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Use case: firm format

An AI legal assistant that drafts in your firm's style and format

Drafting in your firm's style has two parts: the words (defined terms, tone, standard paragraphs) and the format (letterhead, fonts, signature block). Every Draftiro account can steer the words by uploading an exemplar to the matter and giving instructions. A limited pilot adds a saved writing-style profile built from your own documents and a "Download in firm format" step that places a draft into your firm's own Word template. Attorney review is still required for substance.

Updated · Not legal advice. Attorney review required.

Why generic AI drafts read like someone else wrote them

A general model writes in an average voice: the most common way to phrase a demand, the most common heading pattern, a signature block from nowhere. Your firm has made choices that differ from the average, about how parties are named, how hard a letter pushes, which reservation-of-rights paragraph you use, and what the letterhead looks like. Every one of those differences becomes a correction you make by hand. A style-aware assistant should cut those corrections down, and it should never trade accuracy for polish.

What "your style" needs to capture

  • Voice. Sentence length, formality, first person or not, words the firm avoids.
  • Structure. Heading patterns, the order of sections, how a letter opens and closes.
  • Standard language. The paragraphs you reuse: confidentiality notices, offers to confer, response deadlines.
  • Format. Letterhead, logo, fonts, spacing, margins, the signature block. Court filings add rule-based formatting such as FRCP 10 captions and, on appeal, FRAP 32 type and margins.

If your firm has never written these down, start with the law firm style guide for AI drafting. A written guide makes any tool, and any new associate, more consistent.

What every Draftiro account can do today

  1. Upload a prior letter or filing of the same type to the matter as an exemplar, with other clients' details removed.
  2. Ask Draftiro to follow its structure, headings and standard language, and paste in the style rules that matter for this draft.
  3. Review the draft against the record. Drafts end with a "Sources used" line listing the files they drew on, and citations are flagged for you to verify before filing.
  4. Export to Word (.docx) and apply your firm's template for letterhead and fonts.

This reads the exemplar's text, not its layout, and one request draws on the passages retrieved for it, so point to the section you want followed.

Firm-styled drafting (limited pilot)

The pilot moves both halves of style into saved, reviewed settings.

  • Writing-style profile. Upload a handful of the firm's own documents of one type. Draftiro measures and describes the patterns in them, such as tone, structure and closings, and shows you the profile. Nothing is used until an attorney approves it, and drafts then follow the approved profile.
  • Your Word template. Upload the firm's own .docx letter template or a clean sample letter. Setup marks where the date, recipient, body and signature go, and an attorney approves that template version. Approved versions do not change underneath you; a new upload makes a new version.
  • Download in firm format. From a finished letter draft, download a Word file that uses your letterhead, styles and signature block. Review markers stay visible and highlighted so nothing unverified slips into the final letter.

Current limits of the pilot: letters come first; a draft that contains a table cannot be downloaded in firm format yet, though the ordinary .docx export still works; template setup is done on a desktop; and a template that names a font displays in that font only where it is installed. Firms that want to try it can write to support@draftiro.com.

Review checklist for a styled draft

  • Facts, dates and amounts match the source passages, not just the tone; see answers from your case files.
  • Every citation has been read in primary authority; see how citation flags work.
  • No name, date or fact from the exemplar's original matter has carried over.
  • The signature block, caption and formatting meet the court's rule where the document is a filing.
  • No review marker or placeholder is left in the final file.

What Draftiro does not do

  • The saved writing-style profile and "Download in firm format" are a limited pilot, not part of every account today.
  • Firm format covers letters first; a draft that contains a table cannot be downloaded in firm format yet.
  • It does not check court formatting rules, page limits or word limits.
  • It does not verify citations. Each citation is flagged for you to verify before filing.
  • Style never replaces substance: attorney review of facts and law is required for every draft, and it is not legal advice.

Common questions

Can Draftiro use my actual letterhead?

In the pilot, yes: "Download in firm format" places a finished letter draft into your firm's own approved Word template. On every account, you export to .docx and apply your template yourself.

Does the style profile change on its own?

No. A profile is used only after an attorney approves it, and a new set of samples makes a new profile for approval.

Is it safe to upload past letters as samples?

Treat them as confidential. Prefer documents with client details removed. Draftiro does not use your matter content to train AI models, and samples stay private to your firm.

Does it work for court filings?

The pilot starts with letters. For filings, use an exemplar and the .docx export, and check the court's formatting rules yourself.

Primary sources

Read the governing text yourself. Rules change, and local rules and standing orders can add requirements.

Draft from your own exemplar today

Start a 14-day trial with no card, upload a sample letter to a matter and ask Draftiro to follow it. Ask support@draftiro.com about the firm-format pilot.