Research starter kit
R-01 · R-02 · R-05 · R-06 · R-19 · R-20
Open the kit →Read the lessonCDDA · YOUR WORKING TOOLKIT
Good questions. Strong records.
Blank templates to learn, prepare and document your work. Explore freely, without an account or paid membership.
Municipal delegation kit
L-07 · L-09 · L-21 · L-22
Open the kit →Read the lessonOn-the-record communications
L-08 · L-14 · L-22 · R-07 · R-20
Open the kit →Read the lessonVolunteer placement & practice
G-02 · G-05 · G-09 · G-10
Open the kit →Read the lesson01Read the lesson
02Use the worksheet
03Practise safely
04Discuss & review
How to use these templates
Choose a kit or search by task. Open the fields and checks, then download an editable Word document (.docx) or copy the template. Use fictional information for practice. Downloading submits nothing to the site. Keep completed records in the approved channel; mandates, reviews and permissions remain separate.
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4 templates shown ·Selected for this workflow.
Issue intake
Define the question before work begins.
Open fields and completion checks
Required fields
- Requestor and date
- Exact question
- Jurisdiction and decision-maker
- Known deadline
- Requested output
- Potential overlap
- Initial sensitivity class
Completion checks
- Search the project register
- Do not promise a legal conclusion
- Identify urgent legal deadlines for referral
Typical roles: researcher · coordinator · regional coordinator
Scope and research plan
Set boundaries, methods, owners and completion gates.
Open fields and completion checks
Required fields
- Question and exclusions
- Definitions
- Jurisdiction and date range
- Research tasks and owners
- Required primary sources
- Contrary-evidence plan
- Reviewers and due dates
- Publication status
Completion checks
- Use primary sources where available
- Give exact page, paragraph, section or timestamp
- Separate facts, allegations, opinions, law, inferences and open questions
- Record material contrary evidence and unresolved gaps
Typical roles: coordinator · regional coordinator
Independent review report
Record a reviewer’s source, method and fairness checks.
Open fields and completion checks
Required fields
- Package and version
- Conflict check
- Scope reviewed
- Source verification sample
- Contrary material assessment
- Privacy check
- Required corrections
- Decision and reasons
- Reviewer signature date
Completion checks
- Reviewer must be independent of the original conclusion
- Return unsupported claims
- Record recusals
Typical roles: reviewer
Correction and version record
Preserve what changed and why.
Open fields and completion checks
Required fields
- Record and version
- Previous wording
- Corrected wording
- Reason
- New authority
- Materiality
- Who approved
- Readers notified
- Effective date
Completion checks
- Never silently overwrite a material published conclusion
- Preserve superseded versions
- Distinguish correction from disagreement
Typical roles: researcher · reviewer · governance officer