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Geelong Legal IT · Confidential Project Work

IT & AI Projects for
Law Firms in Geelong

Document management migration, Essential Eight uplift, AI drafting pilots, and confidential file sharing for Geelong law firms. Fixed-fee scope, no lock-in.

4+ hrs
Saved per lawyer
Fixed
Fee scoping
1-4 wk
Typical project
LPLC-ready
Evidence pack
Recent Legal Projects
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PROJECT BRIEF
"Geelong law firm · move 12 yrs of files off desktops into a real DMS"
Project running
File audit & matter structure
Practice areas · retention · sensitivity
SharePoint DMS configured
Matter-based · version control · check-out flow
Files migrated on a weekend
AI-assisted classification · metadata applied
Lawyers trained · live for 30 days
Zero lost files · search time -70%
Project outcomeDelivered in 3 weeks

Real projects for Geelong law firms

From our base
Geelong & Bellarine-wide
On-site response
1-4 week projects
Also covering
Conveyancing, family, commercial, wills & estates
Pricing
Fixed-fee, no lock-in

Project Work for Geelong Law Firms

From a clean DMS migration to a confidential AI drafting pilot - delivered as fixed-fee projects scheduled around your court calendar. No managed contract required.

Document Management Migration

Move off rogue desktop folders to a proper DMS - NetDocuments, iManage, SharePoint, or Affinity - with matter-based structure and version control.

AI Drafting & Summarisation

AI pilots for letter drafting, document summaries, file notes, and discovery review - inside your existing M365 tenant, with confidentiality preserved.

Essential Eight Uplift

Practical Maturity 1-2 alignment - MFA, patching, app control, backups, and admin restriction - delivered as a fixed-fee project.

Client Confidentiality Controls

Information-barrier policies, conflict walls, encrypted email, and secure client portals so privileged information stays privileged.

Practice Management Integration

LEAP, Affinity, ActionStep, Smokeball, and FilePro connected to M365, accounting, and signing platforms. Stop the copy-paste tax.

MFA & Conditional Access

Enforce MFA and conditional access across M365, your DMS, and practice management. Block sign-ins from suspicious devices or locations.

Microsoft 365 & SharePoint

Clean M365 set-up with matter-aware SharePoint, secure email, encrypted mailboxes, and disposition policies aligned with retention requirements.

Privacy Act & Cyber Insurance

Technical controls aligned to APP 11, the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme, and the LPLC / your cyber insurance evidence pack.

Office Network & Print

Quiet, reliable office networking and secure print release for sensitive documents - no more confidential pages left in trays.

Computer Fleet Refresh

Spec, procure, image, and deploy partner and staff workstations. Old gear wiped with certified data destruction.

Local Context

Project-based IT & AI for Geelong law firms

Law firms are running on document workflows that haven't really changed in 20 years - desktop folders that nobody can find, attachments emailed back and forth, and partners still doing first drafts at 9pm. The next decade looks very different: properly structured matter folders, confidential AI drafting inside your M365 tenant, and security controls that actually pass LPLC and cyber-insurance scrutiny.

We deliver this work as focused, fixed-fee projects from Ocean Grove. Scoped around your court calendar, deployed inside your existing tenant, and handed back with documentation. No mandatory monthly contract, no lock-in.

Practices we work with

  • Family and relationship lawyers
  • Conveyancing and property
  • Commercial and corporate
  • Wills, estates, and probate
  • Litigation and dispute resolution
  • Sole practitioners and small partnerships
FAQ

Legal IT & AI FAQs

Straight answers, no fluff.

No. Most of our legal work is one-off project and consulting - DMS migration, Essential Eight uplift, AI drafting pilots, and M365 / SharePoint rebuilds. Fixed-fee scope, no lock-in.

Yes - if it's deployed properly. We use AI inside your existing Microsoft 365 tenant with conditional access and sensitivity labels, so privileged information never leaves the firm's data perimeter and is not used to train external models.

LEAP, Affinity, ActionStep, Smokeball, FilePro, and Lexis Affinity. We also work with document management systems including NetDocuments, iManage, SharePoint, and Worldox.

Yes. We deliver Essential Eight uplift mapped to LPLC and standard cyber insurance evidence requirements, with an audit pack and documentation handover at the end.

Yes. Information-barrier policies, role-based access, and conflict walls are all configurable in M365 and SharePoint. We design these around your matter structure and conflict-checking process.

No. We schedule cutovers and rollouts around hearing schedules, settlement dates, and end-of-month billing. Most disruptive work is done after-hours or on weekends.

Yes. We set up secure client portals via SharePoint or specialist platforms, plus encrypted email and link-based signing. No more sensitive attachments going via personal email.

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Tell us where the document workflow is breaking or where AI could give your lawyers their evenings back. We'll scope it for free and quote a fixed price.

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