sboghossian Import: Legal Risk Assessment (Zacharie Laik)
What it does
This import adapter migrates a legal risk-assessment skill modelled on the Zacharie Laik practitioner methodology into the mini-claude-for-legal standard format. Laik's approach is practitioner-sourced and emphasises structured qualitative analysis over checkbox scoring — each risk is characterised by its legal basis, the factual trigger, and a concrete mitigation path, rather than a simple numeric score.
The adapter is distinct from the generic Anthropic risk-assessment import (import-legal-risk-assessment-anthropic) in that it preserves the practitioner-voice framing: risks are described as a lawyer would advise a client, with the reasoning chain visible.
Import config
| Field | Source mapping | Default if absent |
|---|---|---|
risk_framework |
Legacy framework field |
Laik qualitative model |
issue_description_style |
Legacy style |
practitioner_narrative |
legal_basis_required |
Legacy cite_law boolean |
true |
mitigation_required |
Legacy mitigation boolean |
true |
severity_scale |
Legacy severity |
HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW |
output_schema |
Legacy format |
issue_sheet per risk |
jurisdiction |
Legacy jurisdiction |
FR (Laik's primary jurisdiction) |
language |
Legacy lang |
fr |
Dry-run preview
IMPORT PREVIEW — legal-risk-assessment-zacharie-laik
Source shape : Practitioner risk-assessment (Laik methodology)
Framework : Qualitative narrative per issue
Issue style : practitioner_narrative (legal basis + factual trigger + mitigation)
Language : French (default — override if needed)
Jurisdiction : FR (civil law; override for MENA deployments)
Output : issue_sheet per identified risk
Mitigation : required for each issue
Laik methodology (post-import skill structure)
The Laik risk-assessment model produces one issue sheet per identified risk:
ISSUE #N: [Short title]
Legal basis : [Statute, article, or principle creating the risk]
Factual trigger: [The specific clause, fact pattern, or omission that activates risk]
Risk category : [Contract / Regulatory / Litigation / IP / Data / Employment / Corporate]
Severity : HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW
Likelihood : HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW
Risk level : [Matrix output]
Mitigation : [Concrete remediation step — specific clause wording, process change,
or escalation path]
Residual risk : [Risk remaining after mitigation — if any]
This structure ensures that every identified risk has a navigable reasoning chain rather than a bare score, which is more useful for legal advice memos and board presentations.
Civil-law specifics (FR / Lebanon / UAE onshore)
The Laik methodology was developed primarily for French civil-law contexts and translates naturally to Lebanon (French-inspired civil code) and UAE/KSA onshore (also civil-code jurisdictions). Key differences the post-import skill surfaces:
- Good faith obligation (Art 1104 French Civil Code; Lebanese Code of Obligations Art 221): contracts must be negotiated, formed, and performed in good faith; risk analysis should flag provisions that could be characterised as bad-faith or abusive.
- Unfair terms (Art L212-1 French Consumer Code; DIFC Consumer Protection regime): asymmetric indemnity or limitation clauses may be struck as unfair in B2C contexts.
- Causa / objet (French and Lebanese law): void contracts where the cause is unlawful; flag KSA Shariah non-compliance as equivalent cause-invalidating issue.
- Mandatory provisions (ordre public): labour-law mandatory provisions in France; federal labour law mandatory provisions in UAE; ensure contract does not contract out.
Output schema (post-import)
The skill produces:
- Executive summary: overall risk profile (1–2 paragraphs, practitioner voice)
- Issue sheets: one per identified risk (structure above)
- Priority matrix: table of all issues sorted by risk level
- Next steps: ordered action list (legal review, renegotiation, escalation)
Failure modes
| Error | Likely cause | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
language_conflict |
Source in French; deployment context English | Set language: en override; preserve legal precision in translation |
legal_basis_missing |
Legacy omitted citations | Flag each issue as basis: unverified; prompt user to add |
civil_law_mismatch |
Deployed in DIFC/ADGM common-law context | Add jurisdiction-override flag; note common-law equivalents |
issue_sheets_empty |
Source had no identified issues | Re-run with full document context; check extraction quality |
Related skills
- [[import-legal-risk-assessment-anthropic]]
- [[import-contract-review-anthropic]]
- [[import-statute-analysis-rafal-fryc]]
- [[review-legal-risk-generic]]
- [[review-contract-generic]]