RunSensible this month announced what the Canadian company describes as a “broader approach to legal document creation.”
The Ontario-born legaltech upstart, established in 2017, acknowledges that legal documents often require two different types of work.
Some information is structured and repeatable—think client names, dates and addresses, standard clauses, and other basic data collected by the firm.
Other parts of a legal document, meanwhile, tend to require drafting, review, refinement, and professional judgment.
The company combines structured document automation through RunSensible Template with AI-assisted drafting through RunSensible Draft.
RunSensible Template allows law firms to turn their existing Microsoft Word documents into automated templates without coding. Information can be used to populate documents automatically, while data collected through client intake can reduce administrative work.
RunSensible Draft brings AI-assisted drafting directly into Microsoft Word. Legal professionals can use it to create and revise written content while continuing to work in the familiar Word environment.
The firm’s approach is based on the idea that automation and AI serve different purposes, according to chief executive officer Kaven Hendiz.
By offering both capabilities, RunSensible aims to help firms reduce repetitive document preparation without forcing lawyers to abandon their existing templates or Microsoft Word workflows.
“Legal document automation should not mean asking AI to generate everything from scratch,” Hendiz believes.
“Some parts of a legal document are structured, predictable, and based on information the firm already has,” he says. “Other parts require flexible drafting, review, and judgment.”
“Our goal is to give law firms the right technology for each part of the document creation process,” the CEO stated.