AI advisory for lawyers
JurisIT is a technical advisory that specialises in delivering AI solutions using the Microsoft platform. We have been providing IT services and solutions to organisations around Australia for over 30 years. The principal of the firm was a founding partner of the worlds first Windows based email system – WinMail, and the worlds first software for self-displaying documents (now commonly known as a PDF). We have extensive experience in recognising and acting on technological innovation to deliver improved services and outcomes.
Every project or activity that we undertake is first mapped to the regulatory, legal and compliance requirements for law firms – we call it AI transformation with legal guardrails.
We are focused on providing AI advisory services solely to legal practitioners.
Our AI advisory consists of the following areas:
- Review and updates on general AI models
- Review and updates on AI models specifically aimed at the legal industry
- How best to use AI in conjunction with your practice management system
- Review and monitoring of what other law firms are doing with AI, intrastate, interstate and overseas jurisdictions
- Development of dynamic AI policies and guidelines
- Review and monitoring of current and proposed AI legislation and frameworks specifically as they apply to law firms
- Designing, testing and implementing Microsoft Copilot and AgenticAI in different scenerios
- Built-in Copilots for Word, Outlook and other applications
- Bespoke Copilots for specific use cases
- ie Use of AI to meet compliance and regulatory obligations
- e.g. Copilot for AML/CTF requirements
- Prompt development and engineering for law firms
- AI risks and opportunities for law firms
- Which AI platforms meet security and compliance requirements
Protect the value of your firm
The advent of AI has made the data you hold in your firm an extremely valuable commodity. Your ability to apply AI tools to that data now determines how successful you are as a lawyer and the value of your firm.
Practice management system vendors are offering AI capabilities within their applications which are of benefit to you and your firm, however you must understand that the vendor will ultimately craft that offering to maximise their returns not yours.
AI and the advantages it can deliver are constantly evolving and you must maintain your ability to access whatever services will benefit you and your practice.
The way to do this is to retain control of your data.
Create a separate repository
Creating an independent data repository separate to your practice management system ensures you maintain flexibility to adopt technology that best suits you and your firm.
Failure to do so will result in your practice management system vendor deciding what AI capabilities you have access to and how you practice law.
Additional benefits of a separate repository
An independent data repository provides additional benefits:
• Ability to move or cancel practice management system subscriptions without having to go through expensive and cumbersome data export processes.
• Apply the correct data destruction and data retention protocols to meet the ever growing regulatory, compliance and reporting requirements.
• Protection of your data in the event of a data breach or loss from a cyber incident at your practice management system vendor.
• Review and analyse your practice data to improve drafting, service delivery and identify other opportunities for the practice.
• AI prompt design and automated workflows for administrative tasks.
• AI prompt design and automated workflows for legal processes.
Next Steps
JurisIT has developed workflows that use your existing Microsoft 365 applications to provide a separate and independent data repository. The initial setup does not require any additional subscription or licenses, everything can be completed using your current Microsoft 365 Business Premium subscription.
If you have any questions or would like further information please contact us.