Briefpoint does one thing — drafting discovery — and it does it well enough that a solo civil litigator handling ten active matters will notice the time difference within the first week. Briefpoint sits in a narrow lane: AI-assisted drafting of interrogatories,...
Three document management systems dominate the small-firm conversation — and only one of them is actually built for you. Most small firms shopping for a DMS start with the wrong question. They ask “which one is best?” when the real question is “do I...
Lexis+ AI is a real research accelerator for routine work — and a liability if you trust it on anything that requires doctrinal nuance. Here’s what a year of daily use at a five-attorney firm actually looks like. We run a mixed litigation and transactional...
The 2026 ABA TechReport shows AI adoption climbing fast — but the headline numbers are mostly BigLaw’s story. Here’s what the data actually says for a solo or small firm, and what to do about it this week. Every year the ABA TechReport lands and every year...
Five prompts, run in order, will get you a structured first-pass review of a third-party contract before you touch a redline — here’s the exact sequence, verbatim, with notes on where it holds and where it falls apart. Third-party paper is the friction point...
These ten prompts took me from blank page to usable first draft on actual client matters — intake calls, demand letters, deposition prep, and everything in between. Save them now; tweak the variables later. Every solo lawyer I talk to has the same complaint: too many...
You are already doing the work. This workflow makes sure you get paid for it. Most solo lawyers aren’t losing billable time because they’re lazy about tracking — they’re losing it because logging happens hours after the work, memory compresses a...
This workflow turns a single Word clause library and a Claude prompt template into a repeatable drafting machine — cutting 10 to 20 minutes off every engagement letter, NDA, demand letter, and fee agreement you produce. The workflow is built for solo attorneys and...
A 30-minute intake call produces a structured matter file in under five minutes of editing — if you wire up the right three tools before the call starts. This workflow is built for solo lawyers and firms of two to five attorneys who are personally running their own...
CoCounsel is the realistic choice for solo and small-firm lawyers. Harvey is worth knowing about — and worth skipping until you’re billing at BigLaw volume. Both tools claim to do the same things: draft memos, review contracts, prep for depositions, answer... 
