Harrison Drury Expands August AI Use Firmwide Beyond Legal
Harrison Drury now deploys August AI beyond legal work, covering finance, marketing and operations.
Why it matters: Law firms are accelerating digital transformation by extending AI tools into business operations. Broader AI adoption signals a shift toward integrated, efficient workflows across the entire firm, not just legal teams.
- Harrison Drury is using August AI for finance, billing, marketing, operations, and administration.
- August integrates with SharePoint, Outlook, and Word and supports document drafting and contract review.
- Hughes Hubbard & Reed also rolled out August firmwide in March 2026, after a four-month review.
- August offers a two-week free trial and charges $375 per month per user.
UK-based law firm Harrison Drury has expanded use of the legal AI platform August to span core business areas like finance, billing, marketing, operations, and administration—not just traditional legal work.
- August is designed to integrate with Microsoft SharePoint, Outlook, and Word, offering AI-assisted document drafting, due diligence, and contract review capabilities.
- This broader platform deployment reflects how legal tech is moving from niche use cases to supporting a firm's entire operational backbone.
This is not an isolated case. U.S.-based Hughes Hubbard & Reed (over $270 million revenue) selected August as its firmwide AI platform in March 2026, deploying it for both legal and business teams after a four-month evaluation.
- Neeraj Rajpal, CIO at Hughes Hubbard, noted, "August mirrors how our attorneys work while also delivering real value to our finance, marketing and operations teams. That made this a firmwide decision, not just a legal one."
August aims to make AI adoption accessible for smaller and mid-sized firms, offering a two-week free trial and a comprehensive library of 100+ video tutorials. Pricing is $375 per month or $4,000 annually per user.
As law firms seek market advantages beyond sheer scale, extending AI tools into business functions is becoming a digital transformation priority across the industry.
By the numbers:
- $375/month — August AI platform cost per user
- 100+ — Number of video tutorials in August’s learning library
- $270M — 2025 revenue for Hughes Hubbard & Reed, which adopted August firmwide
Yes, but: Quantitative results of August AI’s impact at Harrison Drury have not been disclosed.