Sam Hartzell

Attorney in Raleigh, North Carolina. These are tools I’ve built for legal practice, for learning, and for fun.

Court Monitor

An automated digest of new federal and North Carolina opinions, with AI summaries ranked by relevance.

CA4 Tracker

Every case argued in the Fourth Circuit: argument calendars, panels, audio, and dispositions.

Writing Tools

A legal title-case converter and a citation checker for ellipses, signals, abbreviations, and page ranges.

NC Federal Local Rules

The Eastern, Middle, and Western District local rules side by side and searchable, in place of three PDFs.

AI Prompt Library

Claude prompts for legal work, organized by practice area: case summaries, memos, contract review, and editing.

Learning

Science Olympiad

Study tools for NC Division A: paleontology specimen identification and cipher practice, with progress tracking.

WCPSS SSA Prep

Adaptive math practice for standardized assessments, with instant feedback across skill domains.

Hobbies

Mordecai Observatory

Hour-by-hour cloud and moon forecasts for a backyard NexStar 8SE, a ranked list of tonight’s targets, and a red-light mode.

Challenge League Power Rankings

Opponent-adjusted NCFC Youth Challenge rankings, so a one-goal win over the leader counts for more than a blowout of last place.

Board Game Dashboards

Scoring companions for the table, starting with Terraforming Mars resources, milestones, and points.