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16 guides on verification, contracts, research and governance.
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The provenance ledger: how to answer 'how do you know?'
When a client, a supervisor or a court asks how you know, the ledger is the answer.…
Building a litigation chronology with AI
A chronology is the backbone of the case. AI helps assemble it — if every row points to the record.…
AI and the billable hour: what firms are actually doing
Fewer hours, same value. The pricing models emerging as AI compresses drafting time.…
Training a team on AI without a three-day workshop
Most AI training fails because it is too long. A short, repeated routine sticks.…
The real cost of legal AI — and how to model it
Licence fees are the small number. The cost that matters is verification time.…
AI for in-house counsel: a leaner playbook
In-house teams have less time and more repeat work. Where AI pays off first.…
Where courts have landed on AI in 2026
From six-figure sanctions to standing orders requiring disclosure, the picture is now clear.…
What to tell clients about AI — and what not to
Disclosure is becoming the norm. A short, honest position beats either silence or oversharing.…
Client updates with AI: fast, but never careless
Status updates are where AI is safest and most useful — if you keep the facts yours.…
Running a local model for privileged work
A local model keeps privileged material on your machine. Here is the honest trade-off and a pragmatic setup.…
How to read a legal-AI benchmark without being fooled
Vendor benchmarks are marketing. A one-afternoon test on your own matters beats any leaderboard.…
Choosing AI for due diligence at volume
Diligence is where AI earns its keep — and where a missed clause is expensive. How to scope, extract, review and report.…
Redact before you paste: a five-minute routine for privileged material
The single step that most reduces waiver risk is also the simplest. A short, repeatable routine for getting documents re…
A contract-review workflow that keeps the deal in your hands
AI is fast at reading a contract and careless with the commercial terms. A term sheet first, then clause-by-clause, then…
Pin cites: the small habit that makes an AI-assisted memo defensible
A citation without a pin cite is a claim without a home. Requiring pin cites is the cheapest check you can add to any AI…
Why AI hallucinates legal authorities — and the tell-tale signs
A model does not look anything up unless you tell it to. Here is why it invents cases so convincingly, and the wording t…
The firm AI policy, in one page
A policy nobody reads protects nobody. Here is a one-page AI-use policy a firm can actually adopt — permitted uses, data…
Privilege and AI: what you may paste, and what you must redact
Using AI is compatible with privilege — if you tier the material, redact first, and record the use. A short, practical r…
How to price verified legal work
Verification is a service, not a cost centre. Three ways to price it — a premium, a flat fee per deliverable, or a retai…
Which AI for legal work in October 2026
GPT-6, Claude Opus 5.5, Gemini 4 Argon — the model landscape moved again in September. What matters for legal work, and …
Verify every citation in four minutes
A repeatable routine for checking any authority an AI produces — existence, currency, proposition, pin cite — and record…
AI-fabricated citations are now career-ending: the 2026 sanctions
A Mississippi judge barred two lawyers for two years; the Ninth Circuit suspended two attorneys for six months. Here is …
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