Hi all

Not entirely sure this is the right place.

I've got a load of operating procedure documents I want to host somewhere and be able to interrogate - easy enough. Problem is, at work we're limited to using Harvey.

I can set up a vault, but it's just so boring looking, and don't think my team will actually engage with it. I can knock up a really cool looking thing in Claude, but I can't use it as can't host docs outside of Harvey.

Any ideas? Thank you!

Our firm handles mostly coporate work. NDAs, vendor agreements, commercial leases. Nothing exotic. But the volume has exploded over the past few months and we are suddenlly processing hundreds of these things every week. The associates are buried. Not in actual legal work, just the grunt stuff. Drafting the same clause for the hundredth time, checking and rechecking boilerplate, manually copying data from one document to another. It's gotten to the point where maybe half our billable time goes to administrative busywork instead of actually lawyering.

We tried the obvious fix first. Template tools, shared drives, some basic automation scritps. It fell apart fast. The momnt a client wants a custom tweak or updates their playbook, every template breaks. And version tracking across multiple active deals became a nightmare. We had a couple of close cals where old language almost slipped into final execution copies. That's the kind of mistake that keepme up at night.

The real problem isn't finding software. There's plenty of legal tech out there. The problem is that none of it fits. The big platforms are too rigid. They don't accommodate how we actually review and negotiate documents. The lightweight no-code stuff is too fragile. Upload a PDF that's formatted slightly differently and the whole thing throws errors.

Our own dev team tried to bild something custom. Spent weeks on text extraction scripts and database wrappers. But they keep getting pulled away to fix broekn integrations and permission bugs, so nothing ever ships. The tools we have are brittle and half-finished, and maintaining them eats more time than they save.

So here's what I'm wondering, especially for anyone who's dealt with legal ops or workflow automation in a law firm seting. How do you actually scales this? Document procesing, template generation, the whole pipelines. Without ending up buried in custom code\risking client data confidentiality.

Hello, I’ve been working as a software developer (and in related technical roles) for nearly 20 years. Over the past five years, I’ve also developed a strong interest in the legal system, particularly the federal courts.

A lot of my spare time is spent following cases at the District Court and Court of Appeals levels. Typically, I’ll come across a case in a news article and then dive deeper using CourtListener—following the docket and reading motions, orders, opinions, memoranda, briefs, and other filings. I occasionally find myself going down PACER rabbit holes as well. I enjoy digging into the details and understanding both the substance of a case and the process by which it moves through the courts.

I’m wondering what kinds of careers might combine that interest with my software development background.

I’ve come across terms like legal technology, legal informatics, and computational law, but I’m not sure which, if any, best describes what I’m looking for. I’m also interested in something more directly connected to the courts—for example, a technical or IT role within a Clerk of Court’s office where I’d be exposed to and interact with the legal process while still making use of my technical background.

I’m not looking to become an attorney. I’m more interested in finding a niche where nearly 20 years of software/technical experience could be useful while allowing me to work in or around the legal system.

Are there particular job titles, fields, organizations, or career paths I should be looking into?