Practical guides on using AI in a solo practice without breaking client confidentiality.
What local AI for law firms is, why on-device processing protects client confidentiality by design, and why it's a durable bet - not a workaround.
Local AI means the model runs on your own computer, not a company's server - so your documents are never transmitted anywhere to get an answer.
Open models are shrinking, consumer hardware is getting stronger, and the gap between local and cloud AI is closing fast for focused legal tasks.
How solo attorneys can use AI without breaching client confidentiality: the cloud-transmission problem, ABA Opinion 512, and the on-device fix.
Uploading a client contract to ChatGPT sends it to a third-party server. Here's what actually happens to it, and a safer on-device alternative.
A grounded look at what AI can really do for a solo law practice - review, extraction, summarization - and where it can't be trusted.
AI contract review means a model reads a document and surfaces clauses, risks, and summaries for you to check - it doesn't replace your judgment.
A focused, step-by-step guide to using AI when reviewing a commercial lease - the clauses to extract first and the terms that need a lawyer's judgment.
A concrete, step-by-step walkthrough of using AI to review an NDA - what to look for, where AI helps, and where judgment is still required.