Help build the standard
An open, vendor-neutral standard shaped by the people who actually practice. It belongs to its field.
A scoring standard is only worth what its consensus is worth. LexGrade is published under CC-BY-SA 4.0, governed in the open, and versioned so every change is traceable and citable. No vendor, bar, or single litigant owns it.
Where you come in
If you litigate, you know things the calibration does not yet. The most valuable contributions:
- Propose or challenge a criterion. If a graded criterion is wrong, incomplete, or weighted poorly, make the case.
- Calibrate a jurisdiction. The base targets New York State Supreme Court motion practice. Help extend it to other states or to federal trial and appellate practice.
- Name a technique. The Technique Register is a living catalog of advocacy moves. If you rely on one it does not yet name, contribute it.
How changes happen
Substantive changes go through an rfc: proposal. It is stated in the open, discussed, accepted by rough consensus, and shipped in a versioned release that credits its contributors. No version claims to be endorsed by any court or bar.
Two ways to start
On GitHub. Open an rfc: issue, or read the contribution guide first.
Not on GitHub. Email contribute@lexgrade.org with the idea, the jurisdiction, or the criterion you would change. A rough note is plenty, and it will be turned into a proposal with credit.
LexGrade confers no authority and nothing here is legal advice. Contributing creates no attorney–client relationship and no professional obligation.