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DMS & case cockpit

Documents that pull their weight.

No filing graveyard: the Smart Legal Pro DMS connects folders, permissions and versions with the case AI — every document is both storage and a source of knowledge. With legal hold, comparison and translation.

DMS explorer

Folders and permissions, AI-readable

The shared explorer organizes documents in folders with fine-grained permissions. Deleted items stay referenced as a soft delete — nothing vanishes unnoticed, and the AI reads the same corpus.

  • Folders, containers and permissions per file.
  • Soft delete: deleted documents stay traceable.
  • The same storage feeds the case AI.
File Müller v. ACMEDMS
  • 01 Correspondence — 12 documents
  • 02 Evidence — 5 documents
  • 03 Internal notes — permission-restricted
Versions & legal hold

Compare states, secure evidence

The DMS is version-aware: you see which version is current, compare states and set a legal hold that blocks deletion and change — for evidence-relevant documents.

  • Version-aware with comparison of two states.
  • Legal hold blocks deletion and change.
contract-draft.docxLegal hold
  • v3 current — changed 04 Apr
  • Compare v2 ↔ v3: 6 changes
  • Legal hold active — cannot be deleted
Case cockpit

The file as a workspace

Every file opens as a cockpit with up to eight tabs — cockpit, overview, next steps, relationship graph, evidence, documents and chronology are always there; the eighth tab (client & portal) only appears once the firm activates the client portal. The DMS translates foreign-language documents and files the version in the case.

  • Up to eight tabs: cockpit, overview, relationship graph, documents, chronology and more.
  • Translation in the DMS (Microsoft Azure), version as a PDF in the file.
File tabsCockpit
  • Cockpit · Overview
  • Next steps · Relationship graph
  • Evidence · Documents
  • Chronology · Client & portal
Content recognition

Read once, use everywhere

Upload the same document a second time in the same case file – even under a different file name – and the platform recognizes it by content and offers the existing version. Text recognition, analysis and facts already exist; there is no second pass, and no second charge. If the document is in a different case file, the portal tells you so and, if you wish, creates a separate copy so that facts stay separate per mandate.

  • Content is recognized, not the file name or folder – across case files too; from a different case file you get a separate copy whose text is recognized again.
  • “Use the existing document” costs nothing: full text, analysis and facts already exist.
  • When in doubt, you decide: reuse the existing document, or file it as its own document anyway.
This document already existsDuplicate detected
  • Statement of defense.pdf — identical in content to a document already on file
  • Already filed in this case file
  • Use the existing document — costs nothing
Recordings & meetings

Conversations become documents

Audio and video recordings in the case file are transcribed on click, billed per started minute. The transcript is a document of the case file; facts from it appear as a statement with its speaker, not as a fact. WhatsApp conversations can be read in as a chat export.

  • Never automatic: transcription only starts when you trigger it; you assign speakers to the parties yourself.
  • Meeting recording add-on: a recording agent records meetings in Microsoft Teams and Google Meet, even without you attending. Other services, including Zoom, you record yourself in the browser.
Client meeting · 52 minTranscript
  • Speaker 1 → client (assigned by you)
  • “The notice of termination arrived on 3 March” – statement by the client
  • Transcribed on click, per started minute

Check incoming invoices from clients

You check an e-invoice your client has received right at the document in the case file: without AI, with rule and location per finding and a draft letter to the invoice issuer. No additional cost within the subscription. Try it first with the free tool.

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Agents in this workflow

Shared DMS explorer over document IDs — folders, permissions and soft delete; all read paths filter deleted items.

Document explorer

Takes in new documents and updates the relationship graph incrementally.

Case graph update

Translates foreign-language documents (Microsoft Azure) and files the version in the case – in the original format, as a PDF or as an editable Word file.

Document translation

Control & safety

  • Soft delete: deleted items stay referenced, no silent loss.
  • Legal hold blocks evidence-relevant documents from change and deletion.
  • Fine-grained permissions, client-separated (RLS).
  • EU hosting, versioned, auditable.
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