Beyond docs in legal
Graeme Johnston / 9 March 2026 If you’ll forgive the gush, one of my favourite writers addressing “law meets tech” issues is Ryan McDonough. Something which makes Ryan’s work special is how he addresses the techy aspects in a highly specific way and links it up to realistic law-related needs in a meaningful way […]
Legal privilege and AI under English law: two big issues
Graeme Johnston / 8 March 2026 This article suggests some ways of approaching two big issues under English law and procedure concerning the application of some well-established legal requirements concerning legal professional privilege to cases of AI tool use. The two issues concern; The requirement of confidentiality The requirement of legal advice provided by […]
Legal fee-type blurring, and tales of the unexpected
Graeme Johnston / 3 March 2026 This article discusses two related practical questions which arise in legal work: When is an estimate like a fixed fee? How should you respond when out of scope work is needed? A common factor in addressing both questions is the importance of clear, informed thought, followed by […]
A possible grand bargain between law firms and corporate clients – Part 3 of 3
Part 3: The bargain in detail Graeme Johnston and Elizabeth (Libbie) Evans / 25 February 2026 Originally published on LinkedIn This is the third and final part of an article about managing spend on large complex business law matters. In Part 1, we identified structural challenges with current fee practices and made the case for […]
A possible grand bargain between law firms and corporate clients – Part 2 of 3
Part 2: The need for a reset Elizabeth (Libbie) Evans and Graeme Johnston /3 December 2025 Originally published on LinkedIn This is the second part of an article about managing spend on large complex business law matters. In the first part, we introduced the current landscape. We noted that current approaches […]
Smarter planning, budgeting and insights for legal teams
Graeme Johnston / 22 July 2025 This post summarises what our Juralio software does, who it helps and how it works. What Juralio does Juralio helps with the process of legal work including Planning the work required in a legal matter Projecting financials (costs, pricing and profitability) for that work Adjusting to change (in complex work, […]
Practical legal taxonomies in law firms and legal departments
Graeme Johnston / 27 December 2024 “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat. “I don’t much care where—” said Alice. “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat. Lewis […]
Link to time-recording
Map Juralio phases and tasks to those in your finance system and make it all much easier (and generate better data).
Less time on admin
Reduce the time required for reporting, projecting and other tasks which get in the way of doing the legal work.
Knowledge when you need it
Link documents to Juralio phases and tasks and build knowledge links into Juralio templates for reuse.