sample

Marlow & Finch Lawyers is a fictional firm, and every figure here is made up for the example. The method and the scoring are the ones a real Blueprint uses.

What you get from the AI Blueprint.

One week, from the first session to a 12‑month plan you own. This is the Blueprint Marlow & Finch Lawyers received, cut down to one page.

Book your AI Scan Book a free 20‑minute chat
AI BlueprintSample

Marlow & Finch Lawyers

18 people · $3.2M in fees a year

$569ka year of time AI can hand back, estimated
2,280hours a year
29steps scored
Start withThe Matter Delivery Engine
Bart PuszkoPrepared by Bart Puszko, Blue Seas AI
  1. The AI ScanUp to two hours. Marlow & Finch started here.See their Scan report
  2. The AI BlueprintOne week. The full picture.
  3. Build and runPlanned from the Blueprint, then run month by month.

One week, start to finish.

What happens, and what your firm puts in.

Bart working through a process with a client
Day 1

Map and score

What happens
  • A four‑hour working session at your office.
  • Your biggest jobs mapped step by step: who does each one, how, and in which system.
  • Every step scored, and the biggest savings worked out at your own rates.
What you do
  • Send rough numbers ahead: roles, hourly costs, volumes and the systems you use.
  • Bring four to six people: the ones who do the work, and the one who decides.

End of day 1Your top priorities, agreed before you leave the room.

Days 2 to 5

Plan

What happens
  • Every step costed, and each job drawn as a map.
  • The plan put in order, with what stays with your people written down.
  • The finished Blueprint walked through with you on a call.
What you do
  • Answer a few follow‑up questions on volumes and timings.
  • Pick the first system to build on the call.

End of the weekThe Blueprint is yours to keep.

What you get.

Four things, each shown below from the Marlow & Finch Blueprint.

  1. Your biggest jobs mapped

    Step by step: who does each one, how, and in which system.

    See a map

  2. Three scores on every step

    Safety, capability and return.

    See the scores

  3. Where to start, what not to build, what stays human

    The decisions that guide what gets built, in writing.

    See the decisions

  4. A 12‑month plan you own

    Four phases, in the order that proves value first.

    See the plan

the Marlow & Finch Blueprint, in short

Page one: what the time is worth.

The time AI can hand back each year, valued at the firm's own rates.

Time handed back, a year

Client intake and engagement600 hours a year

$137,520

Matter delivery1,020 hours a year

$169,830

Advice and document production660 hours a year

$261,624
Total, estimated
2,280 hours a year$568,974

How the figure is worked out

  • $480an hour for solicitor time, the firm's realised charge‑out rate
  • $62an hour for support staff time, at loaded cost
  • 100 · 75 · 0When AI does a step, all of its time comes back. When AI and a person share it, 75 per cent comes back. When it stays with a person, none does.

An estimate of time handed back. New revenue, cash savings and margin are left out.

The Blueprint pays for itself, or it's free.

The Blueprint states, on its first page, the recoverable productivity it has found over twelve months, at your firm's own rates and volumes. If that figure is below the Blueprint fee, the deposit and any Scan fee credited to the Blueprint are refunded, no balance is due, and the Blueprint is released to you regardless.

Your biggest jobs, mapped step by step.

One of the three maps in the Marlow & Finch Blueprint: matter delivery, a property file from signed contract to archive.

AI does it4 steps, a person checks AI + person7 steps, AI prepares and a person decides Stays human1 step
  1. 01

    Contract received and reviewed

    AI + person54 min 14 min
  2. 02

    Key dates diarised

    AI does it18 min a check
  3. 03

    Searches ordered

    AI does it18 min a check
  4. 04

    Searches reviewed

    AI + person30 min 8 min
  5. 05

    Requisitions raised

    AI + person30 min 8 min
  6. 06

    Finance and inspection tracked

    AI + person48 min 12 min
  7. 07

    Transfer documents prepared

    AI + person30 min 8 min
  8. 08

    Settlement figures calculated

    AI + person36 min 9 min
  9. 09

    Settlement booked

    AI + person12 min 3 min
  10. 10

    Settlement attended and authorised

    Stays human84 min, with a person
  11. 11

    Post‑settlement notices sent

    AI does it12 min a check
  12. 12

    File closed and archived

    AI does it12 min a check
6.4 hoursof file work on each matter today
4 hourshanded back on each matter
$169,830a year, across about 255 matters

"You should be able to put the file in and have the first draft come back to you the same morning."

