For UK law firms weighing up AI

46 Copilot & Claude use cases. And the ROI they could give

We've mapped 46 use cases for UK law firms. What Copilot handles as it stands, what needs to be connected to your case management system, what needs Claude for the longer documents, and what your PMS already does without any of it. Our five-minute calculator filters that to your practice areas and puts a number against each. No hype, no hard sell, no fictional numbers.

Copilot & Claude Integrated into Actionstep

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AI in law: real, but harder than it looks

Every AI vendor in the market is pitching your firm right now. Some of it is genuine; a lot of it isn’t. The hard question isn’t whether AI works in law; the research is now clear that it does. It’s where the money is best spent in your practice, and what it’s worth against the cost.

Case Study

You've Read the Industry Numbers

Thomson Reuters puts the potential time-saving at around 240 hours per lawyer per year. Clio finds 74% of hourly billable tasks are exposed to AI. Compelling numbers. They just don't tell you what applies to your firm.
Copilot

Copilot Can't See Your Matters

Out of the box it drafts an email or summarises a document. It can't tell you which files are approaching a key date with nobody assigned. That's why most firms try it twice and stop.
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Calude Can Accelerate You Further

Claude models are available inside Copilot itself, for the longer documents and heavier reasoning. In the UK they're switched off until your administrator enables them, with data-residency implications to weigh first. We handle both
Just Five minutes

Just Five minutes

The Nexian AI ROI Calculator

Tell us how big your firm is, which practice areas you run, and which use cases matter, and we’ll show you what AI could genuinely be worth.

Your Firm-specific ROI
Your firm-specific
ROI

Hours reclaimed per year across your fee earners, Year 1 net benefit after build costs, three-year cumulative net, and payback timeline — all against your actual charge-out rate and practice mix.

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46 Use cases, Mapped and Priced

Every scope Nexian delivers, from Copilot augmentations through to larger PMS-integrated builds, is tiered by delivery risk and matched to the practice areas you tick. See exactly what would move the needle in your firm.

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Works with
Your PMS

Whether you’re on Actionstep, Clio, LEAP, Osprey or one of the more established systems, the calculator adjusts for what integration with your specific PMS actually costs. We don’t pretend every firm’s setup is the same.

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Illustrative Pricing,
Not a Quotation

Every price shown is an entry-level estimate for that use case. Your firm’s actual pricing depends on your matter templates, playbooks and practice mix. The calculator sizes the opportunity; a discovery call turns the estimate into a delivery plan.

Built by the only partner that runs both sides

Firms tell us they experience the same recurring problem: one supplier for their case management system, another for Microsoft 365 and security, and no one connecting the two. Nexian is the only UK partner that both implements legal practice and case management — as Actionstep Global Partner of the Year 2026 — and runs the Microsoft 365, cloud, security and IT beneath it. The AI use cases in the calculator are the ones we actually deliver, not a wish list from a marketing brochure.

 

Actionstep Global Partner of the Year 2026

Recognised for our work with UK law firms on practice management and integrated delivery. 

Grounded in independent research

Every productivity assumption in the calculator anchors to Thomson Reuters, Clio, PwC and LexisNexis UK research — not vendor case studies.

Three steps. Five minutes.

Every AI vendor in the market is pitching your firm right now. Some of it is genuine; a lot of it isn’t. The hard question isn’t whether AI works in law; the research is now clear that it does. It’s where the money is best spent in your practice, and what it’s worth against the cost.

Number One

Tell Us About Your Firm

Fee earner count, average charge-out rate, and which practice management system you run. About two minutes.

Number Two

Pick the Case That Fits

Choose your practice areas and tick the AI use cases that would help. The calculator shows you the tier, delivery risk and indicative price for each. Two more minutes.

Number Three

See Your Firm-specific ROI

A tailored report showing what AI could be worth to your firm, year by year, with a clear next step if the numbers make sense.

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No obligation

Not ready to invest in AI yet? Run it anyway.

Not every firm using this calculator is ready to spend on AI this year. That’s fine. Some partners use it to sanity-check what a vendor is claiming. Some use it to build a board paper. Some just want to understand where the sector is going before they act. All of it is welcome — the calculator is free, there’s no obligation, and there’s no hard sell at the end. If the numbers do stack up for your firm, we’re here.

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Ready to see what AI could be worth to your firm?

Five minutes. Firm-specific report. A clear next step if the numbers work.