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Can AI Draft an Engagement Letter for a Basic Estate Plan? I Tested It.
Estate planning attorneys write the same engagement letter dozens of times a year. I tested whether AI can produce a usable first draft from basic intake notes. Here's the honest result.
June 30, 2026Legal AII Ran a Commercial Lease Through the Date Extractor. Here's Every Deadline It Found.
Commercial leases are full of dates that are easy to miss on a quick read. I ran one through the AI date extractor to see what it surfaces. Here's the full output.
June 29, 2026Legal AIThe 3 Legal Tasks Most Worth Automating Right Now
Not every legal task is worth automating. These three are: intake notes, demand letter drafts, and deposition summaries. Here's why they work and what you actually save.
June 28, 2026Legal AIWhy I Built Free Legal AI Tools as a Non-Attorney
I'm not a lawyer. So why did I spend months building free AI tools for attorneys? Here's the actual reason, and what I think it means for solo and small firm practice.
June 24, 2026Legal AIThe Intake Problem: Why Most Attorneys Lose Cases Before They Start
Most case losses aren't in the courtroom. They happen at intake: missing facts, untracked gaps, no structured record. Here's what a bad intake actually costs you.
June 23, 2026Legal AII Built the Intake Pipeline. Here's What It Actually Produces.
A section-by-section breakdown of what the two-step intake pipeline outputs, what each part is doing, and where the attorney needs to step in before relying on it.
June 22, 2026Legal AII Built the Demand Letter Tool. Here's What It Actually Produces.
A section-by-section walkthrough of what the AI demand letter tool outputs, what each part is doing, and where an attorney needs to step in before sending.
June 21, 2026Legal AIEstimate Your Personal Injury Case Value with AI
Enter your injury type, liability strength, and medical specials. The AI applies the standard multiplier method and adjusts for the factors that actually move settlement value.
June 20, 2026Legal AIWhy I Don't Use AI to Write Legal Arguments
AI is genuinely useful for drafting, summarizing, and structuring legal documents. It is not useful for strategy, arguments, or judgment calls. Here is where the line is.
June 17, 2026Legal AIWhat to Check Before You Send an AI-Drafted Legal Document
AI can draft a demand letter or engagement letter in under a minute. Here is the review checklist attorneys should run before anything goes out the door.
June 16, 2026Legal AI5 AI Prompts Attorneys Actually Use Every Week
Not theoretical. These are five prompts that handle the low-value writing work that eats attorney time every week — client emails, case summaries, prep notes, and more.
June 15, 2026Legal AISummarize a Deposition Transcript with AI in Under a Minute
A two-step AI pipeline that reads any deposition transcript and returns key testimony, admissions, inconsistencies, and a timeline — organized and ready for trial prep.
June 13, 2026Legal AIDraft an Engagement Letter from Client Intake with AI
A single-prompt pipeline that turns client intake information into a complete engagement letter — scope, fees, obligations, and signature block included.
June 13, 2026Legal AIExtract Every Key Date from a Contract with AI
A two-step AI pipeline that reads any contract and returns every deadline, notice period, and auto-renewal date, sorted by risk level so nothing slips through.
June 11, 2026Legal AIBuilding a Legal Intake Pipeline with GPT-4o
How I built a two-step AI pipeline that turns messy client intake notes into structured matter data — parties, damages, SOL deadline, missing info flags — in under two seconds.
June 7, 2026Legal AIGenerating a Demand Letter in 90 Seconds with GPT-4o
A two-step pipeline that takes structured matter data and produces a first-draft demand letter with inline source citations and attorney review flags — no blank page, no manual cross-referencing.
June 7, 2026