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Your First Project

This guide takes you end to end: create a project, upload a document, run your first AI-powered document review, and explore the results — click by click. By the end you'll have a complete, cited analysis you can act on.

What you'll need
  • A signed-in Judicio account with an active trial or subscription
  • One document to analyze (PDF, DOCX, or a scan)
  • Enough credits for its pages — your balance is shown on the dashboard. See Credits Explained.
1

Create a new project

A project groups one matter's documents and runs together — think of it as a matter, deal, or case file.

  1. Click Projects in the top bar (or New project on the dashboard).
  2. Click New project.
  3. Enter a project name — something descriptive like "Acme SPA Review" or "Smith Litigation".
  4. Optionally add a description so teammates understand its purpose.
  5. Click Create.

Your new project opens immediately, ready for documents.

Name projects to match your matter management

Include the client name, matter type, or date so projects are easy to find later — for example "ClientName — Matter Type — YYYY".

2

Upload your documents

Open the Files panel (the Files button in the top bar) and add the documents you want to analyze.

  1. Click Upload (or drag and drop files straight onto the panel).
  2. Choose one or more files. Judicio supports:
    • PDF (native and scanned)
    • Word (.docx)
    • Images (.png, .jpg) — processed with OCR
  3. Watch the per-file progress indicator. Judicio automatically extracts text, runs OCR on scanned pages, and prepares each document — usually a few seconds, up to a minute for long files.
  4. When it's done, your files appear in the library, ready to select.
Supported file sizes

Individual files can be up to 100 MB. Very large documents (hundreds of pages) take a little longer to process — you can keep working while Judicio handles them in the background.

3

Run a Document Review

Now run your first analysis.

  1. Click Document Review in the left sidebar (or pick its workspace card on the dashboard).
  2. In the Files panel, tick the document you just uploaded — it appears as a selected-file chip.
  3. Choose a mode:
    • Concise — a fast pass that surfaces the most critical findings. Great for triage or shorter documents.
    • Deep — a thorough, clause-by-clause analysis. Best for detailed contract review and due diligence.
  4. Pick review categories (or let Judicio suggest them) — for example Risk Assessment, Key Obligations, Termination Provisions. Describe what you're after in plain language, choose Smart Suggestions, or start from a Template.
  5. Confirm the credit estimate, then click Start review.

The run proceeds in the background. A typical 20-page contract takes around 30 seconds in Concise mode and one to two minutes in Deep mode — and you can navigate away while it runs.

Start with Concise

New to Judicio? Try a Concise review first for a quick overview, then re-run Deep on the same document if you want more detail.

4

Explore your results

When the review finishes, Judicio presents structured, cited results:

  • Summary — a brief overview of the document and its most significant findings.
  • Findings — organized by category (Risk, Obligation, Rights, Ambiguity…). Each finding shows a title, the relevant text with page and section references, a severity level, and an explanation of why it matters.

Every finding is cited back to the source, so a click takes you to the exact passage to verify it.

Work with your findings:

  • Mark as resolved — flag findings you've addressed or that don't apply.
  • Add notes — attach your own comments to any finding.
  • Export — download the full review as PDF or Word for your records or to share.

Re-run with different settings any time — switch between Concise and Deep, change categories, or apply a template.

Credits are consumed per run

Each review uses credits based on document length and mode, and re-running uses more. Check your balance on the dashboard before you start.

What you've accomplished​

In a few minutes you have:

  • Created a project to organize your work.
  • Uploaded and processed a legal document.
  • Run an AI-powered review that surfaced cited findings.
  • Explored structured, actionable results.

What's next​

Now that you've seen Judicio end to end, go deeper into the tools that matter most to your practice:

  • Document Review — modes, finding categories, templates, and export in detail.
  • File Library — organize documents with folders, tags, and cloud imports.
  • Review Matrix — compare multiple documents against a shared set of questions.
  • Timeline Builder — extract dates and events into a cited chronology.
  • Legal Research — AI-assisted research across jurisdictions.
Start a document review