrite this as a one-page memo for a non-technical stakeholder"

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Common Questions

Q: Do I need to use every prompt? No. Think of this pack like a reference manual — use what fits your situation. Most buyers find 3–5 prompts they return to repeatedly.

Q: The AI gave me a vague answer. What do I do? Add more specifics to your variable text. One extra paragraph of context typically produces a dramatically better result.

Q: Can I share these prompts with my team? Your license covers personal and internal team use within one organization. You may not resell or republish the prompts publicly.

Q: Can I use these in other AI tools (Gemini, Perplexity, Copilot)? Yes. The prompts are plain text and work in any LLM chat interface.

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One-Line Cheat Sheet

> Open all-prompts.md → find a prompt → replace {{VARIABLE}} with your real situation → paste into Claude or ChatGPT → follow up.

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Questions? Email: shaattrading@gmail.com