LEGAL WORKFLOW DESIGN
Helping teams review contracts faster and find information easily
Legal teams spent hours checking documents,
finding clauses, and making sure everything followed the rules.
The goal was to create a simple and reliable workflow that helps teams work faster,
stay organized, and make better decisions.
↓ 60%
Less time spent on manual review
3x
Faster finding of important information
Team + Tools
Workflows built on trust and human review
Legal Assistant
CORE CHALLENGES
Why legal work becomes slow and difficult at scale
MOST IMPORTANT
⏳
Too much time is spent checking contracts by hand
Teams had to look through many documents again and again, trying to find the right information, which made decisions slow.
Accuracy & Consistency
Different people understood the same document in different ways, which caused confusion.
Finding Risks
It was hard to find important risks and problems in long and complex documents.
Slow Work & Higher Costs
Taking more time to review means spending more money and delaying responses.
Scattered Information
Documents were stored in different places, making them hard to find and use.
BUSINESS IMPACT
It became harder to keep everything organized and follow the same process as work increased.
6+
connected challenges in the workflow
Research Insights
The problem wasn’t creating legal content. It was being confident in it.
Research showed that lawyers cared more about clarity, knowing where information comes from, and feeling confident before sharing their work.
Key Findings · User Research
24 InterviewsDrafting Time
38–45%A large part of the week was spent writing and revising contracts.
Review Workload
70%Most people found contract review repetitive and time-consuming.
Negotiation Challenges
61%It was hard to track changes and keep up with non‑standard edits.
Error Risk
43%Important issues were sometimes missed due to tiredness and time pressure.
Competitive Overview
Market ScanHarvey
Low TrustFast drafting and summaries, but users were unsure about reliability.
Spellbook
Complex UXHelps create clauses quickly but can feel complicated to use.
Luminance
FragmentedPowerful features, but information is spread out and harder to follow.
Key Insight
Users preferred guided workflows with human review over fully automatic processes.
Most of the value came from making drafting and review faster, while still letting people make the final decisions.
Who Uses This
Built for legal teams handling a lot of work under pressure
⚖️ Lawyers
Review contracts faster and spend less time doing the same work again and again.
🏢 In-House Teams
Manage approvals, follow rules, and handle negotiations more smoothly.
📄 Contract Managers
Keep track of changes and make sure documents follow a clear structure.
🚀 Startups & SMBs
Handle legal work more easily without needing a larger team.
Design Challenges
Building trust in legal workflows
Legal teams need clear, accurate, and reliable work—not just speed.
Clear and Understandable Outputs
Lawyers need results that are easy to understand, with clear sources and explanations.
Saving Time in Review
Long contracts made work slow, so important points needed to stand out clearly.
Managing Complex Information
Contracts are complicated, so they needed to be simplified without losing important details.
Easy Team Collaboration
Teams needed to review, edit, and approve work easily while staying in control.
System highlights key points. Lawyers make the final decisions.
Spend less time searching, more time deciding
The system helps by pointing out important parts of contracts, so lawyers can focus on reviewing and making decisions.
Every suggestion clearly explains why
Suggestions come with clear reasons and references, so users understand what they are seeing and can trust it.
Users stay in control
Users can accept, edit, or reject suggestions, making sure they have full control over the final output.
Review Confidence
Clause Risk Review
Possible Risk
Liability clause may be unclear or open to different meanings.
Similar cases in the past needed careful review because responsibility was not clearly defined.
Turning legal complexity into clear, actionable insights
Wireframe Strategy & Iteration
Designing intelligent workflows for faster, smarter contract review
Upload original contract, select playbook and analyse contract →
Design SolutionGuided upload with instant AI analysis and smart playbook selection.
Guided Upload & Playbook Mapping
Generate structured documents automatically using AI-driven prompts and templates.
AI-driven Clause Analysis
Configure and manage reusable search workflows and document templates.
Core UX Principle
Reduce Friction
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