Archie, Smokeball’s innovative AI, seeks to revolutionise the way that you work by taking away the burden of time-consuming tasks, letting you focus on high-value work.
Other professionals have an endpoint to their day, a time when they can switch off and relax knowing that all the work is taken care of.
As a solicitor, it can often feel like you have the weight of endless client expectations on your shoulders.
Work seeps into your evenings, your weekends, your holidays, and nothing you do ever seems to fully shift that workload.
We want to make law firms happier places, and Archie is the key to achieving this vision.
What are the big problems facing solicitors?
Staffing problems are a constant issue in many industries throughout the UK, and the legal profession is no different.
It can be hard to find the right people to fight your team, and even harder to get them all up to speed with each of your clients’ individual needs.
This is made worse by steadily rising costs that can make it feel like your revenue is not stretching as far as it once did.
This all amounts to solicitors feeling like they are doing more work for less pay, and that cannot be a good sign for growth.
In our research, we found that despite 85 per cent of solicitors working more than eight hours a day, only ten per cent exceed nine to ten billable hours.
This shows a huge amount of time that is being spent working outside of billable hours.
This is not sustainable and needs to change.
How can Archie AI help solicitors be more efficient?
The main way that Archie can help you is by taking over the burden of low-value work so that you can focus on the important stuff.
Creating legal documents is time-consuming and not the most profitable way to spend your time.
But we know that legal documents need to be perfect, as issuing inaccurate documents can severely damage your firm’s reputation and lead to problems for your clients.
Archie can generate bespoke documents that are suited to your clients’ legal needs.
Alongside this, Archie can help optimise your workflow by summarising ongoing discussions with clients so that any member of your team can jump onto a case and know what is happening.
This is particularly helpful for new team members to be able to get stuck in straight away while also reducing the problems that arise when some of your team are away.
This could help you if you are one of the countless solicitors who cannot peel themselves away from work to actually enjoy their holiday time.
We know that 50 per cent of solicitors want to spend more time with their families and on leisure activities, but work keeps on getting in the way.
Your law firm is a team, and it can feel truly terrible to leave your team in the lurch when you step away from the office.
Archie connects the work you have been doing with the rest of your team’s expertise, ensuring that you can relax knowing that work will not stall in your absence.
How can Archie AI boost revenue?
As we mentioned, there is a sizeable gap between work done and hours billed.
Archie’s dynamic time tracking allows for the better creation of invoices.
Automatic time tracking allows you to switch between client work without having to manually stop and start timers.
The work you spend on each client’s work is recorded automatically, and Archie uses that to generate an invoice.
No missed hours, no missed revenue.
Is Archie the key to happiness in law firms?
We certainly believe that Archie is the key to making law firms happier places to work.
Burnout is a huge problem in the legal profession, and we know it is a problem that needs solving.
Whether you’re using Smokeball or not, this is something close to our hearts – and we’d love to be part of the change that burns this problem away.
Smokeball is looking to make you happier, and we know that Archie can help you optimise your workflows and boost your revenue.
Meanwhile, you might actually get to enjoy the holidays you book.
Just remember to send us a postcard!
Book a demo today to find out how Archie AI can transform the way your law firm works.
