We start with one practice group and one job that wastes the most time. Everything is for internal use, and a lawyer reviews it before it goes near a client file.
Pull the key dates, orders sought and correspondence from a matter into a draft chronology, with a link to each source. Flag documents that are missing. The lawyer edits rather than starts from scratch.
Parties, dates, renewal and termination terms, outgoings and special conditions extracted into a review summary and attached to the right matter and version.
Find the last five testamentary trust precedents with a particular clause. Check a new estate matter against your grant checklist and list what is still missing.
A new fee earner gets the facts, medical reports, correspondence and limitation dates in one summary instead of a week reading someone else's inbox.
Which required documents are on file, which have expired, and what is overdue, checked against your own checklist before lodgement.
A draft file note and conflict search preparation from the first documents. Plus one place to ask what the firm's rule is on costs disclosure, trust receipts or file retention, with a link to the policy.