AI for law firms
AI your partners can defend. Inside confidentiality and supervision.
Most Australian law firms use AI to answer questions and draft, then stop. The firms moving ahead start with governance: what staff already use, which tools are safe for client matters, and who checks the output.
36.7%
of Victorian lawyers surveyed use AI tools in their legal practice. Over half of them use AI daily or weekly.
95.5%
agree lawyers have a duty to make sure their AI use complies with their professional obligations.
Source: Victorian Legal Services Board + Commissioner, Generative AI Use in the Legal Profession: Findings from the 2025 Victorian Lawyer Census, published 1 May 2026.
The questions partners ask us
Is it safe to put client matters into AI at all?
Our staff are probably using personal accounts. How do we find out?
We already pay for Copilot. Do we need anything else?
How do we supervise work that AI helped draft?
Will this turn our work into a race to the bottom on fees?
How do we bring the partners along?
Your rules first
We start with your obligations, not the tools.
Australian legal regulators have warned against putting confidential client information into public AI tools. In a joint statement in December 2024, the Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner, the Law Society of NSW and the Legal Practice Board of WA said lawyers cannot safely enter confidential, sensitive or privileged client information into public AI chatbots.
Supervision, privilege and costs disclosure still apply when AI helps with the work. Every setup is designed around them from day one.
How we keep AI safe for client work →Where AI helps in a firm like yours
- Matter intake and the admin around it
- First drafts of correspondence and documents, for review
- Meeting notes, file notes and follow-ups
- Billing narratives and practice management
- Precedents and know-how in an AI Business Brain
Works with Microsoft 365 and practice management systems such as LEAP, Actionstep and Smokeball.
Proof
Partner briefing delivered, October 2026
A tailored AI briefing for the partners of an Australian law firm: the risks, what peers are doing, and the first steps to approve.
"I have learned more in the past 90 minutes with Mark than I have in over 2 years of attending so many sessions on AI."
Where law firms usually start
AI Board and Executive Briefing
Two hours that get the partners on the same page.
For the firmAI Strategy and Roadmap
Your costed list of opportunities, in order.
For know-howAI Business Brain
Precedents and methods your AI can use, matters kept apart.
Related reading
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Common questions
Can we keep client data in Australia?
Options vary by tool and plan. We'll tell you plainly what each one means for where your data is stored and processed.
Do we need the partners' approval before starting?
Usually, yes. The AI Board and Executive Briefing is designed to get you that decision.
Get your partners on the same page.
Twenty minutes to talk through where your firm is, and whether a partner briefing or a full strategy is the right first step.
Book a 20-minute discovery call →