Introduction

Legal practice, particularly in areas like family law, involves navigating a complex landscape of heterogeneous data sources (PDF court filings, verdicts, statutes, contracts, emails, and more) while coordinating among multiple actors (clients, opposing counsel, experts, courts) who follow varying guidelines and procedures.

jura.sh is a collection of lightweight, open-source tools designed to automate routine workflows in legal research and document management, with a focus on prompt engineering for large language models (LLMs). These tools help legal professionals extract, label, cite, and contextualize evidence efficiently, turning tedious manual processes into streamlined, reproducible steps.

Built and maintained under the evidlabel GitHub organization, the tools emphasize simplicity, privacy (local processing where possible), and integration with modern typesetting (Typst/LaTeX) and AI workflows.

Why These Tools?

• Time Savings: Automate repetitive tasks like quoting PDFs accurately, generating citations, pseudonymizing sensitive data, or building structured prompts for AI-assisted analysis.
• Accuracy & Traceability: Maintain direct links to source material with verifiable citations.
• Privacy-First: Many operations run locally, avoiding upload of confidential documents to cloud services.
• Flexibility: Command-line and GUI interfaces suit both scripting/automation and interactive use.
• Open Source: Free to use, modify, and contribute (MIT licensed).

While initially inspired by challenges in family law and Danish/European legal databases, the tools are general-purpose and applicable across jurisdictions and practice areas.

Key Tools

• evid: Label text snippets in PDFs and export as citeable BibTeX entries.
• did: Pseudonymize/anonymize personal data in documents for compliance.
• lawcite: Convert Danish laws from retsinformation.dk to BibTeX.
• domdb: Access Danish court verdicts database via API.
• hudoc: Download cases from the European Court of Human Rights (HUDOC).

Explore the Tools section for detailed guides.

Disclaimer

jura.sh and its associated tools are provided for informational and automation purposes only. The maintainers assume no responsibility or liability for the use of these tools, any outputs generated, or potential negative outcomes (including legal errors, data breaches, or professional misconduct) resulting from their application.

These tools do not constitute legal advice and should not replace professional judgment. Always verify outputs against original sources.