How We Help Law Firms Launch Microsoft Copilot

AI tools like Microsoft Copilot are transforming the way law firms operate - but launching them safely and effectively requires more than just enabling a feature. At Hutchinson & Co, we help law firms integrate Copilot into their practice in a way that is secure, strategic, and user-focused.

Here’s how we do it:

1. Initial Consultation & Planning

We begin with a tailored consultation to discuss your current technology landscape and goals. This gives us a clear picture of what your firm understands about AI and where Copilot could add value. It’s a flexible starting point that evolves with your needs.

2. Creating a Pilot Group

A successful rollout begins small. We help you identify a pilot group within a single practice area. This focused approach allows for deeper engagement, easier feedback collection, and a more manageable introduction of Copilot across the firm.

3. Data Privacy & Security

Your data is your responsibility - and ours. We set up a secure, contained environment within your Microsoft tenant to ensure that Copilot interactions remain private and protected. No external access or sharing, no data leakage - just safe, internal AI usage.

4. Drafting Guidance & Policies

We supply draft policy documents to guide internal use of Copilot. These can then be tailored to your firm’s specific needs and ensure that usage remains consistent, responsible, and compliant with best practices.

5. Training & Deployment

Before anything goes live, your pilot group receives hands-on training to build confidence and competence. We show your team how to get the most from Copilot in their daily work, from meeting summaries, to email or letter drafting through to research support.

6. Creating a Safe Zone

We’ll show you how to use Copilot with the “Web” as the data source and we will also set up a closed internal SharePoint space for interacting with Copilot securely on specified documents and data sets. This “SafeZone” can evolve into a powerful internal knowledge management hub and enables experimentation without risk.

7. Follow-Up & Support

Our involvement doesn’t end with deployment. We provide follow-up and support sessions to refine usage, answer questions, and keep your team moving forward. We can remain involved or provide a template for you to manage these internally. 

8. Expanding AI Engagement

Once your pilot is successful, we help things grow. Whether it’s drafting emails, generating meeting summaries, or preparing attendance notes, we identify where Copilot can continue to add value across your firm, with your people and can be retained to work with them to identify future use cases where Copilot, Agents or Bespoke AI Solutions can be selected or created to continue your AI journey.

Why Our Approach Works

This isn’t just a technical setup. Our structured, people-first approach ensures that Copilot is introduced in a way that works with your people, drives adoption, reduces risk, and creates a strong narrative around AI.

It also creates a platform to:

• Identify new use cases
  

• Build internal buy-in
  

• Clear messaging for clients and introducers around your plan and use of AI

Interested in Launching Copilot?

Our launch package typically costs £4,000 - £5,000 to get you up and running quickly and securely.