Alverin — User Manual

Everything you need to know about installing, using, and getting the most out of Alverin. Last updated: October 2026.

Table of Contents
1. What Alverin Does 2. Which Plan Do I Need? 3. How to Install & Bypass SmartScreen 4. How to Activate (7-Day Trial) 5. S.D.N.Y. 12(b)(6) Kill-Chain Operation 6. Firm DNA Self-Evolution (Firm Tier Only) 7. Legal Notice

1. What Alverin Does

Alverin is a professional legal research suite that runs offline and locally on your own computer. Off-grid document processing: Client confidences and extracted data are processed exclusively on your local machine and are never uploaded. (Requires minimal external connection solely for license activation and system updates). Every index and database is stored on your machine, so research remains fast and available even when you are offline, on a plane, or in a courtroom with no signal.

Privacy is built into the core of the product. Off-grid document processing: Client confidences and extracted data are processed exclusively on your local machine and are never uploaded. (Requires minimal external connection solely for license activation and system updates). All data stays encrypted and local to you.

Alverin main window showing offline case search
Figure 1: Alverin Main Window

2. Which Plan Do I Need?

The table below compares every edition of Alverin so you can choose the plan that matches your practice.

Feature Student State Regional National
Seats / Devices 1 Seat / 1 Device 1 Seat / 2 Devices 1 Seat / 3 Devices 1 Seat / 3 Devices
Federal (U.S. Code + federal case law) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
State Databases Federal only 1 State 4 State Databases All 51 Jurisdictions
Automatic Update Checks Monthly Monthly Weekly Daily
Brief Counter-Attacker ✗ No monthly cap No monthly cap No monthly cap
Inverted Judge ✗ ✗ No monthly cap No monthly cap
Cross-State Parallel Search ✗ ✗ 4 States (parallel) 51 Jurisdictions (global parallel)
National Vault ✗ ✗ ✗ No monthly cap
Matter Workspace: Local case classification (Supporting/Opposing) ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓
Citation Checker: Cited-by + negative-treatment signals + treatment depth (verify required) ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓
Export 2-column Counter-Argument Matrix to Word ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓
Price $99 / year $199 / month $399 / month Custom — from $10,000 / year

Every tier includes federal law (the complete U.S. Code and federal case law). State databases: Student is federal only, State includes 1 state, Regional includes 4 states, and National includes all 51 jurisdictions (50 states plus D.C.).

3. How to Install & Bypass SmartScreen

Installation takes only a moment. Follow the two steps below to download and run Alverin on Windows safely.

1 Download & Unzip the Bundle

Download the .zip bundle for your edition from this site and extract it to a folder. The bundle contains the application (.exe) together with its config.json; keep these files together. If your browser warns that the file isn't commonly downloaded, click the options menu next to the file and select "Keep".

2 Run the Application

Run the .exe from inside the extracted folder so that config.json is found next to it (running the .exe on its own may fail to start). Because Alverin is an optimized, standalone desktop app that uses encrypted local databases and does not use corporate code-signing certificates, Windows SmartScreen may show a routine "Windows protected your PC" warning. Click "More info", then "Run anyway". The application is safe to run.

4. How to Activate (7-Day Trial)

There are no license keys to type. Activation is automatic and tied to your device through a Hardware ID (HWID), so there is nothing to copy, paste, or lose.

On first launch, the app asks you to select your state. It then downloads that state's encrypted database locally, and your 7-day full-feature trial starts automatically. After you purchase, simply restart the app and your premium features activate automatically with no further steps.

5. S.D.N.Y. 12(b)(6) Kill-Chain Operation

The Kill-Chain is Alverin's flagship State / Regional / National tool (Student builds do not include it). It turns a plaintiff's complaint into a Proposed Memorandum of Law for your review through three deterministic local passes — no network call is made at any point.

1 Open the Kill-Chain Window

From the main window, use the gold toolbar button Launch S.D.N.Y. 12(b)(6) Kill-Chain or the menu Build → Launch S.D.N.Y. 12(b)(6) Kill-Chain. A window titled ShatterMatrix — 12(b)(6) Kill-Chain opens.

2 Set the Battlefield

In the top row, set the Judge (e.g. Briccetti), the Opposing Counsel (e.g. Jackson Lewis), and the Claim type (fraud, breach_of_contract, negligence, employment_discrimination). Then paste the plaintiff's complaint text into the large input box below.

3 Generate & Export

Click Generate 12(b)(6) Motion to Dismiss. The engine runs CS → CC → TE off the UI thread (the button shows Detonating CS → CC → TE ...). The finished Memorandum appears in the read-only pane; click Export to Word (.docx) to save it.

The output is a 5-section Proposed Memorandum of Law — not an IRAC brief. It is assembled deterministically, and every citation is one measured to exist in the local corpus:

Section What It Argues
I. Legal Standard The Twombly/Iqbal plausibility standard, mined from the local corpus.
II. The Collapse Matrix CS isolates the single fatal element (missing, or conclusory with no concrete specifics) with a mathematical shatter_score (0–1).
III. The Autophagic Transfer CC detects the plaintiff's own self-consuming admissions — limitations dates, release/consent/settlement, or a prior breach.
IV. The Cognitive Context TE distills the assigned judge's signature citations and stock phrases, plus the opposing counsel's loss history as a counter-punch.
V. Prayer for Relief The request that the Court dismiss the Complaint in its entirety with prejudice.

CS = Matrix Collapse · CC = Autophagic Transfer · TE = Cognitive Adaptation. The assembled order is a drafting aid — read and verify every citation before filing (it is not Shepard's or KeyCite).

6. Firm DNA Self-Evolution (Firm Tier Only)

On the National (Firm) tier, Alverin can learn your firm's house style and keep learning as you win. Off-grid document processing: Client confidences and extracted data are processed exclusively on your local machine and are never uploaded. (Requires minimal external connection solely for license activation and system updates).

1 Distill the Initial DNA

On first use the Kill-Chain window may report "No firm DNA found…" — this is normal. Click Distill Firm DNA from 3–5 Briefs… and select 3–5 of your past winning briefs (.txt or .docx). Alverin crops your Caption and Signature into slots and picks the single most complete Twombly/Iqbal "standard" paragraph as your Fixed Rule Block, saved to firm_dna.json.

2 Auto-Fill a New Complaint

With DNA saved, click Firm DNA Self-Evolution — Distill & Auto-Fill to render a new complaint onto your firm's skeleton as the full 5-section Memorandum, populating {CAPTION}, {FIXED_RULE_BLOCK}, the CS/CC slots, the TE {COGNITIVE_CONTEXT} slot, and {SIGNATURE}.

3 Evolve with Each Win

When you win a new motion, click Evolve Firm DNA — Add 1 Winning Brief…. The brief is appended to a persistent pool (brief_pool in firm_dna.json) and the DNA is re-distilled, re-weighting the Fixed Rule Block by Jaccard support as wins accumulate.

Local-Only & Per-Machine

Off-grid document processing: Client confidences and extracted data are processed exclusively on your local machine and are never uploaded. (Requires minimal external connection solely for license activation and system updates). firm_dna.json lives on your machine and is never shipped with the product, so you distill it once after install. Verify every assembled citation before filing.