Referent
Verified Oct 27, 2026 ActivePractice management for small law firms where agents draft, file and chase, and the lawyer approves
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- Pricing model
- Contact sales
No public price on the site (there is no pricing page). Access is through an Exclusive Access application; the first cohort of 20 firms closed on 7 August 2026 after 450+ applications.
Use tool ↗About Referent
Referent is practice-management software for solo and small law firms in which routine admin is handled by agents that queue actions for a lawyer to approve. It screens intake through a client-facing link and opens matters, files Gmail messages and attachments to the right matter, pre-drafts replies and documents, tracks court dates and limitation periods, assembles hourly or flat-fee invoices and drafts follow-ups. Google Calendar and Drive are connected, Outlook and Microsoft 365 are marked as coming, and an MCP server lets ChatGPT, Claude and other assistants work with matters under the same approvals. It is built in Poland by AI Lawtech sp. z o.o., the team behind AI Lawyer; access is by application, and no public price was found on the site.
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- Last verified
- Oct 27, 2026
Verified sources
- Homepage: intake, matter filing, drafting, deadlines, billing and follow-up agents with lawyer sign-off; Gmail, Google Calendar and Drive work, Outlook and Microsoft 365 marked Soon; iOS and Android apps; MCP server for ChatGPT, Claude and others (15 October 2026)referent.law ↗
- Blog post of 8 August 2026: first Exclusive Access cohort closed 7 August with 450+ applications for 20 seats; the site's call to action is still Apply for Exclusive Access (15 October 2026)referent.law ↗
- About page: made by AI Lawtech, the team behind AI Lawyer, based in Poland, led by founder and CEO George Zaletski; cookie notice names AI LAWTECH sp. z o.o., Radom, Poland as controller (15 October 2026)referent.law ↗
Is Referent legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Apr 30, 2026Registry record (RDAP), registrar NameCheap, Inc., looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Jan 12, 2027Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 27, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 27, 2026The site answered
- On the market since
- 2026The vendor's own material, read by us
- Operated by
- AI Lawtech sp. z o.o., PolandOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of Referent
The design decision that matters here is the approval gate: agents prepare intake, filing, drafts, deadlines and billing, but nothing leaves the firm until a lawyer signs off, which is the only shape of automation most practices can actually accept. Pitching it at solos and small firms rather than enterprise legal is sensible, since that is where admin overhead is worst. It is also early — beta-gated, no published pricing, and Microsoft 365 support still unshipped, which rules out most Outlook-based firms today.
Pros
- Every automated action is queued for lawyer approval rather than executed autonomously
- Covers intake, matter creation, email filing, drafting, deadlines and billing in one system
- Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Drive integration works today
- iOS and Android apps, not web-only
- Named EU legal entity, disclosed founder, and a team with prior legal-tech shipping history
Cons
- No published pricing at all — every evaluation starts with a sales conversation
- Still cohort-gated, with the first beta taking 20 firms from 450+ applicants
- Microsoft 365 and Outlook support are announced but not shipped
- Early product means little independent review of how well the drafting actually performs
Best for
- Solo practitioners drowning in intake, filing and billing admin
- Small firms on Google Workspace wanting matter management with automation built in
- Practices willing to trial early software in exchange for shaping it
Not for
- Firms on Microsoft 365 and Outlook, which is listed as coming rather than shipping
- Anyone who needs published pricing and a signed SLA before evaluating
Watch out: Client-confidential matter data would sit with an early-stage vendor — check the DPA, sub-processor list and data-residency terms against your bar's rules before uploading a live matter.
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