Document management that makes legal knowledge accessible and actionable

Legal document management is how an in-house legal team stores, organizes, and retrieves the documents produced in the course of legal work — contracts, advice, notes, emails, drafts, and supporting files. Effective legal document management keeps every document connected to the matter or contract it belongs to, controls who can access sensitive material, maintains version history, and makes it easy for lawyers to find past work when similar matters come up again. It differs from generic document management in that it's built around the specific structure of legal work — matters, contracts, and advice — rather than generic folders.

Generic cloud storage like SharePoint, Google Drive, and OneDrive were built for file storage across an entire organization — they aren't built around the structure of legal work. In LawVu, every document is connected to the matter or contract it belongs to, so the context is preserved automatically. Search understands legal structure, permissions are managed at the matter and contract level, and related emails, notes, and drafts all live alongside the work they relate to. Many LawVu customers keep their existing SharePoint or OneDrive environment and use LawVu as the dedicated system for legal's own work.

LawVu search locates documents across an entire legal workspace by text content, metadata, matter, contract, or colleague. Because every document is tied to the matter or contract it belongs to, results return with context — the surrounding work — rather than as isolated fragments. Full-text search covers Word documents, PDFs, emails, notes, and templates, so teams can surface precedent work, past advice, and clause language in seconds instead of hours.

LawVu automatically versions documents as they're edited, so teams have a clear history of who changed what and when. Activity logs capture every action — views, edits, shares, comments, and approvals — creating a defensible audit trail for internal reviews, regulatory reporting, and business continuity. Because sharing is permissioned and trackable, legal teams always know who has access to sensitive material and what they've done with it

Yes. LawVu is GDPR and HIPAA compliant and certified against ISO 27001, SOC 1, and SOC 2. Single sign-on (SSO) is supported, access is permissioned at the matter and document level, and every action is captured in an auditable activity log. Data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and customer data is segregated and not used to train public AI models. Full details are available in the LawVu Trust Center.

Yes. LawVu supports controlled, trackable sharing with both internal business partners and external outside counsel. Access is permissioned, so legal teams decide exactly which matters, contracts, or documents each person can see. Comments, edits, and reviews happen inside the workspace rather than in email, which keeps the record complete and reduces the risk of sensitive material being forwarded outside the organization.