The firm’s brain, searchable.
Every firm has the same problem: the answer exists. It is in a memo from 2022, a clause somebody perfected, a note on a matter that settled. Research in OpenLPM is about finding that answer in the moment you need it.
Finding, keeping and reusing what the firm knows
Ask a question, get the firm’s answer
Search matters, notes, documents, precedents and the knowledge base in one place — with the source shown so you can check it.
Keep the research, not just the conclusion
Save a research thread with its sources; share it with a colleague, or export it onto the matter for the file.
Know when the law has moved
Legislation sits in the library with its sections, and the firm’s procedures are checked against it.
What it means for a firm of any size
- Junior lawyers stop re-inventing work the firm already did — the memo helps the next ten matters.
- A good piece of research becomes institutional, not personal, so it survives people leaving.
- Fewer “I will get back to you”, because the answer is usually two searches away.
- Procedure drift becomes visible, when the law moves and the checklist has not.
Bring a question your firm argues about internally, and we will search for it in the demo.
How it fits a working day
Research is a moment, not a project.
Ask the question in your own words
Search everything the firm has, not just the folder you happen to know about.
Read the sources, not a summary
Every result points at the document it came from, so you can verify before you rely.
Save the thread
The research, its sources and your conclusions are kept together for the next person.
Push it to the matter
Export it onto the file, so the file records the thinking, not just the outcome.
Questions about knowledge
Both, subject to permissions — so a firm can keep client material out of general search if it prefers.
Yes. Knowledge, notes and documents respect the same access rules as the matters they belong to.
Legislation is held in the library with its sections so the firm can cite and compare; keeping it current is part of the firm’s review routine.
Search for something your firm argues about
Give us a question during the demo and we will show you what the firm’s own material already contains.