Managing partner, Marlow & Finch

Three scores on every step.

Four steps from that map, scored the way all 29 were.

Safety

Is it safe to hand to AI?

Capability

Can AI do it well today?

Return

What is it worth, at the firm's own rates?

Contract received and reviewed

AI + person
Safety
Capability
Return, per matter
$136 back of $181

Key dates diarised

AI does it
Safety
Capability
Return, per matter
$102 back of $102

Settlement figures calculated

AI + person
Safety
Capability
Return, per matter
$59 back of $79

Settlement attended and authorised

Stays human
Safety
Capability
Return, per matter
$0 back of $254

Scores run out of 10. A low safety score keeps a step with a person, whatever AI could do. Moving trust money scores 2.

Where to start, what not to build, what stays human.

start here

The Matter Delivery Engine

First drafts of the property file documents, built from the contract, the searches and the firm's own precedents.

  • The firm's strongest precedents
  • The clearest bottleneck
  • A draft the senior associate can judge in an afternoon

Stop if a draft loses its sources, or checking it takes as long as writing it.

What not to build

  • NeverAnything that moves trust money or lodges with a court. No system gets access to either.
  • NeverAdvice from AI. The partner gives the advice, and AI prepares the file.
  • Not yetThe coordinator that joins the systems up, until each one has passed its checks.
  • Not yetIntake automation, until enquiry volumes and conversion are measured.

What stays human

  • Act or decline on every new matter, and the conflict clearance
  • What the firm agrees to do, and the fee
  • Sighting client identity documents
  • The legal advice, and partner sign‑off
  • Trust money and court filings, by design

the line the whole design is built around

A 12‑month plan you own.

One phase at a time, starting where the proof is clearest.

  1. Months 1 to 3

    Matter Delivery Engine

    Property file documents drafted from the file, every statement traced to its source.

  2. Months 4 to 6

    Advice and document production

    The same drafting pattern for advices, client letters and updates.

    the biggest figure, taken second
  3. Months 7 to 9

    Client intake and engagement

    Enquiry capture, conflict search support and engagement letter drafts.

  4. Months 10 to 12

    Join it up

    A coordinator links the three systems, added once each has passed its checks.

One gate at a time.Each phase starts once the one before passes its checks, and nothing is built until you accept a separate proposal for it.

Ask us anything.

Not answered here? Call (07) 5300 2344 or book a free 20‑minute chat.

How long does the AI Blueprint take?

One week. Day one is a four-hour working session at your office, where the work is mapped and every step scored. Over the rest of the week every step is costed, the plan is put in order, and the finished Blueprint is walked through with you on a call.

What do you get at the end?

Your biggest jobs mapped step by step: who does each one, how, and in which system. Three scores on every step: safety, capability and return. Where to start, what not to build and what stays human. And a 12-month plan you own.

How much of your team's time does it take?

Four hours in the room with four to six of your people: the ones who do the work, and the one who decides. Before it, rough numbers on roles, hourly costs, volumes and systems. After it, a few follow-up questions and one walk-through call.

What happens after the Blueprint?

You pick the first system to build. It is planned from your Blueprint in a separate proposal, and nothing is built until you accept it. Then it is built into the tools you already use and run for you, month by month.

two hours, one plan

Find out what AI can take off your team.

The AI Scan gives you a dollar figure on your admin, a 90-day plan and the one thing to do first.

Book your AI Scan Book a free 20‑minute chat

Not ready to spend on a Scan? The chat is free, and you get to know Bart first.