AI Governance for Legal Research and Client Work

Your associates already use AI for first-pass research, summaries, and drafting. That is not going away. Clients expect the speed it gives you. But before AI-assisted work touches a client file, partners need to know which sources it was allowed to rely on, who reviewed it, and where the record is. Professional liability depends on being able to show that. Most AI tools hand you the output and nothing else.

UAPK Gateway is the layer that sits between the AI work and the client deliverable — so the workflow itself is governed, not just trusted.

You define which sources are approved for the workflow. The AI produces a draft. The Gateway applies your approved-source policy as a control on that workflow — you decide what falls inside the approved set and what has to be routed for review. A partner reviews and approves. The decision is written to a tamper-evident audit record. An evidence bundle can be exported on demand. (What gets enforced, and how strictly, is configured during the pilot — see below.)

• —Allowed tools — which AI tools and connectors may be used for a given workflow.
• —Approved sources — the source-of-truth set a workflow is permitted to cite, enforced as policy.
• —Risky actions — what is allowed automatically, what is denied, and what must be escalated.
• —Approval thresholds — when a partner must sign off before the work proceeds.
• —Audit retention — how long signed interaction records are kept.
• —Evidence export — an evidence-ready bundle for a matter, a client, or a documentation request.

A scoped engagement that delivers something you can show partners, clients, or your insurer:

• —One legal workflow mapped end-to-end.
• —One approved-source allowlist configured.
• —One partner approval path wired in.
• —One signed audit bundle produced from a real test run.
• —One internal AI governance report.

Available as a Gateway Governance Pilot, including through Lawkraft engagements.

• —Litigation
• —Compliance and regulatory
• —Data protection
• —Insolvency and restructuring
• —IP enforcement