The big takeaways:
- CARET Legal combines legal document management, OCR, and AI summarization to make document review faster and more efficient.
- Searchable case files and AI-generated summaries reduce manual review time and help attorneys identify relevant content more quickly.
- By embedding these tools in a legal automation platform, firms improve workflows, strengthen client service, and reduce administrative strain.
The Growing Challenge of Legal Document Review
Law firms are managing larger volumes of information than ever before. Discovery requests can yield thousands of pages, while corporate clients generate extensive contracts, emails, and internal records. Even routine matters require attorneys to manage, store, and review significant amounts of paperwork.
Traditional document review is time-intensive. Attorneys or staff sift through files page by page, often working with scanned images that are not easily searchable. This creates inefficiency, raises costs, and increases the risk of overlooking important details.
Modern firms are looking for tools that streamline this process without compromising accuracy. A legal software platform that integrates legal document management and automated workflows gives attorneys a more practical way to handle review while controlling costs.
CARET Legal’s Document Management Capabilities
CARET Legal includes a built-in legal document management system designed to centralize files and simplify casework. Documents are stored securely and are accessible from anywhere in the cloud. Unlike generic document storage systems, CARET Legal’s platform was built for legal workflows, making it easier to organize discovery responses, contracts, pleadings, and correspondence in one place.
A core feature of CARET Legal is optical character recognition (OCR). OCR can convert scanned PDFs and image-based files into text-searchable content. This means attorneys can locate keywords, names, or dates with ease, rather than flipping through pages manually. For firms that still receive physical records or non-digital evidence, OCR bridges the gap between paper and digital practice.
Beyond OCR, CARET Legal incorporates AI-generated document summaries. Long files are distilled into concise overviews that highlight the key points, allowing attorneys to determine relevance without reading line by line. This is particularly valuable in litigation or regulatory matters where hundreds of pages must be evaluated quickly.
By combining storage, OCR, and summarization in one legal automation platform, CARET Legal delivers a more complete approach to document review.
Streamlining Workflows with AI and Automation
Integrating AI-driven tools into the document management process supports a more efficient workflow across the firm. CARET Legal’s legal workflow software connects document review with calendaring and task management to reduce redundancies.
- Faster Search: Attorneys can instantly locate phrases across all stored case documents, saving hours in discovery or due diligence reviews.
- Integrated Workflow Automation: Documents link directly to matters, tasks, and communications within CARET Legal, reducing the need to switch between systems.
- Consistency Across Matters: Standardized document storage ensures that every case follows the same organizational structure, improving collaboration across teams.
These capabilities reduce administrative work while improving responsiveness to clients. Instead of spending time buried in files, attorneys can focus on interpreting findings and shaping strategy.
Profitability and Client Value
Document-intensive work can potentially become unprofitable if attorneys must manually review every file. By reducing the hours required for review, CARET Legal allows firms to better manage costs, whether billing by the hour or under alternative fee arrangements.
- Under hourly billing, clients see greater value when attorneys spend less time on routine searching and more time on substantive legal work.
- Under flat-fee or contingency models, efficient document review protects firm profitability by reducing wasted effort.
CARET Legal also supports legal document automation through templates and standard forms. Commonly used agreements, pleadings, or letters can be generated quickly, further reducing drafting time. Combined with OCR and summarization, this means attorneys are not only faster at finding information but also quicker to produce the necessary documents in response.
Clients benefit from increased transparency and faster turnaround times, while firms gain stronger control over both budgets and profitability.
Smarter Document Review, Powered by CARET Legal
The volume of documents in law practice is not slowing down, but the tools to manage them have advanced. CARET Legal combines secure document storage, OCR, and AI summarization to simplify review, accelerate workflows, and protect profitability.
Start your free trial of CARET Legal today and see how AI-driven document tools can make your firm’s document review process faster, more accurate, and more client-focused.
