AI for law firms
Where AI speeds up legal work, and where privilege and judgement stay with the lawyer.
A law firm's value is privileged, confidential advice a client can rely on. AI is useful for the drafting and document work that supports it. It never gives legal advice, and a lawyer reviews everything it produces before it reaches a client or a court.
Five real workflows
Where AI actually helps.
- 01
First drafts of routine documents
Drafts a first version of a routine letter or document from your instructions and precedents.
- You keep
- Every clause, citation and piece of advice, checked and approved by a qualified lawyer before use.
- Try this week
- Draft one routine letter from your usual precedent and mark up everything you'd change.
- 02
Summarising documents and disclosure
Summarises a document or set of documents you provide, to help you find what's relevant faster.
- You keep
- Checking the summary against the source documents before relying on it for a decision.
- Try this week
- Take one document you'd otherwise read in full, ask for a summary, then check it against the original.
- 03
Case and matter notes
Turns your notes or a call transcript into a structured file note.
- You keep
- Confirming the note is accurate and complete, especially anything a court or regulator might later see.
- Try this week
- Take notes from one recent client call, ask for a structured file note, then check it against what was said.
- 04
Client updates
Drafts a plain-language update for a client from the case notes you provide.
- You keep
- Every statement of fact and every piece of advice, reviewed by the lawyer before it's sent.
- Try this week
- Draft one routine client update from recent notes and check it line by line before sending.
- 05
Internal research starting points
Drafts a first-pass summary of a legal question from source material you provide, as a starting point for research.
- You keep
- Verifying every citation and conclusion against the primary source; AI output is never cited or relied on unchecked.
- Try this week
- Take one question you'd research anyway, use it as a starting point, then verify every point against the primary sources.
Handle with care
Rules for law firms, not fear.
- Privilege and confidentiality
Privileged and client-confidential material stays out of any tool that is not vetted and approved for that purpose by your firm.
- A lawyer reviews all output
AI drafts and summarises. A qualified lawyer checks everything, including every citation, before it is relied on, filed or sent to a client.
- No AI legal advice
AI does not give legal advice to a client. Advice is given by a qualified lawyer, who is accountable for it.
- Verify every citation
Any case, statute or source an AI tool refers to is checked against the primary source before it appears in anything filed or sent.
Where to start
The right size of first step.
30-day AI Sprint
From $7,500
Firms need one workflow proven safe before it spreads. A Sprint builds and tests a single process, such as document summarising for one practice area, with your confidentiality rules built in and a lawyer checking every output.
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