Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to common questions about Legal1Up's services, pricing, and platform.
General
What is Legal1Up?
Legal1Up is an AI-enhanced litigation support company for lean litigation teams, nonprofits, and pro bono programs. We support counsel with document review, discovery, deposition preparation, motion drafting, and Rule 1006 summaries. On a retainer we also build applications and give technology advice. We provide analysis and drafts based on the record. Your attorney reviews, certifies and signs. We don't give legal advice.
How does Legal1Up use AI?
We use AI for volume tasks like first-pass document review, pattern detection, draft generation, and citation lookup. Our team checks every AI output against the source documents before delivery. We provide analysis and drafts based on the record. Your attorney reviews, certifies and signs. We don't give legal advice.
Who are Legal1Up's services designed for?
Lean litigation teams, solo practitioners, nonprofits, and pro bono programs handling document-heavy matters. Our Rule 1006 summary work serves counsel on either side of a case.
What types of cases do you support?
Employment, whistleblower and retaliation, civil rights, contract, consumer protection, federal appeals, and administrative matters such as MSPB and Department of Labor cases.
What makes Legal1Up different from other legal support services?
AI handles the volume and people check the work. Every citation and fact we deliver traces to a source you can open. You get one point of contact and a customer portal to track the work.
Contact
How do I contact Legal1Up?
Email discovery@legal1up.com, call +1 206 222 9706, or schedule a consultation through our website. Active clients can also message us through the customer portal.
How do I send an urgent request?
We are an online team working across time zones. For urgent requests, call +1 206 222 9706 or email discovery@legal1up.com with URGENT and your deadline in the subject line.
How quickly do you respond to inquiries?
We aim to respond to all inquiries within one business day. For active engagements, your point of contact responds directly.
Can I schedule a call to discuss my needs?
Yes. Book a free consultation through our website. We'll discuss your matter, scope the work, and send a quote. There is no obligation.
Plans & Pricing
How does Legal1Up's pricing work?
We quote each project after a short scoping call, or set a monthly retainer for ongoing work. You know the price before we start. Nonprofit and pro bono rates are available. Legal1Up - Beacon Intake, our intake system, is $120 a month with 3 users and $40 a month for each additional user.
Is there a minimum engagement size?
No. We handle matters of all sizes, from a single deposition preparation to full-case litigation support spanning thousands of documents. Our free trial starts with a call to understand your matter.
Do you offer nonprofit or ongoing-work rates?
Yes. Nonprofit and pro bono rates are available, and retainers cover ongoing work. We discuss rates on the scoping call.
Are there any hidden fees?
No. You get the quote before work starts. There are no setup fees, platform fees, or surprise charges. If the scope changes, we agree on it with you first.
Services
What services does Legal1Up offer?
We offer discovery management, document review, deposition preparation, motion opposition drafting, Rule 1006 summaries, citation verification, joint appendix preparation, trial preparation, and more.
Can you handle large document productions?
Yes. Our AI-powered platform is built for volume and scales to large productions.
Do you draft motions?
We draft opposition briefs, responses, and supporting documents from the record. Every draft is work product for your attorney, who reviews, certifies and signs it. We never file documents on your behalf, and we don't give legal advice.
Can I review and edit discovery documents before submission?
Yes. We prepare analysis and drafts based on the record and data. Your attorney reviews, edits, certifies and signs everything before it is served or filed.
Can you help with deposition preparation?
Yes. Our deposition pipeline includes themes memos, entity mapping, deponent profiling, exhibit corpus scanning, and complete preparation packages. We also provide debrief support and cumulative intelligence across multiple depositions.
What about citation verification?
We use our proprietary Bluebook citation engine to validate every citation in your filings. We check formatting, verify case existence through multiple databases, and flag any issues before filing.
Do you handle trial preparation?
Yes. Our trial preparation services include witness lists, exhibit lists, deposition designations, trial narratives, and overall trial readiness packages.
How do you ensure quality?
Every deliverable passes through several quality checks: pre-filing scans, citation audits, scorecards, and a final readiness check. Nothing ships without human review. Counsel decides what is filed.
Customer Portal
What is the customer portal?
The customer portal at app.legal1up.com is your secure hub for managing engagements. You can track task progress, exchange documents, and communicate with your project team.
How do I access the Customer Portal?
Portal access comes with onboarding. We set up logins for you and your team when the engagement starts.
Is the portal secure?
Yes. The portal uses enterprise-grade encryption for all data in transit and at rest. Access is controlled through secure authentication, and all client data is isolated.
Can I upload documents through the portal?
Yes. You can securely upload documents of any size through the portal. We support all common legal document formats including PDF, DOCX, TIFF, and native file formats.
How do I track the progress of my tasks?
The portal provides real-time status updates on every task. You'll see when work begins, milestone completions, and estimated delivery times. You'll also receive proactive notifications.
Can multiple people from my firm access the portal?
Yes. You can invite team members to your firm's portal account. Each person gets their own login with appropriate access permissions.
Free Trial
What is included in the free trial?
The free trial starts with a call. We learn about your matter and the problem you need solved, then agree on what the trial will cover. Legal1Up - Beacon Intake uses a demo instead of a trial.
Is there any obligation after the free trial?
No. The free trial is completely no-obligation. If you decide Legal1Up isn't the right fit, you keep the work product we delivered. No strings attached.
How do I start the free trial?
Schedule a free consultation through our website. We'll talk through your matter and agree on what the trial covers.
Can I extend the trial?
Yes, by agreement. We discuss it with you on a call.
What happens after my trial ends?
Nothing bills automatically. If you want to continue, we send a quote or a retainer proposal.
Have a matter that's drowning in pages?
Tell us about the matter and we'll scope it on a short call. Then we quote, run a conflict check, and get to work.