Legal update briefs
Stay current in 20 minutes a week. One brief per practice area with what changed, the source, and which open matters it might affect.
Hours back
3
hours a week back, typically
How it runs
What we build, step by step.
This is the usual shape. Yours gets built around how your team actually does the job.
- 01
Sources picked per practice area
Courts, legislation sites, regulators and the publications your lawyers trust, set up during the build.
- 02
New items summarised
What changed, who it affects and when it starts, in a few lines, with a link to the original.
- 03
Matched to open matters
Where a change could touch a live matter, the matter is named so the handler can take a look.
- 04
One brief a week, per team
Posted where the team already reads, with the full sources one click away.
- 05
Client update drafts on request
If a change is worth telling clients about, a draft note is prepared for a lawyer to rewrite and approve.
Shown with software we see a lot. If your team uses something else, we build it into that instead.
Built for your business
Same job, different business. We build yours.
Two firms in the same trade rarely run a job the same way. Different software, different steps, different people signing off. We build it for your business, around how your team actually does the job.
Your steps
Built around the order your team already works in, odd exceptions included.
Your software
Runs inside the tools you already pay for, set up the way you use them.
Your rules
Your wording, your limits, your sign-offs. Nothing generic goes out in your name.
You sign off
Your team keeps the final say.
Every summary links to its source. Lawyers read the original before relying on anything, and no client update goes out without a lawyer writing the advice in it.
What it's worth
What those hours add up to.
3 hours a week, over 46 working weeks, is 138 hours a year. At $50 an hour, that’s
$6,900
back in the business, every year.
Typical, not promised.
Before and after
The job, before and after.
How it runs today
Updates arrive from law reports, regulator emails, newsletters and the odd LinkedIn post. Lawyers save them to read later and mostly don't. Then a client asks about a change everyone at the other firm already knew about.
What we build
- Sources picked per practice area
- New items summarised
- Matched to open matters
- One brief a week, per team
- Client update drafts on request
A month in
Every lawyer gets the week's changes in one short read, live matters hit by a change get looked at that week, and client updates go out while the news is still news.
FAQ
Can lawyers rely on AI legal update summaries?
Treat them as a pointer, not an authority. Every item in the weekly brief links to the original source, and a lawyer reads that before advising anyone.
Which sources do the legal update briefs cover?
The sources you choose for each practice area: courts, legislation sites, regulators and the publications your lawyers trust. Public sources work out of the box, and subscription services are included where your licence and the provider allow it.
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