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Get first drafts of routine documents and letters

AI drafts the routine letters, agreements and forms you write over and over, from your own templates, and an attorney reviews every word.

Last verified October 11, 2026We may help you set these up. Tools don’t pay us for placement.
Hours back
2 to 4 hrs a week
Monthly cost
$83 to $500 a month
Setup
Moderate
Evidence
Seen in the field
FitsLaw firms

Worth it if

You draft the same kinds of documents every week.

Skip it if

Your work is mostly bespoke, or you won't make time to verify output.

What gets set up

Document automation tools like Gavel fill your templates from intake answers. AI drafting tools like Spellbook, MyCase's writing assistant and CoCounsel produce first drafts and review contracts. The attorney checks every fact and citation: in Mata v. Avianca, lawyers were sanctioned for filing a brief with cases ChatGPT made up.

Who’s done it

Real exampleTrade press

What goes wrong: lawyers sanctioned for ChatGPT's fake cases

In Mata v. Avianca, a federal judge in New York sanctioned two lawyers and their firm for a brief that cited cases ChatGPT made up.

Use case estimate: 2 to 4 hrs a week ours, not theirs
Time savings

What they did. A lawyer used ChatGPT for research, and the brief cited decisions that didn't exist.

How it went. The court found bad faith, imposed a $5,000 sanction, and ordered them to notify their client and the judges whose names were falsely used.

Worth knowing. This is why every AI citation and fact has to be checked against the source.

Source: Above the Law · Jun 2023Read the original

Tools mentioned here

Listed alphabetically. Lowest plan that does this job, checked on each vendor’s own pricing page.

ToolWhat it does hereStarts atPrice checked
CoCounselLegal AI drafting and researchQuote-basedThomson Reuters' legal AI. Online configurator for firms of 1 to 10 attorneys.Oct 11, 2026
GavelFills your templates from intake answers$83 a monthLite plan: document automation with a Clio integration. 7-day free trial.Oct 11, 2026
MyCaseAI writing assistant on Pro$100 a user a monthPro plan billed annually, which adds the AI writing and document assistant. Basic is $50.Oct 11, 2026
SpellbookContract drafting and review in WordQuote-basedContract drafting and review inside Word. 7-day free trial.Oct 11, 2026

You’ll need

  • Your best templates for each document type
  • A firm rule that every AI draft is verified by an attorney

Try it

No copy-and-paste version on purpose: first drafts should come from your own templates in a tool built for legal work, not a general chat window, and every one gets an attorney check. Have this set up for you.

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Why it matters

Routine letters, agreements and forms eat evenings, even though most of each one is the same as last time.

How I estimated the hours

2 to 4 hrs a week: 5 to 10 routine documents a week at 30 to 60 minutes each, cut by about half with careful review. Rounded down.

Sources (7)

Sources

  1. CoCounsel pricing, https://legal.thomsonreuters.com/en/products/cocounsel-legal/plans (accessed 2026-10-11)
  2. Gavel pricing, https://www.gavel.io/pricing (accessed 2026-10-11)
  3. MyCase pricing, https://www.mycase.com/pricing/ (accessed 2026-10-11)
  4. Spellbook pricing, https://spellbook.com/pricing (accessed 2026-10-11)
  5. Above the Law, https://abovethelaw.com/?p=117261 (accessed 2026-10-11)
  6. Florida Bar Ethics Opinion 24-1 (generative AI), https://www.floridabar.org/etopinions/opinion-24-1/ (accessed 2026-10-11)
  7. Texas Professional Ethics Committee Opinion 705 (generative AI), https://www.legalethicstexas.com/resources/opinions/opinion-705/ (accessed 2026-10-11)

Questions

Lawyers filed a brief citing cases ChatGPT invented. The court sanctioned them $5,000 and found bad faith. Every AI citation has to be checked.

No. Texas Opinion 705 says you may bill for time actually spent, including reviewing output, but not hourly for time saved. Florida says efficiency must not lead to inflated time claims.

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