Most law firms are still people + tools.
Practice management software, a shared inbox, four spreadsheets and the one paralegal who knows every deadline.
The tools each hold a slice. Your people are the glue.
That one person copies, chases and rebuilds it all by hand. When they're out, it waits.
Every week, by hand
- Copy court dates from email into the calendar
- Move every calendar when a hearing moves. Again.
- Chase the filing on its last day
- Rebuild the deadline list from four spreadsheets
If you're a partner
You want to hear that a date moved the morning it moved, not the week the brief is due.
Your firm stops being people + tools and becomes a system.
One that learns, runs and improves itself.
What comes off your list
No more:
Copy court dates from email into the calendarIt learns how you work.
A court notice arrives. The new date, the deadline and the notice land on the matter.
No more:
Move every calendar when a hearing moves. Again.It runs the work.
When a hearing moves, every calendar moves that morning, and each follow-up gets an owner.
No more:
Chase the filing on its last dayIt improves itself.
Filings keep landing on the last day. It suggests an earlier draft date, you approve it.
How it works
Two weeks from first call to running on it.
You keep working. We do the building.
- Day 1Show us how you work today
- Days 2–6We learn how your business runs
- Days 7–13We build it around your tools
- Day 14Your team starts using it
Built to be trusted with the real work.
- Every change is on the record.See who changed what, and when: a person, or an agent acting for them.
- Your data stays yours.Kept separate from every other business, with a dedicated database when you need one.
- You set when agents ask.They work inside your permissions. You choose which sends, bookings and changes wait for your yes.
Before you get started.
Does it replace our practice management software?
No. Headroom works alongside the tools you already use and keeps each matter current from your email, calls and documents.
Who sees privileged material?
Only the people you allow. Access is set per matter and down to individual properties.
Can filings wait for a partner?
Yes. You choose which steps need a sign-off, and anything you mark waits for the responsible partner.
How long does it take to set up?
Your first workflow is live two weeks after our first call. You keep working while we build it.
You don't set it up. We do.
Bring us your by-hand list. We build the system with you and run it with you. If it isn't working in 90 days, you get your money back.