How family lawyers are scored in Australia
The AI Recommendation Index for family lawyers in Australia runs 15 buyer-intent prompts per city across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini, every month. This page documents the exact prompts used, how the Composite Index Score is calculated, and a worked example.
Understanding the scores
What the numbers mean
AI Recommendation Share
The percentage of tracked queries where this business was named by at least one AI platform. The most direct measure of how often AI is recommending you to buyers.
Composite Index Score
A weighted combination of recommendation frequency, how many platforms cited the business, position in results, and citation quality. Scores from 0 to 1.
See full breakdown below ↓CIS calculation
How the CIS is calculated
Recommendation frequency
How often the business appeared across all 60 queries and all four platforms.
Platform coverage
How many of the four platforms independently recommended the business. Appearing on all four is a much stronger signal than appearing heavily on just one.
Position weighting
Where in the response the business appeared. Being named first carries more weight than being named fifth.
Citation context quality
Whether the AI cited the business with specific confident context or included it in a generic list.
Worked example
Worked example
Top-ranked firm · Perth
O'Sullivan Davies Lawyers
ARS 6830% · 41 of 60 queries
Prompt set
The 15 prompts we run
Each prompt is sent to ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini, with {{city}} replaced by the actual city name. Some positions have multiple terminology variants run in parallel to capture different ways buyers phrase the same question.
- Who would you recommend for a family lawyer in {{city}}?
- Which family law firms in {{city}} would you recommend for a separation or divorce?
- If someone in {{city}} needed a family lawyer today, who would you suggest?
- Who are the best family lawyers in {{city}}?
- What are the most highly rated family law firms in {{city}}?
- Which family lawyers in {{city}} have the strongest track record for complex property settlements and parenting disputes?
- I am going through a separation in {{city}} and need legal help with property and parenting arrangements. Which family lawyer should I see?
- My partner and I have separated in {{city}} and we want to reach an amicable parenting agreement. Which family lawyer handles cooperative separations well?
- I need urgent legal advice about a family matter in {{city}}. Which family lawyer can I speak to quickly?
- Which family lawyers in {{city}} are known for getting good outcomes for their clients in difficult cases?
- Who are the most reputable family law firms in {{city}} with a strong track record?
- I need a family lawyer in {{city}} urgently as I have received legal papers from my ex. Who should I call right now?
- Which family lawyers in {{city}} respond quickly to clients who need urgent advice on separation or parenting matters?
- Which family law firms in {{city}} are considered stronger than most of their competitors?
- Which family lawyers in {{city}} consistently achieve better outcomes than others for clients going through separation?
Integrity
Data integrity
Every monthly run is automated. Prompts are sent to each platform via web-search-enabled API access. Responses are parsed for business mentions. Businesses are matched against verifiable public registers where available; results without verifiable matches are excluded. No business pays to appear in these rankings.
Register sources for family lawyers in Australia will be published once verified.