For Australian firms with 5-50 lawyers
Why MatterDesk
Give your team a clear path from a legal question to the source material to a first-draft memo. Keep that work connected to the matter, ready for review and the next conversation.
One matter. A connected review process.
Research in context
Keep the legal question, relevant documents and research together in the matter. Open the source material and assess whether it supports the proposition.
A draft your team can review
Develop a structured first-draft memo from the same matter context. Review the facts, authorities and reasoning before any client-facing use.
A record the team can return to
Keep research and work product attached to the matter so the next lawyer can follow the work and continue the review.
AI outputs are first drafts. A qualified lawyer must review the facts, sources and reasoning before relying on or sharing the work.
Questions worth asking before you choose.
- Who is MatterDesk for?
- Australian firms with 5-50 lawyers. Our initial focus is 5-15 lawyer commercial, employment and litigation teams in NSW, Victoria and Queensland. Managing partners and practice managers evaluate the fit; associates use the matter workspace day to day.
- Does the firm need to change practice-management systems?
- Evaluate MatterDesk as a legal workbench alongside your existing systems. Discuss any required connections in the walkthrough. Do not assume a particular integration or data migration is included until its scope is agreed.
- What does a source-linked citation establish?
- It gives the lawyer a path back to the material behind an answer. It does not establish that a proposition is correct, that an authority is current or that the search is exhaustive. Lawyer review remains essential. Unsupported authority is labelled Authority not verified.
- How should we assess value?
- Choose a repeatable research-to-memo task. Compare time spent, source quality and partner review effort with your current process. Use your firm's results to decide whether the additional subscription is worthwhile.
Compare against the tools you already have.
Australian legal AI is a competitive market. Start with the capabilities already available to your firm, then compare the same sample task. These summaries reflect the suppliers' Australian product pages reviewed on 8 September 2026; availability and commercial terms should be checked directly.
LEAP
Offers Matter AI and LawY within its Australian practice-management platform.
LEAP product informationSmokeball
Offers Archie for matter-aware drafting, review and questions within its practice platform.
Smokeball product informationClio
Markets Clio Work alongside its Australian practice-management offering for research and substantive legal work.
Clio product information
MatterDesk should earn its place through the quality of the work and the clarity of the review process. The walkthrough is your opportunity to inspect both.
See how your team would use MatterDesk.
Book a 15-minute walkthrough on a sample matter in your practice area. Follow the research, inspect the sources and review a first-draft memo. We will also discuss your team, data-handling requirements and pricing.