Doing More with Less: How Small Legal Teams Can Win with the Right Tech
Small legal teams today are navigating a perfect storm of pressure and constraint. Firms with just a handful of lawyers are juggling increasing workloads with little to no internal IT support. They’re under pressure to deliver at the same speed, precision, and responsiveness as larger firms, but without the budget or bandwidth to support a sprawling tech stack.
And while modern legal AI tools are quickly becoming table stakes in legal workflows, many small legal teams are still unsure where to begin. Adoption is often hindered by fear of complexity, lack of training resources, or outdated legacy tools that don’t integrate well with newer technologies. The result is patchwork of disconnected systems, duplicated effort, and a higher risk of errors—especially in time-sensitive or high-stakes matters.
But these challenges don't have to be barriers—they’re opportunities. With the right approach, small legal teams can turn their size into an advantage, using modern tools to streamline processes, minimize risk, and deliver higher-quality work with less overhead.
A Unified Interface for Small Legal Teams
That’s exactly what Litera One is designed to do. Built with the needs of small legal teams in mind, it eliminates the burden of managing multiple disconnected tools and replaces them with a single, intuitive interface for drafting, reviewing, managing knowledge, and gaining performance insights.
Because Litera One is embedded in native workflows in M365 – Word and Outlook -, installation is simple via a modern Office Add-in, updates happen automatically, and it works within the tools lawyers already use, including web browsers and Mac devices. There’s no steep learning curve, no IT tickets to open, and no complicated rollouts to plan.
Accessing Litera One via Draft Pro and Draft Base
Firms can choose between the Draft Base and Draft Pro bundles, depending on how much functionality they need.
Draft Base provides fast, flexible document comparison, ideal for teams that are constantly reviewing documents or redlines and need reliable results, whether working within Word, Outlook, or on the go.
Draft Pro builds on that foundation with a core suite of drafting tools, including:
- Ask: An AI-powered assistant that surfaces key information from within documents, using natural-language queries like “When is the closing?”
- Review: Quickly locate and understand defined terms, including where they appear and how they’re used without losing your place in the document.
- Proof: Catch critical inconsistencies, editing mistakes, outdated names and dates, placeholders, number mismatches, formatting errors, and more, all in one sweep.
- Repair: Apply one-click formatting fixes to clean up documents that have been converted from PDFs or edited by multiple parties.
- Compare: Run 1:1 or bulk comparisons directly in Word, browser, or Outlook, complete with AI-generated change summaries that make collaboration easier and faster.
A Solution Built for Firms Without IT Teams
One of the biggest webinar takeaways? Small firms may experience better results with solutions that don’t need complex and expensive IT projects to implement or maintain. With Litera One, no IT project is needed. That means firms can move fast, stay current, and get the benefits of modern legal tech without the typical overhead.
From Small Legal Team Efficiency to Competitive Edge
When small firms adopt smart, easy-to-use technology, they don’t just level the playing field—they gain a competitive edge. Faster, more accurate legal work processes reduce risk and free up more time for client work, strategy, and growth. That translates directly into improved profitability and stronger competitiveness, even in a crowded legal landscape.
Want to learn more about how small legal teams can streamline their workflow and drive results? Watch our recent webinar “From Compare to Complete: Enabling Small Legal Teams to Draft with Ease.”
Ready to witness the power of Litera for small law firms? Schedule a demo with our experts today.
