Foundry Labs · Law firms

AI for law firms that a partner can stand behind.

Most law firm AI programmes stall on privilege, confidentiality and professional liability, not on the technology. We help firms decide where AI belongs, set the governance around it, and build workflows where a lawyer reviews and approves everything that matters.

Where law firms start

  • Opportunity & Readiness Assessment

    1 to 2 days · from $2,000 + GST

    We map the matter lifecycle, your documents and your tools, and show where AI would save the most time and what stands in the way.

  • AI Governance & Responsible AI

    2 to 4 days · from $4,000 + GST

    An AI policy, the list of approved tools, supervision and record-keeping rules, and a clear line on what can and cannot go into a model.

  • Intelligent Document Automation

    from 2 days · from $4,000 + GST

    Intake, document triage, summaries and routine drafting, with the lawyer reviewing the output before it goes anywhere.

  • Knowledge Assistants (RAG)

    from 3 days · from $6,000 + GST

    Search and question-answering over your precedents and internal documents, with sources shown so the answer can be checked.

  • AI Training & Upskilling

    per workshop · from $2,000 + GST

    Workshops for partners and staff on using AI tools well, safely and within the firm’s policy.

Day rate $2,000 + GST per day. Scope and price are confirmed before work begins.

How we keep a lawyer accountable

A lawyer approves what matters

Every workflow has a review step. The system does the repetitive work; a person decides and signs off.

Sources you can check

Answers point to the documents and authorities they came from. Where a tool cites a case or a pinpoint, we test how well that can be verified, and we publish what we find.

Confidentiality designed in, not added later

Before building we map where client data goes, who processes it and what each vendor retains, so the design fits your obligations.

A record of what happened

Inputs, outputs and approvals are logged, so you can show how an answer was reached.

Experience behind this

Mark Monfort, Managing Director of Foundry Labs, is Chief AI & Innovation Officer at Madison Marcus, a law firm, where he leads the firm’s approach to AI, data and emerging technology and the creation and deployment of its firm-wide digital infrastructure.

That mandate runs every design decision through privilege, confidentiality, governance and professional liability. Mark is also the author of the Building Legal AI essay series.

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Questions we are asked

Can a law firm use AI without breaching confidentiality or privilege?
It depends on where the data is processed, what the vendor’s terms allow them to keep or train on, and how outputs are supervised. We map those data flows before anything is built and design the workflow around your obligations. This is not legal advice, and your firm should take its own advice on its professional duties.
Will AI replace a lawyer’s judgement?
Not in the systems we build. They take over repetitive steps such as intake, triage and first drafts, and leave decisions with a lawyer who can see the sources and approve or change the result.
How do you deal with AI inventing cases or citations?
By not trusting any single check. We design for a lawyer to verify what matters, and we test automated citation checkers ourselves. In our own evaluation on 150 real Australian pinpoint citations, a fast decision model matched a frontier model on errors that are visible at a glance. No checker catches everything, so the review step stays.
Where should a law firm start with AI?
With an Opportunity & Readiness Assessment of one to two days, which maps your workflows, data and tools and ends with prioritised next steps. If you already know the priority, we can start with governance or a single workflow instead.
What does it cost?
Our day rate is $2,000 + GST. An assessment runs one to two days, and the full price list is on the services page. Scope and price are confirmed before work begins.

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