Do AI agents for law firms give legal advice?
No, and the agent is configured not to. It answers about the firm: which practice areas you take, how a first consultation is charged, where the office is, what to bring, all from the material you gave it. When a caller asks whether they have a case, what a deadline is or what they should do next, the agent says that a lawyer will answer that, takes the details a lawyer needs in order to call back, and the thread lands in your inbox with the agent standing down. The rule is written into its instructions, and every reply is stored beside the source it was generated from, so you can check that it held.
Is an AI receptionist for law firms compatible with bar rules on client communication and advertising?
The agent says only what you instructed it to say, from your own documents, Q&A pairs and data points, and keeps a full record of every conversation with timestamps and recordings. It answers on your own number and from your own mailbox. Whether your intake script, your fee statements and your follow-up messages comply with the rules of your bar or regulator on advertising, solicitation, confidentiality and the handling of prospective-client information is the firm's decision and responsibility, exactly as it would be with a receptionist or an answering service. The firm decides what may be said, and the agent does not say anything else.
What intake questions does it ask?
Whichever ones you write. Most firms ask for the type of matter, how urgent it is, where the person is located and how they found the firm. If you want it to ask for the name of the other party so your team can run the conflict check, add that to the instructions. The agent asks the same questions in the same order on the phone, in the chat widget, by email and in a DM, records the answers in the thread against that person, and, with HubSpot or GoHighLevel connected, writes them to the contact record. It does not run the conflict check itself; it collects what your team needs to run it.
Can it book the consultation, or does it just send a booking link?
It books. The agent is given your real open slots for the week ahead from Google Calendar, Microsoft 365, Calendly, Cal.com, Acuity Scheduling or one of the other supported calendars, and offers a few of them. When the client picks one, the choice is checked against the slots that were offered, written into the calendar and confirmed in the reply. It cannot book a time that was not free, and it cannot cancel an appointment it was not shown. With one agent per lawyer or per office, each books into its own calendar.
What happens when a caller needs to speak to a lawyer straight away?
That is one of the situations you name in its instructions. When a caller says it is an emergency, is distressed, or is an existing client, the agent takes the details and the thread lands in your inbox with the agent standing down on that conversation. Your inbox is one list across every channel, newest first, tagged with the channel, so the person on duty sees the call transcript alongside the chats and emails. A person replies in the thread themselves, and hands it back to the agent when they are done.
Can AI agents for law firms answer the phone after hours?
Yes. The agent answers calls on your own Twilio number in real time, speaking from the script you saved, and it uses the fastest model your provider offers on a call so it does not leave silences. Transcription comes from Google or Deepgram, and the voice from Google, Amazon Polly or ElevenLabs. Every call is recorded and transcribed against the caller's record. Answering and dialling are separate switches, so you can have it pick up every incoming call and never place one. If you would rather it only answered outside office hours, leave the switch off during the day.
Can I run one agent per practice area or per office?
Yes. Unlimited agents are included in the one plan, and each has its own number, mailbox, calendar, knowledge base, instructions and analytics. Nothing is shared between them: a knowledge base belongs to one agent and is never used to generate a reply for another. A family-law intake does not quote the commercial team's fees, and each office books into its own calendar. You can invite an office manager into one agent with their own login, and they see that agent's inbox and funnel and nothing else on the account.
What does it cost per call or per lead?
Nothing per call, per lead or per seat. The plan is $25 a month or $200 a year for the whole firm, with unlimited agents, contacts and lists, and a 7-day free trial. The AI runs on your own key with one of sixteen providers, billed to you by that provider at cost, typically a few dollars a month. Calls and texts are billed by your carrier at its rates. There is no per-minute charge from us for calls, no per-conversation charge for chat, and no percentage of anything.