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Running a small practice with AI
The practical side: what to charge when AI does part of the work, where AI fits in intake and contract review, and which paid tools are worth it for a firm of one to fifteen.
Tools are judged on confidentiality before features, and we say plainly when the vendor's own documentation is the only source.
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- Harvey AI review: what Harvey's own benchmark tells a small firm
Skip the feature lists. Harvey publishes a benchmark of its own agents, and the numbers in it answer the buying question better than any review does.
- Can you bill a client for AI time? What ABA Opinion 512 actually permits
You can bill the minutes you spent prompting and checking. The subscription is overhead, and your flat fee may have quietly become unreasonable.
- The best AI contract review tools for small firms (2026)
Most contract review roundups target enterprise teams. For a solo or small firm, the questions are price and who is liable when the AI is wrong.
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- 2 September 2026 · 8 min readCan you bill a client for AI time? What ABA Opinion 512 actually permits
You can bill the minutes you spent prompting and checking. The subscription is overhead, and your flat fee may have quietly become unreasonable.
- 2 September 2026 · 8 min readHarvey AI review: what Harvey's own benchmark tells a small firm
Skip the feature lists. Harvey publishes a benchmark of its own agents, and the numbers in it answer the buying question better than any review does.
- 17 July 2026 · 9 min readThe best AI contract review tools for small firms (2026)
Most contract review roundups target enterprise teams. For a solo or small firm, the questions are price and who is liable when the AI is wrong.
- 26 June 2026 · 5 min readAI for client intake: where it's safe, and where it isn't
Client intake and admin are the safest, highest-return place for a small firm to start with AI. Here's the line between safe process work and risky matter content.
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