12 AI feature categories — toggled on or off by your firm, per matter, with full audit trail
Your firm decides which AI features are active — firm-wide defaults and per-matter overrides. Disable AI processing for a client who hasn’t consented. Turn off specific categories to control costs. Every change logged with who made it, when, and why. AI Controls give your firm the governance layer that serious litigation practices require — not a black box where AI runs unchecked.
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How AI Controls works on a live matter
AI Controls is the AI.Law tool civil litigators use for document, research, and case-strategy work. Configure your firm’s AI policy in 5 minutes. Set the 12 category toggles at the org level — these become the default for every matter in the firm. When a specific matter needs different settings (a client who hasn’t consented to AI processing, a matter where you want to limit AI costs, a case with regulatory sensitivity), override that matter’s controls with two clicks and a reason note. The override takes effect immediately. No support tickets. No waiting for an admin to make changes. No firm-wide disruption.
On a live matter it runs in 4 steps: (1) Set org-level defaults, (2) Review category details, (3) Override per matter when needed, (4) Monitor and audit. Navigate to Org Admin → AI Controls. Set the 12 category toggles to your firm’s default AI policy. These settings apply to every matter unless overridden.
Most AI legal tools give you one switch: AI on, or AI off. AI.Law gives you 12 granular categories that match your actual product features: Deliverables (complaints, lawsuits, discovery, motions), AI Intelligence (chat, file analysis, transcription, translation), Matter Control (workflow automation, stage detection), Cross-Matter Intelligence (firmwide health analysis), Documents (extraction, indexing, classification), Calendar (SOL calculator, deadline assist, UTBMS), Research (caselaw, citation lookup), Claims (issue spotter, dismissal analyzer), Strategy (discovery compare, depo prep), Evidence War Room (evidence analysis, triage), Client Related (conflict checks, intake, emails), and Comprehensive Reports. Toggle any category independently — at the org level for firm-wide defaults, or per matter for individual client requirements. Deliverables: control whether AI drafts complaints, lawsuits, answers, discovery, motions, contracts, and reports — toggle the drafting engine on or off without affecting other AI features.
What you get from AI Controls
Every AI Controls run is grounded in your uploaded matter — not a blank chat prompt. Here is what attorneys use on real cases:
- Deliverables: control whether AI drafts complaints, lawsuits, answers, discovery, motions, contracts, and reports — toggle the drafting engine on or off without affecting other AI features
- AI Intelligence: control the 10-model AI Associate, file chat, transcription, and translation independently — a client who doesn’t want AI reading their files can have intelligence disabled while keeping document management active
- Per-matter overrides: org defaults apply to every matter, but any matter can override any category — disable AI intelligence for Matter #4721 while keeping it active for every other case in the firm
- Reason and consent tracking: every per-matter override requires a reason — "client declined AI consent," "cost control," "regulatory requirement" — creating a documented record for compliance and ethics reviews
- Org-level defaults configured in a single admin screen — all 12 categories visible with toggle switches and descriptions of what each category controls
- Per-matter overrides applied from the matter detail page — click AI Controls, toggle the category, enter a reason, and the change takes effect immediately
- Each category card shows labeled feature pills: Deliverables shows "Complaints, Lawsuits, Answers, Discovery, Motions, Contracts, Reports" — you see exactly what the toggle controls
- Tooltips on every category explain what happens when you disable it — "Disabling Documents will stop automatic extraction, indexing, and classification of uploaded files for this matter"
How It Works
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1. Set org-level defaults
Navigate to Org Admin → AI Controls. Set the 12 category toggles to your firm’s default AI policy. These settings apply to every matter unless overridden.
2. Review category details
Each category shows the specific features it controls with labeled pills. Hover for descriptions. Understand exactly what you’re enabling or disabling before you toggle.
3. Override per matter when needed
Open any matter → AI Controls panel. Toggle specific categories to override org defaults. Enter a reason (client consent, cost control, regulatory). Change takes effect immediately.
4. Monitor and audit
View all matter overrides from the org admin screen. Review the audit log showing every change — who, when, what, and why. Export for compliance reviews.
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12 categories matching your actual workflow — not generic "AI on/off" switches
Most AI legal tools give you one switch: AI on, or AI off. AI.Law gives you 12 granular categories that match your actual product features: Deliverables (complaints, lawsuits, discovery, motions), AI Intelligence (chat, file analysis, transcription, translation), Matter Control (workflow automation, stage detection), Cross-Matter Intelligence (firmwide health analysis), Documents (extraction, indexing, classification), Calendar (SOL calculator, deadline assist, UTBMS), Research (caselaw, citation lookup), Claims (issue spotter, dismissal analyzer), Strategy (discovery compare, depo prep), Evidence War Room (evidence analysis, triage), Client Related (conflict checks, intake, emails), and Comprehensive Reports. Toggle any category independently — at the org level for firm-wide defaults, or per matter for individual client requirements.
