ProSapient uses Luminance Legal-Grade AI to automate contract review and workflow allocation
The problem
ProSapient's lean legal team was burdened by repetitive manual contract review and administrative workflow allocation, with a paralegal solely responsible for routing tasks — a process that carried significant risk of human error.
Workflow diagram · grounded in source
1
Incoming contract triggers review
Trigger
ProSapient uses Luminance to take an automatic first-pass review of incoming contracts.
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“ProSapient uses Luminance to take an automatic first-pass review of incoming contracts”
2
AI color-coded risk analysis
Ai action
Luminance instantly provides a color-coded risk analysis of which clauses are acceptable, non-standard, and risk according to ProSapient's internal standards.
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“instantly providing a color-coded risk analysis of which clauses are acceptable, non-standard and risk, according to proSapient's internal standards”
3
Alternative wording suggestion
Ai action
Where terms do not meet standards, Luminance provides alternative acceptable wording based on internal precedent, insertable with just one click from within Microsoft Word.
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“Luminance provides alternative, acceptable wording based on internal precedent, insertable with just one click from within Microsoft Word”
4
AI learns from GC expertise
Feedback loop
Luminance's memory capabilities mean the AI learns from the GC's expertise and interactions, enabling junior counsel to access essential legal knowledge.
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“Luminance's sophisticated memory capabilities mean the AI learns from the GC's expertise and interactions, meaning junior counsel can access essential legal knowledge”
5
Automated contract routing
Routing
Luminance's Workflow Editor automates the process, ensuring incoming contracts are instantly routed to the correct member of the team.
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“Luminance's easy-to-use Workflow Editor now automates this process, ensuring that incoming contracts are instantly routed to the correct member of the team”
6
Cross-functional notifications
Integration
The Finance department is automatically notified of new clients so they can view payment and reporting terms within Luminance.
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“the Finance department is automatically notified of new clients, meaning they can easily view payment and reporting terms within Luminance”
7
Contract repository insights
Output
With all contracts stored in Luminance's AI-powered repository, the team has insight into clauses, document types, currencies, governing laws, and anomalies.
▾ source quote
“With all contracts stored in Luminance's AI-powered repository, the proSapient team has insight into key information from across their contractual landscape, such as clauses, document types, currencies, governing laws and anomalies”
Reported outcome
Luminance reduced workflow allocation from 8 steps to 3, delivered 40% time-savings on administrative tasks per week, and saved the equivalent cost of hiring a new paralegal (£27-35k pa), while allowing the team to earn back 20% of their time every day.
Reported metrics
Workflow allocation stepsreduced from 8 steps to 3
Time-savings on administrative tasks per week40%
Paralegal cost equivalent saved annually£27-35k pa
Daily time earned back20%
Show all 6 reported metrics
workflow allocation stepsreduced from 8 steps to 3
time-savings on administrative tasks per week40%
paralegal cost equivalent saved annually£27-35k pa
daily time earned back20%
paralegal time automated (annual ROI)20% annual ROI
bottlenecks and time to signaturereduced bottlenecks and time to signature
Reported stack
LuminanceMicrosoft Word
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Luminance reduced workflow allocation from 8 steps to 3, delivered 40% time-savings on administrative tasks per week, and saved the equivalent cost of hiring a new paralegal (£27-35k pa), while allowing the team to ea…
What tools did this team use?
Luminance, Microsoft Word.
What results were reported?
Workflow allocation steps: reduced from 8 steps to 3; Time-savings on administrative tasks per week: 40%; Paralegal cost equivalent saved annually: £27-35k pa; Daily time earned back: 20% (source-reported, not independently verified).
How is this contract management AI workflow structured?
Incoming contract triggers review → AI color-coded risk analysis → Alternative wording suggestion → AI learns from GC expertise → Automated contract routing → Cross-functional notifications → Contract repository insights.
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