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Microsoft 365 Copilot prompts for Legal & Compliance — 10 prompts for AU legal teams

Legal teams using Copilot need the strongest discipline around verification: every output is a draft, not advice. With that discipline in place, Copilot accelerates routine work that would otherwise consume senior lawyer time. The prompts below assume a qualified lawyer reviews everything before it leaves the team.

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  • Contract first-pass review

    Word

    Prompt

    Review this draft contract against our standard position in /sites/legal/contract-standards. Surface deviations covering: term, termination, liability cap, indemnity, IP, confidentiality, governing law, dispute resolution. For each deviation flag whether it's acceptable, requires negotiation, or is a stop-go.

    Expected outcome

    First-pass contract review for the lawyer to verify.

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  • Policy drafting

    Word

    Prompt

    Draft our {Policy Name} policy. Reference applicable Australian legislation: {Relevant Acts}. Use our policy template in /sites/legal/policies. Cover: purpose, scope, definitions, roles, policy statements, exceptions process, review cycle, related documents. Plain language. Australian English.

    Expected outcome

    Policy draft for legal review.

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  • Regulatory change tracking

    M365 Chat

    Prompt

    Summarise the {Regulator} announcement on {Topic}. Cover: what changed, who it applies to, when it takes effect, what action our organisation needs to take, and which existing policies may need updating. Reference the source document.

    Expected outcome

    Regulatory change brief with internal action.

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  • Privacy notice draft

    Word

    Prompt

    Draft an updated privacy notice for {Service}. Cover the Australian Privacy Principles in plain language: collection, use and disclosure, data quality, security, access and correction, retention. Include the contact for the Privacy Officer. Under 800 words. Australian English.

    Expected outcome

    Privacy notice draft for review against current Privacy Act.

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  • Litigation hold notice

    Outlook

    Prompt

    Draft a litigation hold notice for {Matter}. Recipients: {Custodians}. Cover: matter description (without privileged detail), preservation obligation, scope of records, consequences of failure to preserve, how to seek clarification. Use our standard template in /sites/legal/litigation-hold.

    Expected outcome

    Litigation hold notice for senior counsel review.

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  • Matter status update

    Word

    Prompt

    Summarise the status of {Matter}. Pull from the matter file in /sites/legal/matters/{Matter} and the recent email exchanges. Cover: where things stand, recent activity, next milestones, key risks, costs to date AUD. Format as a one-page status update for the GC.

    Expected outcome

    One-page matter status update.

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  • NDA review

    Word

    Prompt

    Review this NDA. Compare to our standard NDA in /sites/legal/standard-forms. Surface any deviations covering: definition of confidential information, term, return/destruction, exceptions, governing law, jurisdiction, remedies. Flag any unusual obligations.

    Expected outcome

    NDA review with deviation flags.

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  • Compliance training memo

    Word

    Prompt

    Draft a memo announcing the {Year} compliance training cycle. Cover: training topics, who must complete it, deadline, completion process, consequence of non-completion, contact for questions. Australian English. Under 300 words.

    Expected outcome

    Compliance training memo for distribution.

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  • Conflict check

    M365 Chat

    Prompt

    Run a conflict check for new matter '{Matter Description}' involving parties {Parties}. Search our matter management records in /sites/legal/matters and recent email correspondence. Flag any actual or potential conflicts identified.

    Expected outcome

    Conflict check report with identified conflicts.

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  • Regulator response draft

    Word

    Prompt

    Draft a response to {Regulator}'s {Request Type} dated {Date}. Use the request document and the relevant matter records. Tone: cooperative, factual, no admissions. Address each request point in order. Reference any relevant attachments. Senior counsel must review.

    Expected outcome

    Regulator response draft for senior counsel verification.

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FAQ

How to actually use this library

Do these Legal Copilot prompts work in Microsoft 365 Copilot specifically, or also in Copilot Pro / free Copilot?

These prompts are designed for Microsoft 365 Copilot — the enterprise SKU that grounds responses in your tenant's SharePoint, OneDrive, Outlook, Teams and calendar. Some prompts also work in Copilot Chat (free with most M365 licences) but without the tenant grounding the output is generic. Copilot Pro is the wrong product for an organisation with M365 — these prompts won't ground in business data there.

Do I need any specific licence add-ons for these prompts to work?

Microsoft 365 Copilot itself, attached to an underlying M365 E3 / E5 / Business Standard / Business Premium licence. The prompts that reference SharePoint sites assume the user has access to those sites. The prompts that pull from email and Teams chats work natively. None of the prompts require Copilot Studio or any other add-on.

Why are some prompts targeted at specific Office apps?

Microsoft 365 Copilot has slightly different capabilities depending on the surface — Copilot in Word can rewrite and summarise long documents, Copilot in Excel can analyse data and write formulas, M365 Chat can search across your whole tenant, Copilot in Outlook can triage and draft mail. Each prompt below is tagged with the surface where it works best. Try it there first.

Are these 10 prompts the full library, or are there more?

This is the public library. Frontrow runs Copilot adoption sprints that produce role-specific prompt sets tuned to a customer's actual business — typically 40–80 prompts per role family, calibrated against the data and processes the team actually uses. The public prompts are the starting point.

Can I share or modify these prompts?

Yes. The library is free, no email gate, no licence terms. Copy, paste, modify, share inside your organisation. If you build something good on top, we'd love to hear about it — email hello@frontrowtech.com.au.

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Want Frontrow to build a custom prompt set for your legal team?

The public library is the starting point. A Frontrow Copilot adoption sprint produces a role-specific prompt set calibrated to your actual data, your actual workflows and your actual people. Typical engagement: four weeks, output is a deployed Copilot practice your team will keep using.

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