Lucio for Barristers: 10 Use Cases That Matter

Lucio delivers high-impact use cases for barristers, saving time and improving quality, across review, research, and administrative workflows. We’ve shortlisted 10 such use cases:

1. Build a Chronology in Minutes

Manually piecing together a timeline from dozens of documents takes hours. Lucio does it automatically. Upload your pleadings and evidence, run a single prompt, and get a complete date-wise chronology with auditable references to source documents. 

How to use it: Go to Assistant → Ask. Upload your pleadings and evidence.

Prompt: Extract a comprehensive, date-wise chronology of all material events from the uploaded documents. Or use the Chronology of Events prompt directly from the Prompt Library.

2. Legal Research, Done Faster

Legal research on gov websites, Bailii, and web sources is consolidated into a single tab with Lucio. It surfaces relevant authorities, generates comprehensive research notes, and leaves a clear audit trail.

How to use it: Go to Assistant → switch to Research mode from Ask.

Prompt: What is the current legal position on [X]? Summarise key propositions.

3. Instant Case Synopsis

Conference prep usually means hours spent reading through case files. Lucio cuts through that by generating a synopsis covering facts, procedural history, and arguments - giving you a clear overview before you walk in

How to use it: Go to Assistant → Ask. Upload the case file.

Prompt: Generate a detailed case synopsis covering factual background, procedural history, arguments raised by each party, and reliefs sought. Or use the Case Summary prompt from the Prompt Library.

4. Your Sparring Partner

Good legal arguments get tested before they reach a courtroom. Lucio surfaces the hardest questions a judge is likely to ask and identifies where your argument is most vulnerable, so you can address any weaknesses early.

How to use it: Go to Assistant → Ask. Upload the case file.

Prompt: Identify the most challenging judicial questions likely to arise on [X argument] and assess the vulnerabilities in the corresponding responses. Or use the Devil’s Advocate Pressure Test prompt from the Prompt Library.

5. Map Issues Before You Draft the Opinion

Mapping issues exhaustively before you draft the opinion ensures it's grounded. Lucio identifies key legal issues, strengths, weaknesses, and evidential risks from the brief upfront.

How to use it: Go to Assistant → Ask. Upload the brief.

Prompt: List the key legal issues, strengths, weaknesses, and evidential risks for a barrister's opinion on this brief.

6. Rapid Evidence Examination

Lucio extracts key dates, figures, and events from the case docs. It flags hearsay, identifies unsupported assertions, spots chronological gaps, and highlights missing information, giving you a clear view of the evidence.

How to use it: Go to Assistant → Ask. Upload the relevant documents.

Prompt: Extract key dates, figures, and events from the uploaded evidence documents. Cross-reference them, flag hearsay, and unsupported assertions, identify chronological gaps, and highlight any missing information or documents. Or use the Evidence Discovery prompt from the Prompt Library.

7. Bulk Document Review at Once

Searching through a large document set for a specific fact or pattern is tedious. Lucio lets you run your queries across every document in the bundle simultaneously, surfacing relevant references, trends, and patterns.

How to use it: Go to Briefcase → Create a New Project → Upload documents → Ask your query.

Prompt: Identify references to [specific fact, person, or event] across all documents.

8. Language Efficiency in MS Word

Verbosity weakens impact. Lucio's Word Add-In strips redundancy and improves clarity without altering the substance. Open your draft, run the prompt, and tighten the draft without a separate editing round.

How to use it: Open your draft in MS Word → Open the Lucio Add-In.

Prompt: Improve clarity, flow, and impact while strictly maintaining the substance and professional tone to ensure language efficiency. Or use the Language Efficiency prompt from the Barrister's Collection in the Prompt Library.

9. Draft Attendance Notes from Rough Notes

Converting rough notes into a structured attendance note is routine but time-consuming. Lucio's Word Add-In maps your notes/transcripts to the corresponding sections of your template, generating a formatted attendance note.

How to use it: Open a template attendance note in MS Word → Open the Lucio Add-In → Upload the rough notes by clicking the upload icon.

Prompt: Modify the attendance notes basis the attached rough notes or transcripts. Map the rough notes to the corresponding sections in the template and accordingly modify the template. Or use the Modify Attendance Notes prompt from the Barrister's Collection in the Prompt Library.

10. Conference Prep Without the Guesswork

Effective conference preparation requires more than reading the brief. Lucio identifies evidential gaps, surfaces questions worth raising with solicitors, and flags key issues that need addressing.

How to use it: Go to Assistant → Ask. Upload the brief.

Prompt: Prepare a conference note highlighting key issues, evidentiary gaps, and questions to raise with solicitors.