A transparent planning tool

Legal AI Time Savings Calculator

Model a workflow with your own caseload, current effort, cost, and estimated improvement range. The calculator adds no FasterOutcomes performance assumption.

First compare the operating approaches

Your baseline, your range

Model one repeatable legal workflow.

The fields begin with example inputs so you can see how the model works. Example inputs are not benchmarks—replace them with your actual baseline and your own estimates.

Current monthly workflow
Count only matters that use this workflow.
Use a measured baseline where possible.
Include the cost basis your firm uses for planning.
Your estimated improvement range
Your cautious estimate of hands-on time reduced.
Your upper scenario, not a target or promise.

Calculated scenario

What your estimates imply

Current monthly effort
200 hours
Current monthly cost basis
$16,000
Hours returned per month
20–50 hours
Scenario value per month
$1,600–$4,000
Capacity-equivalent matters
1–2.5 matters

Capacity-equivalent does not mean new matters will appear. It expresses returned hours using your current hours-per-matter baseline.

Scenario planning only. Results come entirely from the values you enter. They are not a promise of savings, capacity, revenue, or outcomes. Actual implementation effort, adoption, review time, matter complexity, and results vary.

Every formula, visible

How the scenario is calculated.

Current monthly hours = matters per month × current hands-on hours per matter

Current monthly cost basis = current monthly hours × loaded hourly cost

Hours returned = current monthly hours × estimated reduction

Scenario value = hours returned × loaded hourly cost

Capacity-equivalent matters = hours returned ÷ current hours per matter

Build a defensible baseline

Measure the work before estimating improvement.

Choose a bounded workflow: intake qualification, financial disclosure review, record inventory, chronology preparation, report self-audit, or another repeatable sequence. Track hands-on time across representative matters and include rework after professional review.

For family-law work, separate administrative preparation from attorney judgment. For custody evaluations, include record collection, source review, report preparation, and the qualified evaluator’s final review as distinct stages.

Use a low and high estimate because matter complexity and adoption vary. Re-run the model after a controlled pilot using measured results—not a generic industry percentage.

Value is more than subtraction

Account for setup, review, and exceptions.

A useful business case includes the time required to map the workflow, prepare source material, configure permissions, train the team, review output, resolve exceptions, and maintain the process. It also names the professional responsible for approving what moves forward.

Compare the operating approaches in the legal AI workflow buyer guide, review current controls in the Trust Center, and see one documented evaluator workflow in Dr. Sandra Roland’s case study.

Test the scenario

Bring the workflow and the numbers behind it.

A guided demo can use your practice area, baseline, systems, review points, and exceptions to determine whether a pilot is worth designing.