Enquire
Client makes contact, any hour.
Qualify
Matter details captured & screened.
Check
Conflicts and KYC cleared.
Open
Matter file created, letter sent.
Draft
Precedent draft for review.
Bill
Time logged as work happens.
AI automation for law firms
Every enquiry answered. Every billable minute captured.
Instructions arrive after hours, matter opening takes a week, and the day’s work is reconstructed from memory at 7pm. Framworq builds AI that qualifies enquiries, opens matters, prepares drafts and logs time as it happens — with a lawyer reviewing everything that leaves the firm.
Works with
New enquiry
WhatsApp · 11:42 PM
Sarah Tan
Out of hours · first contact
Matter typeCommercial lease
CounterpartyNorthgate Holdings
UrgencySigning in 10 days
AI qualifies & opens the file ↓
ST
Matter CLI-2481
Commercial lease · Property
Opened
Intake completeness92%
✓Conflict check clear✓KYC collected✓Engagement letter sent
Consultation booked · Tue 10:00 AM
Matter opening
-65%
Billable time recovered
+6 hrs/wk
The basics
What is AI automation for a law firm?
AI automation for law firms is the use of artificial intelligence to run the administrative work around legal work automatically — intake, matter opening, document preparation, deadline tracking, time capture and client updates — so fee earners spend their hours on advice, not process.
It is not a replacement for legal judgement, and it doesn’t advise your clients. It prepares, organises and routes — drafts from your own precedents, summaries of long documents, structured intake, diarised dates — and a qualified lawyer reviews and approves everything that leaves the firm.
A lawyer signs off, always
Nothing reaches a client, a court or a counterparty without review. The automation prepares; your fee earners decide.
Trained on your precedents
Drafts come from your own precedent bank and house style, not from generic templates or a public model’s guesswork.
Confidential by design
It runs in your accounts and document storage, with access controls you set and a full log of every action taken.
Sound familiar?
The instructions come in at 11pm. The firm opens at nine.
These are the bottlenecks quietly costing practices instructions, hours and recovered fees every week.
After-hours enquiries go elsewhere
Prospective clients contact three firms. The first to answer usually gets the file.
Matter opening takes a week
Conflict checks, KYC and engagement letters all move manually before any work can start.
First drafts start from scratch
The precedent exists somewhere, and someone spends an hour finding and adapting it.
Critical dates held in memory
Court dates and limitation periods sit in one diary and one person’s head.
Time written up from memory
Hours reconstructed at the end of the day quietly leak recoverable fees every week.
Clients chase you for updates
“Any progress?” emails interrupt fee earners who are already behind.
The fix
For every bottleneck, an automation that clears it
We don’t hand you another platform to learn. We build the workflow that removes the problem — inside the document store, calendar and billing tools your firm already uses.
The problem
Enquiries arrive when nobody is there
Evening and weekend instructions wait until Monday, by which time the client has instructed someone else.
What we automate
A 24/7 intake assistant
Answers on your website, WhatsApp or phone, captures the matter details, screens out work you don’t take, and books a consultation with the right lawyer.
Qualified enquiries captured around the clock
AI Chatbots & Voice Agents →
The problem
Matter opening is a week of admin
Conflict searches, identity documents, engagement letters and file setup are all done by hand.
What we automate
Matter opening workflows
Runs the conflict search, collects and verifies KYC, issues the engagement letter for signature, and creates the matter file and folders.
Files open in hours, with the checks evidenced
Business Operations Automation →
The problem
Drafting and review eat the billable day
Finding the right precedent, adapting it, and reading a 90-page agreement for the clauses that matter.
What we automate
Drafting and review support
Produces a first draft from your own precedent bank with matter details filled in, and extracts parties, obligations, dates and unusual clauses from long documents — for a lawyer to review.
Fee earners start at the second draft, not the first
Document Processing & OCR →
The problem
Time and deadlines are reconstructed by hand
Hours are written up from memory and key dates depend on one person keeping the diary current.
