Law firms decide scope with their own counsel.

Internal know-how, never client files

What interests AI labs is the record of how careful legal work is put together. Most of this exists outside individual client files:

• Templates and precedent banks, and the reasoning behind clause choices
• Checklists, research memos and training material written for your own lawyers
• Intake, staffing and matter workflow records from your practice management system
• Billing narratives, with each name and other identifier stripped

Every name and matter becomes a placeholder

Whatever stays in scope has clients, the other side, your attorneys and staff renamed with placeholders. The same applies to every matter number and identifier. A sample comes to you for review and approval first, so you know precisely what any buyer receives.

Your precedents stay yours

The originals stay right where they are, with no passwords requested. Buyers license only the copy you approved, and use it for building and evaluating AI models. Any practice group, set of templates or time period you see as core to the firm can be held back.

Privileged material is removed

Any privileged or confidential material is stripped from the copy. Whether client related material has a place here is a decision for the firm and its lawyers, and we offer no legal advice about it. Client matters can be left out completely. Many firms start and finish with internal know-how alone.

When in doubt about a folder or practice group, the easy choice is to exclude it.

A sensible way for a firm to start

Start with the estimate, then use the first short call to ask the questions your counsel will want answered. Plenty of firms come prepared with questions on the systems involved, the use of placeholders and the review of samples. Before anything leaves, your lawyers may check the sample, and the firm can walk away at any stage short of approval. You give no client names or documents for the estimate, and the range does not change with your practice area.