The problem
Firms don't have an AI question. They have a practice question.
Your lawyers are already using AI — without a policy.
Adoption rarely waits for approval. Associates and staff experiment with consumer tools long before the firm decides what is permitted, supervised, or logged.
Vendors sell tools, not workflows.
A license is not an implementation. Without practice-specific workflows, prompts, and review steps, most legal AI purchases quietly go unused.
Your ethics obligations didn't pause for AI.
Competence, confidentiality, supervision, communication, and reasonable fees all still apply. AI changes how you meet them, not whether you must.
Services
Three ways to work with us
Start with a diagnostic. Move to implementation when the picture is clear. Keep governance current with a retainer.
How we work
Assess → Design → Implement → Govern
Assess
Map matters, workflows, systems, and current AI use.
Design
Select tools and design workflows around real legal work.
Implement
Deploy, configure, and train lawyers and staff.
Govern
Policy, supervision, review, and ongoing oversight.
Practice areas
Practice areas we serve
Workflows differ by practice. We build for the work your firm actually does.
Ethics first
Operational support for responsible AI adoption
We help firms build the policies, controls, training, and documentation that support their professional obligations around AI.
Competence
Understanding the benefits and risks of the tools your firm uses.
Confidentiality
Knowing where client information goes and who can reach it.
Supervision
Clear review duties over both staff and AI output.
Fees
Billing practices that stay reasonable as work gets faster.
Our work is organized around frameworks including ABA Formal Opinion 512 and guidance issued by state bars, including the California State Bar. Firms retain responsibility for their own professional judgment. We work alongside your firm's ethics counsel or general counsel where appropriate.
About us
A consulting firm built for legal practice
Négus AI is an independent AI consultancy serving small and mid-sized law firms. We combine legal scholarship, cross-jurisdictional experience, and hands-on technology implementation — and we do it as consultants, not a law firm.
Independent
No vendor commissions and no reseller arrangements. Recommendations follow your firm's needs, not ours.
Jurisdiction-aware
Experience across the US, Francophone Africa, and the Indian Ocean region informs how we read guidance and duty.
Implementation-first
We deliver workflows, policies, and training your firm can operate — not strategy decks.
CLE & workshops
AI Ethics for Lawyers
Sessions for bar associations, firm retreats, and practice groups covering what generative AI changes about competence, confidentiality, supervision, and fees — and what it does not.
Delivered in person or remotely, tailored to your jurisdiction and practice mix. Sessions can be scoped for a lunch hour or a half-day workshop.
FAQ
Questions firms ask first
No. Négus AI is a consulting firm specializing in AI implementation and governance for legal practices. We don't provide legal advice or legal services.