What we automate
Time capture and a live matter diary
Logs work as it happens into draft time entries for confirmation, and diarises every extracted date with escalating reminders to the responsible lawyer and partner.
Fewer unbilled minutes, no date held in memory
Data & Analytics Automation →
How it works
One enquiry, from first contact to first bill
Follow a single instruction through the firm. Every step below runs automatically — and every output waits for a lawyer’s review before it goes anywhere.
Enquire
The client makes contact, at any hour.
Qualify
Matter details are captured and screened against what you take.
Check
Conflict search and KYC are run and evidenced.
Open
The matter file is created and the engagement letter goes out.
Draft
A first draft is prepared from your precedents for a lawyer to review.
Bill
Time is logged as the work happens, ready to confirm.
Plugs into the document, diary & billing tools you already run
Under the hood
The automation building blocks behind your firm
Your setup is assembled from our core solutions — take as many as you need.
AI Chatbots & Voice Agents
24/7 intake, qualification and client updates across web, WhatsApp and phone.
Learn more →Business Operations Automation
Matter opening, conflict checks, KYC and document workflows run automatically.
Learn more →Data & Analytics Automation
Live views of matter status, key dates, WIP, recovery and fee-earner utilisation.
Learn more →Finance & Accounting Automation
Billing preparation, disbursements and debtor chasing handled without the chase.
Learn more →Sales & Marketing Automation
Enquiry follow-up, referral nurture and reactivation that keep the pipeline full.
Learn more →Custom API Integrations
Connect your document store, diary, practice management and billing into one system.
Learn more →See the value
What automation is worth to your firm
Estimate the non-billable time and cost an AI legal engine can save you each month. Slide to match your practice.
Hours saved / month
84
Fee earner cost saved / month
$5,040
Estimated annual saving
$60,480
Estimate only, based on your inputs and excludes the instructions won by answering first. Book a consultation for a tailored projection.
FAQ
Your questions, answered
What can AI automation do for a law firm?
It handles the work around the legal work: answering and qualifying enquiries 24/7, collecting intake details and documents, opening matters, preparing first drafts from your own precedents, surfacing key dates and clauses in long documents, tracking deadlines, capturing billable time and keeping clients updated. Your lawyers review and sign off on everything that matters.
Does the AI give legal advice?
No. It prepares drafts, summaries and structured information for a qualified lawyer to review. Nothing goes to a client, a court or a counterparty without a lawyer approving it — the workflows are built that way deliberately.
Can it qualify enquiries out of hours?
Yes. An AI intake assistant on your website, WhatsApp and phone answers common questions, captures the details of the matter, screens out work you don’t take, and books a consultation into the right lawyer’s calendar — at 11pm and on weekends.
Can it help open a matter?
Yes. Once intake is complete, the workflow runs your conflict-check search, collects and verifies KYC documents, generates the engagement letter for signature, creates the matter file and folder structure, and notifies the responsible lawyer.
Can it draft and review documents?
It prepares first drafts from your own precedent bank with the matter details filled in, and on review it extracts parties, obligations, dates and unusual clauses from long documents so your lawyers read with a head start. The final judgement always stays with the lawyer.
Can it capture billable time?
Yes. The system logs work as it happens — emails sent, documents produced, calls handled — and prepares draft time entries against the right matter for a fee earner to confirm, so fewer minutes go unbilled at the end of the day.
Can it track court dates and limitation deadlines?
Yes. Key dates are extracted from documents and correspondence into a live diary with escalating reminders to the responsible lawyer and supervising partner, so critical dates are never held in one person’s memory.
Is client confidentiality protected?
Yes. Everything runs inside your own accounts and document storage with access controls you set, we can restrict which matter data ever reaches a model, and every action is logged so you keep a complete audit trail for your professional obligations.
How long does it take to set up?
A focused build such as a 24/7 intake assistant or a matter-opening workflow can go live within days. A full practice automation across intake, matter management, drafting support, deadlines and billing typically takes a few weeks.
How much does it cost?
Cost depends on your practice areas, matter volume and integrations. We scope every project after a free consultation and give a fixed, transparent quote before any work begins.