Drafting
Describe the document you need and Judicio writes it: headings, numbered clauses, defined terms, and the authorities it relied on. From there you work in an editor beside an assistant. Ask for a change in plain language and it arrives as a tracked change you accept or reject, one at a time or all at once.
- What: Generate a legal document, then revise it with an AI assistant
- Input: A plain-language brief, and optionally documents from your File Library or a drafting template. Files are optional and there is no file cap
- Output: An editable draft with two lenses, a version history, and the cited authorities behind it
- Configured by: Ask Judicio, Smart Suggestions or Templates
- Thoroughness: Deep Mode on or off, chosen per run
- Export: Final copy and Tracked changes as Word, Final copy as PDF, or Save to Judicio
When to reach for it
Drafting is for the moment you know what a document has to do but not yet how it should read.
- A first draft from a brief. Describe the agreement, notice or petition in a sentence or two. No files needed.
- A draft anchored on your own material. Attach a precedent or a term sheet and the draft mirrors its structure and defined terms.
- A house-standard document. Save the shape of a document once as a template, then run it whenever the same type comes round.
- A rewrite you can audit. Every AI revision lands as a tracked change, so what the assistant changed is visible before you keep it.
- Speaking rather than typing. Where dictation is enabled for your account, you can dictate long form and turn the transcript into a formal draft.
If you want an answer with authorities rather than a document, use Research. To check a document you already have against a standard, use Document Review. Drafting hands a draft straight into a review when you are ready.
How it works
- Open Drafting. The home asks what you would like to draft today, with the file band above the mode panel.
- Choose how to start. Describe the document under Ask Judicio, open a card under Smart Suggestions, or open a saved card under Templates.
- Attach documents if you want to. Files are optional here. Drafting is the one feature whose file band enforces no cap.
- Confirm. A confirm modal quoting the credit estimate appears only when files are attached. A brief with no files starts straight away.
- Watch it draft, or leave the page. The run continues in the background.
- Review the draft in the editor, with the authorities behind it in the Sources tab.
- Revise. Ask the assistant, or select a passage and act on it directly. Edits arrive as tracked changes.
- Save a checkpoint, compare versions, and restore an earlier one if you need to.
- Export as Word or PDF, save the draft into your File Library, or send it to Document Review.
Two lenses, not three
The editor shows the same document two ways, and the tabs are the only view control:
- Draft is your working copy. The assistant's suggested edits appear inline for you to accept or reject.
- Final copy is the clean copy with every change applied. This is what you export.
A one-line caption under the tabs always says which one you are looking at. Picking a lens never changes the document. See Editing with AI.
Credits
| Action | Mode | Cost | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Generate a draft | Deep | 25 credits | Any document |
| Generate a draft | Standard | 10 credits | Any document. Editing and exporting are free. |
| Revision turn | Deep | 10 credits | Less than half the first run |
| Revision turn | Standard | 5 credits | Half the first run. Clarifying questions are free. |
| Dictation session | - | 2 credits + 1 credit per audio minute | A 10-minute dictation = 12 credits |
What drives the cost
The first turn is priced flat, and later revision turns cost less because the session's context is already loaded. Deep Mode costs more than the standard run in both cases. Manual editing, comparing, restoring and exporting are free. When files are attached the confirm modal quotes the exact figure and your remaining balance before anything starts. See Credits explained.
Working with your team
A drafting session can be shared from its header. An avatar stack shows who has access and who is viewing now, Share opens the sharing controls, and an owner can transfer the session outright. While a colleague is saving the draft the editor goes read-only for everyone else and names who is editing; a viewer sees the thread and the sources but a disabled composer. See Collaboration and sharing.
In this section
| Page | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Getting started | The happy path, one screen at a time |
| Editing with AI | The lenses, the toolbars, tracked changes, the selection actions and the Sources tab |
| Versions and revisions | Saving checkpoints, comparing, restoring, and what the save indicator means |
| Dictation | Speaking a draft end to end, where it is enabled |
| Templates | Starting from a template, creating one, and editing one |
| Exporting | The three formats, the recommendation, and Save to Judicio |
| FAQ | Answers and troubleshooting |