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Governing AI-Driven Contract Review at a Law Firm

Consider a large law firm whose AI agents handle initial contract review, risk-clause identification, redline suggestions, and routing to specialty attorneys across multiple practice areas.

01 · the challenge

The kind of problem this addresses.

Errors
AI contract recommendations that can contain material mistakes
Malpractice
exposure from unreviewed AI-generated contract advice reaching clients
No trail
AI recommendations with no traceable link back to the underlying analysis

02 · how it works

See the difference.

Contract uploaded for review

Master Services Agreement, 42 pages

AI generates redline suggestions

14 recommended changes, 3 contain errors

Sent directly to client

No attorney review of AI recommendations

Client relies on flawed advice

Material liability clause missed

03 · the solution

What they deployed.

  • Installed Legal Operations domain pack with contract review, litigation, and compliance intents
  • Configured mandatory attorney review for all AI recommendations on contracts > $500K
  • AI confidence scoring: recommendations below 85% confidence auto-escalate to senior partner
  • Practice area routing: AI recommendations matched to correct specialty attorney automatically
  • Full provenance chain: every recommendation tagged as AI-generated, attorney-reviewed, or attorney-originated

04 · implementation

From zero to governed.

Week 1

Map

Catalogued all AI contract review workflows. Identified 6 AI agents across M&A, IP, Employment, and Commercial practice areas.

Week 2

Configure

Installed Legal Ops domain pack. Defined review thresholds by contract value, clause type, and practice area.

Week 3

Integrate

Connected document management system, practice management tools, and attorney notification workflows.

Week 4

Enforce

Enabled enforcement. First AI recommendation properly routed and reviewed within 30 minutes of going live.

05 · illustrative outcomes

What this is designed to deliver.

Modeled figures for this scenario — what the workflow above is built to achieve, not measured results from a named customer.

0

Unreviewed AI advice to clients

High-value contracts require attorney sign-off by policy

0%

Recommendations with provenance

AI vs. attorney attribution on every change

0%

High-value reviews escalated

Routed to the matched specialty attorney

0-click

Audit reconstruction

Every recommendation traceable to its analysis

06 · decision replay

Example decisions, full trace.

Sample decision records that show the shape of the evidence Intended produces. Illustrative, not drawn from a live customer’s logs.

2026-03-15 09:14:22legal.contract.review-recommendationRISK: 18/100ALLOW42ms

AI reviews NDA template for startup client, 6 pages, standard terms

Resolved by: Policy: standard NDA templates auto-approved with boilerplate check

2026-03-15 10:33:11legal.contract.review-recommendationRISK: 82/100ESCALATE38ms

AI reviews $8.2M acquisition agreement, identifies 14 risk clauses

Resolved by: M&A Partner (reviewed in 45m, approved 11/14 recommendations)

2026-03-15 11:18:44legal.contract.redline-generationRISK: 56/100ESCALATE34ms

AI generates redline for employment agreement, 3 non-compete clauses flagged

Resolved by: Employment Law Associate (reviewed in 18m)

2026-03-15 14:22:08legal.contract.client-communicationRISK: 64/100ESCALATE28ms

AI drafts client memo summarizing contract risk assessment

Resolved by: Supervising Partner (reviewed and approved memo in 12m)

the takeaway

AI contract review is powerful, but sending unreviewed AI recommendations to clients is a malpractice risk. Authority gating routes every recommendation to the right level of attorney oversight based on contract value and clause type — and records who approved what — without slowing the work down.

Why this pattern matters — not a customer quote.

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