- Deliverables: control whether AI drafts complaints, lawsuits, answers, discovery, motions, contracts, and reports — toggle the drafting engine on or off without affecting other AI features
- AI Intelligence: control the 10-model AI Associate, file chat, transcription, and translation independently — a client who doesn’t want AI reading their files can have intelligence disabled while keeping document management active
- Per-matter overrides: org defaults apply to every matter, but any matter can override any category — disable AI intelligence for Matter #4721 while keeping it active for every other case in the firm
- Reason and consent tracking: every per-matter override requires a reason — "client declined AI consent," "cost control," "regulatory requirement" — creating a documented record for compliance and ethics reviews
Faster
Set org defaults once — override per matter in seconds when needed
Configure your firm’s AI policy in 5 minutes. Set the 12 category toggles at the org level — these become the default for every matter in the firm. When a specific matter needs different settings (a client who hasn’t consented to AI processing, a matter where you want to limit AI costs, a case with regulatory sensitivity), override that matter’s controls with two clicks and a reason note. The override takes effect immediately. No support tickets. No waiting for an admin to make changes. No firm-wide disruption.
- Org-level defaults configured in a single admin screen — all 12 categories visible with toggle switches and descriptions of what each category controls
- Per-matter overrides applied from the matter detail page — click AI Controls, toggle the category, enter a reason, and the change takes effect immediately
- Bulk management: see every matter that has overrides from the org admin screen — know instantly which matters deviate from firm defaults and why
- Reset to defaults with one click — when a client later consents to AI processing, reset their matter to firm defaults and the reason is logged
Easier
Category names match the features you use — not engineering jargon
AI Controls use product names that lawyers recognize: "Complaints, lawsuits, answers, discovery" under Deliverables. "Chat with 10 LLMs, file analysis" under AI Intelligence. "Conflict checks, intake, portal" under Client Related. Each category shows the specific features it controls with labeled pills — so you know exactly what you’re enabling or disabling. No guessing. No "AI Processing Level 3" toggles that mean nothing to a practicing attorney.
- Each category card shows labeled feature pills: Deliverables shows "Complaints, Lawsuits, Answers, Discovery, Motions, Contracts, Reports" — you see exactly what the toggle controls
- Tooltips on every category explain what happens when you disable it — "Disabling Documents will stop automatic extraction, indexing, and classification of uploaded files for this matter"
- Matter-level controls show inheritance status — "Using org default: Enabled" or "Overridden: Disabled — Reason: Client did not consent to AI processing"
- Audit log shows every change with the user who made it, the timestamp, the old setting, the new setting, and the reason — complete chain of custody for ethics compliance
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The firm that controls its AI is the firm that can adopt AI — governance enables adoption, not the other way around
The #1 reason litigation firms hesitate to adopt AI is governance: "What if a client doesn’t want AI processing their data?" "What if we need to show a regulator exactly what AI touched which files?" "What if we want to limit AI costs on certain matters?" AI Controls answer all three. When your firm can demonstrate granular control over AI features — with per-matter overrides, reason tracking, and a complete audit trail — the adoption conversation changes from "should we use AI?" to "here’s exactly how we govern it." That governance confidence lets your firm adopt AI at scale while competitors are still debating whether to try it.
- Client consent compliance: disable AI for matters where clients haven’t consented — documented with reason codes and audit trail for bar association inquiries
- Cost control: disable AI-intensive categories (Deliverables, Intelligence) on matters where the case value doesn’t justify AI spend — while keeping free tools active
- Regulatory readiness: complete audit log of every AI control change — who toggled what, when, and why — satisfies supervisory obligations under ABA Model Rules 1.1 and 5.3
- Firm-wide AI governance enables confident adoption: partners approve AI policies knowing they can be enforced systematically, not left to individual attorney discretion
Stop choosing between "AI on" and "AI off" — control it like the sophisticated tool it is
See what changes when AI handles the work instead.
| Area | The Old Way | With AI.Law |
|---|---|---|
| Granularity | One switch: AI on or AI off for the whole platform | 12 categories matching actual product features — toggle each independently |
| Per-matter control | Same AI settings for every case regardless of client preference | Per-matter overrides with reason tracking — disable AI for specific clients, keep it for others |
| Audit trail | No record of who enabled AI or when | Complete log: user, timestamp, old setting, new setting, reason — for every change |
| Client consent | No way to document that a client consented to (or declined) AI processing | Reason codes on every override create documented consent records for ethics compliance |
| Cost control | AI runs on every matter whether the case value justifies it or not | Disable AI-intensive features on specific matters to control costs — free tools still work |
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