Reconstruct.
Link each event to documents and the parties’ accounts. Bring contradictions and missing information into view.
LEGAL SPECIALISATION · LAWYERS AND LEGAL PROFESSIONALS ONLY
Understand the dynamics between actors.Build your strategy.
My clients’ cases · From document to evidence report.
Documents pile up, accounts conflict and your client expects an answer. Amid urgency, emotionally charged accounts and documents to check, you need to reconstruct events and understand the balance of power.
Learn to connect facts, map the actors and examine their roles, interests and sources of influence. Distinguish documented relationships from hypotheses, then explore possible responses to prepare your strategy.
Guided method in preparation · Opening to be confirmed.
The facts. The actors. Your strategy.
Your legal expertise remains central. The method makes your checks traceable.
SEE THE CASE AS A WHOLE
From facts to the dynamics between actors.
Map.
Identify who acts, who decides, who holds information and who depends on whom. Examine interests and sources of influence, separating documented relationships from what still needs checking.
Explore responses.
Use game theory to examine possible choices and the reactions they might prompt. Test these hypotheses against documents and alternative explanations, without treating intentions as certain.
The method structures your reading of the case. You retain control over legal analysis, verification and strategy.
EXAMINE. COMPARE. VERIFY.
What you will learn to produce.
A fictional case · five modules · about six hours
A fictional dispute between Atelier Nord and Ligne Claire: ten documents about a disputed delivery. Every module combines a lesson, guided demonstration, independent Studio Rive / Épure exercise, answer key and assessment. Retain an output at each stage.
From documents to reliable sources
Build an inventory with retrievable quotations and visible limitations.
P1: Understand assertions and documents
Connect each assertion to its author, passage and actual evidential scope.
P2: Contradictions, context and comparison
Assess a contradiction without dropping conditions, dates or compatible explanations.
P3: Causal hypotheses and actor relationships
Build a timeline and test competing explanations without asserting intent.
P4: From case file to verifiable report
Assemble an attributed report that a professional can verify and revise.
Approximately six hours: 60 + 75 + 75 + 75 + 75 minutes including reading, demonstration, practice and review. Teaching estimate to validate with participants. Module 1: 10 min reading, 10 min demonstration, 25 min practice and 15 min review/quiz. Modules 2–5: 10 + 15 + 30 + 20 min. These times include personal practice; they are not six hours of video.
The method and your tools.
Ability to read a professional case file; a text editor or spreadsheet. No private case required. OpenProof access depends on available entitlements; every exercise can be completed using the written file.
P1–P4 name the stages of the method taught. The written exercises can be completed without software. Access to OpenProof depends on your plan and available features. P3 and P4 are method exercises here; they do not represent two additional available engines.
YOUR FINAL OUTPUT
A file that can be reviewed.
Evidence report, source index, comparison matrix, timeline, hypotheses and review log.
Attributed assertions, verifiable sources, adverse material, uncertainties and priority checks. Self-assessment supports your professional review; it is not certification.
THREE FORMATS · ONE METHOD
Learn at your pace.
A specialisation to connect evidence, understand the dynamics between actors and prepare an analysis you can verify.
Self-paced
€490 excluding VAT
One-time purchase
Five written modules, exercises, answer keys, quizzes and a final file based on fictional cases. No meetings or individual corrections.
Get notified at launch ↗With Gersende
€790 excluding VAT
One-time purchase
The same content with individual support. Its scope, meeting count and duration will be documented and approved before sale.
Get notified at launch ↗PLANNED INCLUSION · SELF-PACED METHOD
OpenProof Pro Plus + My clients’ cases
€199 excluding tax / month
12-month commitment · €2,388 excluding tax in total
Or €1,990 excluding tax per year, paid upfront.
Software for working on your clients’ cases, with the self-paced method planned for inclusion at no extra cost. Final scope and availability remain to be confirmed before opening. Gersende’s individual support is not included.
Programme in preparation. Paid enrolment is not yet open.
MY CLIENTS’ CASES
From documents to a strategy you can substantiate.
The specialisation is in preparation. Leave your details to be notified when it opens, with no payment or commitment. It is exclusively for lawyers and legal professionals.
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