Cut law firm admin and paperwork with AI
Law firm admin is time entries, engagement letters, deadline calendars, document filing and billing. AI can prepare draft time entries from calendars and emails, populate letters from your templates, sort incoming documents and list upcoming deadlines. Attorneys review, and confidentiality controls come first.
Talk through your firm with the person who builds it
A free 30-minute call. You leave knowing which part of your law firm to hand to AI first, what we would build, and roughly how long it takes.
Time and billing
Lost time entries are lost revenue. A tool can suggest entries from calendar events and emails for the lawyer to confirm, rather than recreating the week on Friday.
Invoices can be pre-assembled for review. Billing rules are yours, so keep them in your hands.
Documents and deadlines
Standard letters and forms can be filled from the intake. Incoming documents can be named and filed to the right matter.
Deadlines come from court rules and orders, so a person must set and verify them. AI can remind and cross-check, not decide.
Close the loop on small tasks
Voicemails, forwarded emails and sticky notes turn into tasks that fall through. A system that turns each into a logged task with an owner and a date means fewer things forgotten. People still decide what matters.
Picture this
Examples of what it can look like. Illustrations, not clients.
A paralegal drops a stack of scanned discovery documents. They are labeled and filed to the matter for review.
On Friday a lawyer sees suggested time entries from the week and confirms them in a few minutes.
An engagement letter is prefilled with names and scope from intake, ready for the attorney to review.
The rules that apply, in their own words
“unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce, are hereby declared unlawful.”
“intended for voluntary use and to improve the ability to incorporate trustworthiness considerations into the design, development, use, and evaluation of AI products, services, and systems.”
Sources
- NIST AI Risk Management Framework: The U.S. standards body’s framework for using AI responsibly.
- ABA Model Rule 1.6: Confidentiality of Information: The model ethics rule on protecting client information.
- 15 U.S.C. § 45 (FTC Act, Section 5): The federal ban on unfair or deceptive business practices, ads included.
Talk through your firm with the person who builds it
A free 30-minute call. You leave knowing which part of your law firm to hand to AI first, what we would build, and roughly how long it takes.
Questions
Is it safe to upload client documents?
Only to systems you have vetted for confidentiality. Ask how data is stored, who can see it and whether it is used for training.
Can it replace a paralegal?
It is better as an assistant to one. Judgment and verification stay with people.
Will it work with my document management system?
Often it can. We look at how your files are organized before proposing anything.
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