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Send case status updates before clients call
After each step in a matter, the client gets a short, plain-English update, so they stop calling to ask what's happening.
After each step in a matter, the client gets a short, plain-English update, so they stop calling to ask what's happening.
Status calls eat a real share of staff time.
Your practice management portal already keeps clients updated.
When something happens in a matter, a paralegal jots a note and AI turns it into a short, plain-English update for the client. An attorney or paralegal reviews it before it goes out. Fewer surprises, fewer calls.
Nobody has published results for this one yet, so this use case rests on my judgment. If you’ve done it, tell me how it went.
Turn this file note into a short, plain-English update for our client [first name]: [paste note, with no other client details]. Say what happened, what happens next and roughly when, and that they don't need to do anything unless [action]. Under 120 words. No legal advice and no predictions about the outcome.Read what it gives you before you send or use it. You know your clients; it doesn’t.
Don't paste client confidences into a personal AI account. Use a vetted business tool, verify every output, and check your state bar's guidance.
Count status calls in a normal week.
Clients call because they don't know what's happening, and each call means pulling up the file and explaining the same steps again.
1 to 2 hrs a week: 10 to 20 status calls a week at 5 to 10 minutes each, with about half prevented by proactive updates. Rounded down.
With care. Keep confidential details out of personal AI accounts, review every update, and follow your state bar's guidance on client communication.
No. Updates should report what happened and what's next, never likely results.
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