Every matter your firm closed shows how the work got done.
Intake notes, research memos, drafts and redlines, correspondence, filings and the outcome. Years of closed matters record how real legal problems were worked through. We find out whether yours could qualify.
The drafts show the reasoning, not only the result.
A matter starts with a client problem. Someone researches it, drafts a position, the other side pushes back, the draft is revised and the matter settles, closes or goes to a decision. Firms keep that file because clients, deadlines and professional rules depend on it. Matters where the drafts, comments and correspondence were kept, not only the final document, show how experienced lawyers actually reason.
The records that usually exist.
- Intake notes and conflict checks
- Research memos and internal comments
- Drafts, redlines and negotiation history
- Correspondence with clients and the other side
- Filings, outcomes and closing letters
- Where it usually sits
- Practice management and document systems (Clio, NetDocuments, iManage, MyCase and similar), plus email and shared drives.
- DraftSep 7Tenant asks for an early exit after year three
- PushbackSep 14Landlord rejects it and proposes a fee instead
- RevisionSep 16Exit kept with six months' notice and a capped fee
- OutcomeSep 30Both sides sign, matter closed
What a buyer might license.
A buyer might license several years of closed matters, with client details removed and only where professional rules allow, to teach AI how a legal position is drafted, negotiated and resolved. The agreement sets which records are included and how they may be used.
Your records stay yours. Identifying details are removed before anything is shared, and nothing is included without your approval. How it works →
Could your records qualify?
- Can you open a matter from five years ago and still see the drafts and correspondence?
- Were earlier drafts and comments kept, not only the final document?
- Have you closed thousands of matters over the years, not a handful?
- Could client-identifying details be removed or kept out of anything shared?
If most answers are yes, it is worth a conversation. These are the same things we ask on the first call. Estimates are fine, no files needed.
Tell us how your matters are kept.
A short description of your firm and the software you use is enough to start. No files needed.