Legal Practice Management · Legal precedent and matter-plan library
By Lawyers
integration & API.
Precedent library sold as a LEAP add-on — we build the custom layer around how Australian firms use it.
BL What is By Lawyers?
By Lawyers in plain English.
By Lawyers is an Australian legal precedent library publishing thousands of matter plans, commentaries and document templates across practice areas. Distributed primarily as a paid add-on inside LEAP, where it auto-populates forms and surfaces precedents directly within the matter file. Subscription-based, per-user pricing, billed through LEAP.
What businesses use it for
Common By Lawyers
use cases.
- 01 Matter-plan and document precedents surfaced inside LEAP matters
- 02 Conveyancing and property law standard packs
- 03 Family law, immigration, commercial and litigation precedents
- 04 Court forms and standard filing documents
- 05 Commentary and guidance accompanying the precedents
- 06 Per-user subscription within the firm's LEAP environment
Why custom?
Beyond the default By Lawyers integrations.
By Lawyers is a widely-used Australian legal precedent and matter-plan library, available to LEAP-using firms as a paid add-on inside the LEAP interface. By Lawyers content is licensed on a subscription basis to firms and surfaced inside LEAP matters; it is not made available via a public API or as third-party-licensable content. In our experience, the custom integration question for firms using By Lawyers is almost always about how to extend or sit alongside the precedents, not about programmatically replicating them. We build the bespoke layer around how a firm uses By Lawyers in LEAP — intake that feeds the right matter type, document workflows that work with the templates already configured, reporting that ties By Lawyers matter activity back to firm performance.
What we build with By Lawyers
Common By Lawyers integrations.
Intake flows that route an enquiry to the right By Lawyers matter type and pre-populate the matter file in LEAP
Document automation that calls By Lawyers-prepared LEAP templates from external intake systems
Reporting layers that surface By Lawyers matter activity for firm-wide performance views
Workflow extensions that sit alongside By Lawyers — for the operational steps that happen before, between or after the precedent content
Onboarding tools that help new fee-earners learn the By Lawyers matter plans the firm uses most
Custom firm-owned precedent libraries that complement By Lawyers for practice areas not covered by their standard packs
Commonly paired with
By Lawyers works with the rest of your stack.
How we build
Production-grade.
Not Zapier in a trench coat.
Every By Lawyers integration we ship handles failure properly: idempotent jobs, retry logic, dead-letter queues for unrecoverable cases, and observability so you can see exactly where data is at any moment.
Tested
Real test suite, real edge cases. Not just "it worked once."
Observable
You see what is happening — events logged, errors surfaced.
Maintainable
Documented, version-controlled, handed over properly.
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FAQ
Common questions about By Lawyers integration.
Can you build a custom integration that reads from By Lawyers content?
As far as we have been able to find, By Lawyers content is currently distributed through LEAP as a subscription add-on rather than through a public API. Custom integration work we do for firms that use By Lawyers typically focuses on the LEAP layer surrounding the precedents — intake, reporting, workflow — rather than ingesting the precedent content directly.
Can an AI assistant generate matter workflows using By Lawyers precedents?
Within the LEAP interface, By Lawyers precedents are surfaced for use by the matter file directly. Building an external AI assistant that programmatically reads By Lawyers content involves licensing considerations that the firm would need to assess on its own facts. In our experience, a workable alternative path is an AI assistant using the firm's own template library as the source of truth, with By Lawyers continuing to serve its native role inside LEAP.
Will my firm need By Lawyers if you build a custom workflow layer?
Usually yes — By Lawyers covers a breadth of Australian legal practice areas that would be costly to reproduce. We build alongside By Lawyers, not as a replacement for it.
Is integration work involving By Lawyers content subject to specific legal advice?
Yes — any work involving By Lawyers content licensing should be assessed by the firm with reference to their By Lawyers subscription terms and, where relevant, qualified legal advice. We are an integration studio, not a legal adviser; the firm remains responsible for their own licensing and professional obligations.
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