Fabric for law firms

Legal work is, fundamentally, document work. Contracts, briefs, memos, statutes, correspondence, filings, depositions, due diligence reports. A mid-sized matter can generate thousands of pages. A firm's collective library runs into the hundreds of thousands. And somewhere in that library is the clause you need, the precedent that's relevant, the memo that addresses exactly this question. The problem is never whether it exists. It's whether you can find it before it's faster to write it again from scratch. Legal knowledge management has been a known problem for decades, and most firms still solve it with a shared drive and the memory of whoever has been there longest.

Fabric gives law firms per-matter spaces where every document is searchable by meaning, with an AI that reads inside contracts, finds relevant precedent across the firm's library, and keeps privileged material secure.

Search across every document by meaning

Legal search needs to work on content, not filenames. You're looking for "the indemnification provision in the Series B financing docs" or "any precedent for force majeure in supply chain agreements," and the answer is buried on page forty-seven of a PDF you've never opened. Keyword search misses it because the clause uses different terminology. Folder navigation fails because you don't know which matter it belongs to.

Fabric's AI search reads inside every document, contract, memo, brief, and email in your library and searches by meaning. Describe what you're looking for in plain language and find it across thousands of pages. The search works across file types, so a relevant clause surfaces whether it's in a Word document, a scanned PDF, or a forwarded email.

The AI assistant goes further. Ask it to compare indemnification provisions across five different agreements, summarise the key terms of a contract, or find every document in the firm's library that addresses a specific legal question. It works from your documents, not from general legal databases.

Per-matter spaces with full context

Every matter has its own universe of documents, correspondence, notes, and decisions. In most firms, that universe is spread across a document management system, email inboxes, personal drives, and the notes of whoever attended the meeting.

Fabric gives each matter its own space. Contracts, correspondence, research memos, meeting notes, court filings, and internal work product all live together. When someone needs context on a matter, they search one place rather than checking four systems. When a new associate joins a matter, they search the space and ask the AI to brief them rather than spending days reading through folders.

Forward client and opposing counsel emails to your email-to-note address so correspondence lives alongside the documents it relates to. Record meetings and client calls with AI voice notes and the transcripts become searchable parts of the matter record.

Annotate contracts and documents directly

Legal review means reading closely and marking what matters. Fabric's annotations let lawyers highlight, comment, and mark up directly on contracts, briefs, PDFs, and any other document. The annotations are searchable, so a comment made on page twelve of a contract three months ago is findable by searching what it says.

This is particularly useful during due diligence, contract review, and document-intensive litigation. Pin questions, flag issues, and note positions directly on the source material. The markup stays attached to the document and visible to the team, rather than living in a separate memo that might not survive the next round of revisions.

Security and privilege protection

Law firms handle material that requires strict confidentiality. Client privileged communications, sensitive deal terms, personal data, sealed filings. The workspace has to be secure by default, not as an afterthought.

Fabric uses AES-256 encryption, is CASA Tier 2 compliant, and does not use your data to train AI models. Access is controlled per space, so matter teams see only the matters they're assigned to. When sharing externally with clients or counterparties, publish with password protection and link analytics for controlled, auditable access.

For deal rooms and diligence sharing, the data room workflow gives you tracked, password-protected document sharing with visibility into who accessed what and when.

Use cases for law firms

The workflows law firms run in Fabric: managing matters with per-client spaces following the client work pattern, running due diligence and deal rooms with tracked sharing, capturing meeting notes from client calls and internal conferences, maintaining project documentation that preserves institutional knowledge across matters, review and approval of documents with annotations, building a firm-wide knowledge base for precedent and templates, onboarding new associates into matters and the firm, and conducting legal research with AI synthesis across sources.

A law firm's day in Fabric

Morning. A partner preparing for a negotiation searches the matter space for all provisions related to liability caps across the transaction documents. The AI assistant pulls together the relevant clauses from five agreements in seconds, compared against the firm's standard positions from the team wiki.

Mid-morning. An associate conducting due diligence on an acquisition reviews contracts in the matter space, annotating issues directly on each document. Red flags and questions are pinned to the exact clauses, visible to the partner when she reviews later.

Lunch. A senior associate forwards a chain of client correspondence to email-to-note. The emails land in the matter space, searchable alongside the contracts and memos they relate to.

Afternoon. The firm shares a set of diligence documents with the buyer's counsel via a password-protected data room. Link analytics show which documents have been accessed and by whom.

End of day. A junior associate joining a new matter searches the space and asks the AI to summarise the key terms, the current status, and the outstanding issues. She gets up to speed in thirty minutes rather than spending two days reading the file.

Get started

Give your firm searchable matter spaces and stop losing time to document archaeology. Try Fabric free.

See pricing for teams. For individual lawyers managing their own caseload, see Fabric for lawyers. For knowledge-intensive client work beyond legal, see Fabric for consultancies.

FAQs

Can Fabric search inside contracts and legal documents?

Yes. AI search reads inside every document type, including Word files, scanned PDFs, and email content, and searches by meaning. Describe what you're looking for in plain language and find the relevant clause or provision.

Can the AI compare provisions across multiple agreements?

Yes. The AI assistant can compare terms, highlight differences, and summarise key provisions across multiple documents. It works from your firm's actual documents, not from generic legal databases.

Can we create separate spaces for each matter?

Yes. Each matter gets its own space with all related documents, correspondence, notes, and work product. Spaces are isolated, so matter teams see only the matters they're assigned to.

Can we annotate contracts and briefs directly?

Yes. Annotations let lawyers highlight, comment, and flag issues directly on any document or PDF. Annotations are searchable, so a note made on a contract months ago is findable by what it says.

Is client data encrypted and secure?

Yes. Fabric uses AES-256 encryption, is CASA Tier 2 compliant, and does not use your data to train AI models. Access is controlled per space. Privileged material stays protected.

Can we set up data rooms for due diligence?

Yes. Publish document collections with password protection and link analytics. Track who accessed which documents and when. See the data room workflow for the full setup.

Can we record and transcribe client calls?

Yes. AI voice notes record and transcribe meetings. The transcript becomes a searchable part of the matter record. No meeting bot is required.

Can new associates get up to speed on a matter quickly?

Yes. A new team member searches the matter space and asks the AI to summarise the key terms, status, and outstanding issues. The briefing draws on the full matter history.

Can we forward emails into a matter space?

Yes. Forward any email to your email-to-note address and it becomes a searchable part of the matter record alongside contracts, memos, and notes.

Can we search across all matters at once?

Yes. Search within a specific matter for focused results, or search across the firm's entire library to find precedent, past work product, or relevant clauses from any matter.

Can we build a firm-wide precedent library?

Yes. Use a shared space as a team wiki for precedent documents, standard clauses, templates, and know-how. The AI searches across it alongside matter-specific material, so relevant precedent surfaces when you need it.

How is this different from a traditional document management system?

Traditional DMS tools organise by metadata fields and folder hierarchy. Fabric reads inside every document and searches by meaning, so you find a clause by describing what it says rather than knowing its document number or filing location. The AI assistant adds synthesis: comparing provisions, summarising agreements, and answering questions across your document library.

Can we use Fabric alongside our existing DMS and practice management tools?

Yes. Fabric connects to Google Drive, Dropbox, and Gmail, and works alongside your existing systems. It adds a searchable, AI-powered layer on top of your current document infrastructure.