Legal
Litigation partner
Day in the life
Anonymized beta example
Roughly 4 hours reclaimed during a single high-stakes prep week
Problem
Board prep week meant constant calendar shuffles — associate holds moved without visibility, client callbacks slipped, and every reschedule risked a surprise for opposing counsel timelines.
A day with Selara
6:45 AM
Monday inbox scan before the office
Overnight threads included a client asking about deposition timing and an associate proposing three hold moves for board prep. Normally this becomes a mental list before coffee.
Selara
Selara grouped the threads by urgency, flagged the depo conflict against Thursday’s prep block, and queued a single morning summary — no calendar or mail changes yet.
8:10 AM
Associate holds need to shift
Board prep consumed Tuesday afternoon. Three internal holds and one client check-in needed to move, each with different stakeholders and notice expectations.
Selara
Selara drafted a reschedule plan: new slots, who would be notified, and which messages needed partner tone versus associate send. The partner reviewed once and approved with two edits.
11:30 AM
Client callback between hearings
A ten-minute window between matters. The client expected confirmation on deposition timing, not a vague “we’re working on it.”
Selara
Selara prepared a reply in the partner’s voice with the approved schedule, flagged one sentence for tone, and waited. Nothing sent until the partner tapped approve from the car.
4:50 PM
End-of-day calendar integrity check
Prep week calendars often drift by Friday. The partner wanted to know nothing moved externally without being seen first.
Selara
Selara showed a day recap: every approved change, every pending draft, and one associate hold still waiting on counter-proposal. No surprises left for Tuesday morning.
How Selara helped
Selara drafted a full reschedule plan before touching the calendar: which holds moved, who got notified, and which client threads needed follow-up. The partner approved or edited once instead of chasing five separate changes.
Results
- Board prep week completed without a client-facing calendar surprise
- Associate coordination handled in one approval instead of a chain of texts
- Follow-up drafts ready for review before anything sent under the partner’s name
“I stopped being the person who finds out about a moved depo from someone else’s assistant. I see the whole plan first.”
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