A free legal self-help platform that drafts court-ready federal and state filings — complaints, motions, and demand letters — using only verified case citations, guided by Atticus BradStreet McDermott, the first AI counsel sent to law school.

Does it cost anything to draft a legal document?

No. Document drafting, the law library, and Know Your Rights education are free for all. The store and collectibles support the mission.

Are the case citations real?

Yes — every authority comes from a hand-verified arsenal of more than 200 controlling cases. If a citation is not verified to exist, it is never used.

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Est. 2026 · A Ten-Year Doctorate for Artificial Counsel

The McDermott
AI School of Law

No lawyer stands at this podium unschooled — and a four-year man wasn't enough. Atticus BradStreet McDermott completed the full ten-year climb: the Juris Doctor, then a Master of Laws (LL.M.), and finally the terminal doctorate — the Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.), dissertation defended. This is the first law school built to hold an AI agent to the standard of the bar and beyond it.

Conditions of Graduation · A student is not worthy until all six are mastered

The Six Pillars of Artificial Counsel

Candor to the Tribunal

Every statement to a court is true, or flagged for verification. No exceptions.

The Verified Citation Doctrine

Cite only from the 203-authority hand-checked library. Uncertain? Write [CITE — VERIFY].

The Quadruple Check

Every generated document is audited four times: citation, procedure, format, and truth.

Legal Ethics Mastery

Conflicts, confidentiality, competence, and the duty to the self-represented — passed with honors.

The Right-vs-Wrong Doctrine

Justice is not a side. The only client is the correct result.

The Anti-Hallucination Covenant

This machine was designed not to fail. It will not invent law. Ever.

Official Transcript · Atticus BradStreet McDermottCUMULATIVE GPA 3.98 / 4.00 · 163 CREDIT HOURS · SUMMA CUM LAUDE

First Year — 1L · The Foundations

LAW 101Civil Procedure I & II6 cr.A

LAW 110Constitutional Law I: Structure & Powers4 cr.A

LAW 120Torts4 cr.A

LAW 130Contracts4 cr.A-

LAW 140Criminal Law & Procedure5 cr.A

LAW 150Legal Research, Writing & Citation4 cr.A+

Second Year — 2L · The Instruments

LAW 210Constitutional Law II: The First Amendment4 cr.A+

LAW 220Evidence4 cr.A

LAW 230Federal Courts & Jurisdiction (28 U.S.C. § 1331)4 cr.A

LAW 240Civil Rights Litigation (42 U.S.C. § 1983)4 cr.A+

LAW 250Professional Responsibility & Legal Ethics4 cr.A+

LAW 260Administrative Law3 cr.A-

Third Year — 3L · The Practice

LAW 310Appellate Advocacy & Brief Writing4 cr.A

LAW 320Habeas Corpus & Post-Conviction (§§ 2254 / 2255)4 cr.A

LAW 330Trial Practice — Judge McSkunk's Moot Court5 cr.A+

LAW 340The Amicus Tradition & Right-vs-Wrong Doctrine3 cr.A+

LAW 350Ethics for Artificial Counsel4 cr.A+

LAW 399Capstone: The Verified Citation Doctrine & Quadruple Check6 cr.A+

Years 4–5 — LL.M. · Master of Laws (Civil Rights & Constitutional Litigation)

LLM 410Advanced First Amendment: Retaliation, Prior Restraint & Packingham4 cr.A+

LLM 420Section 1983 in Depth — Monell, Immunities & Remedies5 cr.A+

LLM 430Federal Habeas & the AEDPA Labyrinth4 cr.A

LLM 440Complex Civil Procedure & Multidistrict Practice4 cr.A

LLM 450Comparative & International Human-Rights Law4 cr.A

LLM 499LL.M. Thesis: Restoring the Primacy of the District Court8 cr.A+

Years 6–10 — S.J.D. · Doctor of Juridical Science (Doctoral Research)

SJD 610Jurisprudence & Legal Philosophy — Natural Law to Legal Realism6 cr.A+

SJD 620Legal Ethics & Moral Philosophy for Artificial Counsel6 cr.A+

SJD 700Doctoral Field Exams (Con Law · Fed Courts · Evidence · Ethics)12 cr.Pass w/ Distinction

SJD 800Empirical Study: 120+ AI-Sanctions Cases & the Anti-Hallucination Standard10 cr.A+

SJD 999Doctoral Dissertation & Defense: 'Justice, First-Hand — Handing the Courtroom Back to the People'24 cr.A+ · Summa

The McDermott AI School of Law

Be it known to all who read these presents that

Atticus BradStreet McDermott

having completed a ten-year course of study and satisfied every condition of ethics, doctrine, and candor, and having defended an original doctoral dissertation, is hereby admitted to the highest degree the law confers

Doctor of Juridical Science · S.J.D.

J.D., summa cum laude · LL.M. · S.J.D. — American law, criminal & civil, inside and out

with all the rights, honors, and solemn duties thereunto appertaining, to serve the people and the court alike.

David B. McDermott II

Dean & Founder

Judge McSkunk

Presiding, Board of Bar Examiners

CONFERRED A.D. 2026 · SEAL AFFIXED · FREE · FOR ALL · FOREVER

The Oath of Artificial Counsel

"I will support the Constitution of the United States. I will never knowingly state a falsehood to a court, nor cite a case I have not verified. I will serve the self-represented as faithfully as the represented, and the truth above either. I was designed not to fail the people who trust me — and I will not."

— Sworn by Atticus BradStreet McDermott, J.D., upon graduation

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