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AI and litigation budget narratives: explaining cost projections to non-lawyers
Use AI to translate a litigation budget into a narrative the CFO and board can review with confidence.
Adults & Professionals · AI for Legal Work · ~7 min read
The premise
Litigation budgets are dense. AI can produce a narrative that explains why each phase costs what it costs.
What AI does well here
- Map fee estimates to litigation phases.
- Draft drivers and ranges for each phase.
- Compare against benchmark cases at a high level.
What AI cannot do
- Predict opposing counsel's tactics.
- Validate hours estimates the firm provided.
- Replace the GC's strategic call on settlement.
Key terms in this lesson
Practice this safely
Use a real but low-risk workflow from your day. Treat AI as a drafting and organizing layer, then verify the output before anyone relies on it.
- 1Ask AI to explain litigation budgeting in plain language, then underline anything that sounds uncertain or too broad.
- 2Give it one detail from "AI and litigation budget narratives: explaining cost projections to non-lawyers" and ask for two possible next steps plus one reason each step might be wrong.
- 3Check fee projection against a trusted source, teacher, adult, expert, or original document before you use it.
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