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The law, in plain English.
Ask a question. Read a court paper. Draft a response. Every citation is checked against the real opinion before it ever reaches you.
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How we don’t lie to you
Every cite, checked against the real opinion.
The legal tools you’ve heard about sometimes invent cases. BenchSlap can’t. The whole thing is built on a closed library of real law, and nothing leaves the system without a match.
Every answer comes from real law. BenchSlap can only cite a case, statute, or rule that is sitting in its own library of real published law. If it isn’t in the library, it can’t be cited — so it can’t be made up.
Checked against the real court record before you see it. Before any answer reaches you, BenchSlap compares it to the actual court record on file. If the two don’t agree, BenchSlap tells you instead of hiding it.
Your case is yours. Locked. Your case file is scrambled before it’s saved, and the key is kept somewhere else. Without your login, nobody can read it — not us, not anyone who breaks in, not anyone who asks.
What you can do
Four tools. One job each.
Plain names for the things you actually need. Every tool draws from the same verified library, so the answers line up no matter which one you open.
Draft a document
Drafter
Motions, answers, petitions, letters — written in the format your court expects, with the parts the rule requires. You review, sign, and file.
Check a filing
Auditor
Paste any brief or motion. Every citation gets verified against the published opinion. Fabricated, misquoted, or overturned case law is flagged in red.
Read a court paper
Preprocessor
Upload something you received. BenchSlap tells you what it is (summons? motion? order?), pulls out every deadline, and explains what it actually wants from you.
Who this is for
If you’ve ever opened a court paper and thought “what is this actually asking me” — this is built for you. Not for lawyers. For the rest of us, when the law lands at our door and we need to understand it before the deadline runs.
Free, because the law should be.
No credit card. No trial that expires. The whole tool, available to anyone who needs it. Built by a practicing attorney, maintained as a public service.