Litigation Associate
Draft motions and briefs
What You Do Today
Write motions to dismiss, summary judgment briefs, discovery motions — building the written advocacy that wins cases before trial
AI That Applies
AI generates first drafts of legal briefs from research and case facts, following court-specific formatting and citation requirements
Technologies
How It Works
The system ingests research and case facts as its primary data source. A language model generates initial drafts by synthesizing the input context with learned patterns, producing text that follows the specified tone, format, and domain conventions. The output — first drafts of legal briefs from research and case facts — surfaces in the existing workflow where the practitioner can review and act on it.
What Changes
First drafts are AI-generated in hours; you edit, strengthen arguments, and add the strategic framing that makes briefs persuasive
What Stays
The art of persuasive writing — the opening paragraph that grabs the judge, the argument structure that builds inevitably to your conclusion
What To Do Next
This section won't tell you what your numbers should be. It will show you how to find them yourself. Every instruction below produces a real, verifiable result in your organization. No benchmarks, no projections — just the steps to build your own evidence.
Establish Your Baseline
Know where you are before you move
Before adopting AI tools for draft motions and briefs, understand your current state.
Without a baseline, you can't measure whether AI actually improved anything. You'll adopt tools without knowing if they're working.
Define Your Measures
What to track and how to calculate it
Time per cycle
How to calculate
Measure how long draft motions and briefs takes end-to-end today, then after AI adoption.
Why it matters
The most visible improvement is speed. If AI doesn't save time, question whether it's adding value.
Quality of output
How to calculate
Track error rates, rework frequency, or stakeholder satisfaction scores before and after.
Why it matters
Speed without quality is just faster mistakes. Measure both.
Start These Conversations
Who to talk to and what to ask
your general counsel or managing partner
“What's our current capability gap in draft motions and briefs — and is it a people problem, a tools problem, or a process problem?”
They set the firm's AI adoption posture
your legal technology manager
“How would we know if AI actually improved draft motions and briefs — what would we measure before and after?”
They manage the tools and can show you capabilities you don't know exist
Check Your Prerequisites
Confirm readiness before you invest
Check items as you confirm them.