Sharpen Your Prose: Tech Tool to 10x Legal Writing📝✨

In this edition of The Automated Lawyer, we introduce BriefCatch, the brainchild of Ross Guberman, a celebrated legal writing expert known for his best-selling books like Point Made and Point Taken.

Designed to enhance legal writing, this tool is a boon for lawyers and law students aiming to refine their documents into clear, concise, and compelling pieces.

Join us as we delve into how BriefCatch can elevate your legal prose.

The Brief on BriefCatch: What you need to know

BriefCatch uses a variety of features to help users improve their writing, including:

• Real-time feedback: Receive feedback on grammar, punctuation, style, and clarity as you write

• Stay Current: BriefCatch features more than 11,000 customized legal recommendations with consistent updates

• Seamless Integration: BriefCatch integrates with Microsoft Word on PC, Mac, or Word Online.

BriefCatch was named one of TechnoLawyer’s Top 10 Legal Tech Products of the year. The product also has a client base that encompasses Supreme Court Justices, the Department of Justice, leading law firms, as well as numerous judges, agencies, and attorneys from various specialties.

Are you intrigued yet? Try BriefCatch for free for 7 days.

BriefCatch in Action

Bob Ambrogi of LawNext, conducted an exercise where he ran the leaked draft of Justice Samuel Alito’s majority opinion overturning Roe v. Wade through the software. 

• The findings: BriefCatch produced 133 suggestions for the draft.

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  Guberman also offers a case study of BriefCatch applied to a paragraph belonging to a document of a BigLaw attorney.

• The result? A shorter and tighter paragraph in just seconds.  

What to expect next from BriefCatch

Earlier this year, they achieved SOC 2 Type 1 compliance, an auditing process that ensures a service organization's cybersecurity controls are designed in a way that protects customer data.

• In other words, you can trust BriefCatch with your data

Additionally, in August 2023 BriefCatch secured $3.5 million in its seed round.

It was recognized as the “Deal of the Week” by legal-industry expert David Lat, who described the investment in the product as a “vote of confidence” in the legal tech sector.

You can expect these new features in BriefCatch soon:

1. A Suite of Specialized Writing & Editing Tools for emails and for niche practices and audiences 

2. AI-Powered Products, including a 24/7 Knowledge, Content, and Models Bank

3. Training & Development Modules and Interactive Community Elements

4. Configurable Settings, Analytics, Scoring, and Reporting

5. Legal Writing Advisory Board headed by experienced industry leaders

Until next time,

Nima, Ian, and the JusticeArch team