What is Gavel?
Gavel is an AI-powered legal tech platform built by lawyers, for lawyers to streamline contract review, drafting, and document automation. Instead of juggling multiple tools or copying data between apps, Gavel works directly inside Microsoft Word and through intuitive online workflows—so you can stay focused on practicing law, not formatting documents.
Whether you’re a solo practitioner handling estate plans or an in-house counsel reviewing commercial contracts, Gavel helps you go from first draft to final version up to 90% faster. With secure, compliant infrastructure and features designed around real legal work, it’s no wonder over 2,000 law firms and legal teams trust Gavel to automate repetitive tasks while maintaining professional standards.
What are the features of Gavel?
- Gavel Exec – AI Contract Review in Word: Review, redline, and draft contracts directly in Microsoft Word with AI that applies your firm’s playbook and suggests negotiation-ready edits.
- Gavel Workflows – Document Automation: Turn client intake answers into polished Word or PDF documents automatically using conditional logic, calculations, and your existing templates.
- Legal Template Library: Access ready-to-use, automated forms for estate planning, family law, real estate, corporate matters, and more—customizable to match your style.
- Playbooks & Benchmarking: Enforce consistent clause language across deals and compare your terms against market data to spot off-market positions.
- Legal Commerce Tools: Package and bill for online legal services, turning workflows into revenue-generating client offerings.
- Seamless Integrations: Connect with Clio, DocuSign, Zapier, and other tools you already use without disrupting your workflow.
What are the use cases of Gavel?
- Automate entire estate plans (wills, trusts, POAs) from a single client questionnaire in under 30 minutes.
- Generate court-compliant divorce packets or custody forms in family law with zero manual copy-paste.
- Draft and redline NDAs, operating agreements, or commercial leases using precedent-based AI suggestions.
- Create client-facing intake portals that collect sensitive data securely and feed it directly into document generation.
- Sell standardized legal services online (like LLC formation or lease reviews) with automated delivery and billing.
- Ensure consistency across large legal teams by applying shared playbooks during contract review.
How to use Gavel?
- Start by uploading your existing Word templates to Gavel Workflows or choose from the pre-built legal template library.
- Build a guided intake form with branching logic so clients only answer relevant questions.
- In Word, use Gavel Exec to run a first-pass AI review—it highlights risks, suggests redlines, and applies your preferred fallback language.
- Apply custom or built-in playbooks to auto-enforce clause standards during drafting or review.
- Generate final documents as clean Word files or PDFs, then send them via DocuSign or your preferred e-signature tool.
- Package workflows as billable legal products using Gavel’s commerce tools to monetize automation.
