August launches instant, self-serve legal AI with 100+ video tutorials for lawyers
On January 27, 2026, August announced an instant sign-up platform and August Academy-a library of 100+ video tutorials-built to help lawyers adopt AI without long sales cycles, complex rollouts, or costly training. The offer includes a two-week free trial with full access and no credit card required.
The focus is simple: give solo attorneys and small to midsize firms the same capabilities that large firms use, without extra headcount or IT overhead. Lawyers can enroll, get two weeks free, and start applying AI to drafting, due diligence, and contract review in minutes.
Why this model matters for small firms
Most legal AI has catered to BigLaw with enterprise pricing and lengthy implementations. That leaves solos and small firms doing the same work with fewer resources and tighter margins.
August flips that script. You can sign up now, start working right away, and learn as you go with short, practical lessons inside August Academy.
What you can do with August
- Drafting and document creation: Generate demand letters, motions, briefs, and more-mapped to your firm's style and formatting standards.
- Tabular review and data extraction: Turn large document sets into structured tables for due diligence, contract analysis, and discovery. Filter, sort, and analyze in seconds.
- Playbook-based contract review: Build playbooks from your precedent deals, then apply them across new contracts to flag issues and suggest redlines based on your standards.
- Deep Microsoft integration: Work across Word, Outlook, and SharePoint with context preserved, so the system understands your matters without switching tools or losing track.
How the workflow fits into real matters
August natively ingests documents, extracts key data, applies firm standards, and produces first drafts. You keep control of judgment calls and client strategy while offloading repetitive steps that consume billable hours.
Learn as you go with August Academy
August Academy pairs the platform with practical instruction: short videos, workflows, and examples covering document review strategies, drafting techniques, research approaches, and more. Lessons can be filtered by practice area, use case, and comfort level with AI.
The library is continuously updated as new capabilities roll out. August collaborated with curriculum designers and legal professionals to encourage responsible use and fast, confident adoption.
What attorneys are saying
"August has become a really valuable partner to how I work," said Patricia Wolfe, Shareholder at Hunt Ortmann Attorneys at Law. "The platform quickly and easily handles the tedious parts of discovery work, like drafting discovery requests, summarizing depositions, and running deposition transcript searches for key terms, so that I can focus on the high level strategic decisions that actually require legal expertise. I'm excited for other attorneys to try this tool."
"Most legal AI has been built for Am Law 50 firms," said Thomas Bueler-Faudree, co-founder of August. "I worked for an attorney in Alaska at a small firm where a tool like this would have been invaluable, but the barriers to entry were impossibly high. We built August to change that. Any lawyer can sign up right now and start getting work done immediately, with August Academy there to help them learn as they go."
Who it's for
- Solo practitioners who want to draft faster and keep more client work in-house.
- Small and midsize firms standardizing quality across matters without adding overhead.
- Practice groups building repeatable playbooks from precedent to speed reviews and reduce risk.
Get started
The two-week free trial includes the full platform and all August Academy content-no credit card required. Start your trial here: https://app.august.law/sign-up
If you're building broader AI skills across roles and practice support, explore practical training by job function: AI courses by job, or see legal-specific guides at AI for Legal.
About August
August is a legal AI workspace that supports drafting, redlining, research, and client communication-keeping context synced across web, email, and documents. The company has raised $7M from NEA, Pear VC, Afore Capital, Stanford Law School, and executives at OpenAI, Bain Capital Ventures, and Ramp, and serves firms from solo practices to midsize organizations.
Learn more at august.law.
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