Software that fits how your practice actually works
Generic practice management makes every firm start from a blank slate. HammerLex doesn't. Pick your practice area and the platform pre-configures itself — the right matter template, the custom fields your cases need, and, where it applies, a deadline rule set — so your workspace is ready on day one.
Pick a vertical, get a head start
At signup or in settings, choose the practice area that matches your firm. HammerLex then seeds vertical-appropriate starter content automatically — and hides fields that don't apply, like docket and court name for non-litigation work.
Family Law
Matter template plus case fields built for divorce, custody, and support — opposing counsel, filing county, custody arrangement, and retainer tracking.
Estate Planning
Trust and estate matter template, a deadline rule set for reviews, and fields for beneficiaries, trustees, and funding — with litigation-only fields hidden.
Corporate & M&A
Transaction matter template, a closing-driven deadline rule set, and deal fields for counterparty, deal value, stage, and diligence — no docket clutter.
Running a general or mixed practice? General is fully supported too — you get the complete platform without a vertical preset, and you can switch to a practice area at any time. The starter content is added for whatever is missing, without duplicating what you already have.
Why practice-area setup matters
The fields a family law paralegal needs are not the fields a deal lawyer needs. Most tools solve this by making you build custom fields, templates, and deadline rules yourself — before you can even open your first matter. That is hours of configuration, repeated for every new hire who wants it "the way we do it."
HammerLex ships that configuration as a starting point. You still control everything: rename fields, add your own, adjust templates. But you begin from a workspace that already understands the shape of your work, instead of an empty grid. And because the setup is idempotent, changing or adding a vertical later fills in only what's missing — it never overwrites or duplicates the matters and fields you already rely on.
See your practice area, pre-configured
Book a short demo and we'll show HammerLex set up for family law, estate planning, or corporate/M&A — on a workflow like your firm's.
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