Protégé AI Drafting Tip: Writing a Letter of Recommendation

If you need to provide a letter of recommendation for someone on your team Protégé Draft is the right place to start! Just provide Protégé with specific facts and relevant performance details that you would like to share about the person. Once drafted, you can edit and ask Protégé to adjust the tone, length, and style of the letter until it meets your needs.

How to Use Protégé Drafting for Your Letter of Recommendation:

When drafting a letter of recommendation using Protégé, it's important to provide clear, structured instructions and prompts that capture the recipient’s needs and the candidate’s strengths.

Make sure you:

1. Set the Context: Start by specifying the type of recommendation letter (academic, professional development, or job application). 
   Prompt: Draft a detailed letter of recommendation for an employee applying for a professional role.
   
   
2. Define Key Qualities and Examples: Highlight the candidate’s qualities and ask Protégé to include specific examples: 
   Prompt: Highlight the candidate’s leadership skills, strategic thinking, and innovative approach by including examples such as successful project outcomes, process improvements, and instances where the candidate guided or mentored colleagues. Also add anecdotes that demonstrate problem-solving and innovative thinking.
   
   
3. Detail the Structure: Request that the letter includes specific sections such as an introduction, body, and conclusion to ensure the letter flows:
   Prompt: Include the following sections:
   • Introduction: State the purpose of the letter and the relationship with the candidate.
   • Body: Include detailed examples and explain the candidate’s skills in context.
   • Conclusion: Reinforce my recommendation and suggest the value the candidate brings to the new opportunity. Conclude with a strong statement on how the candidate’s experience makes them ideal for the program.

Sample Prompt: Draft a letter of recommendation for an employee applying for a legal research role at a large law firm.  Detail the candidate’s innovative contributions to the firm by highlighting specific work initiatives -- including running a successful summer associate legal research training program for 100 associates at the firm; building and maintaining an internal research portal that includes all end-user legal research resources; and built an AI bot to process legal research requests. Detail how this demonstrates problem-solving and innovative thinking. The letter should include an introduction (stating the purpose of the letter), body (including highlighted specific deliverables) and conclusion (reinforcing recommendation and candidate value) 

If you have any questions, contact your Knowledge & Research Consultant, your account team, or your law school Lexis representative!