Scattered documents
The same material in several places, in several formats, with no clear sense of which copy is current.
Legal-work software
Practical software tools for people representing themselves.
Blue Collar Briefs is the legal-software division of All The Best Ways LLC. We develop user-friendly software tools for people who must prepare and organize their own legal work.
The problem we are aimed at
Legal work generates a lot of paper, and the difficulty is rarely any single document. It is keeping track of how everything fits together — especially when you are doing it alone.
Finding a date or a source
Knowing something was said somewhere, and needing to locate exactly where.
Tracking revisions
Working out what changed between versions, and when.
Pulling material together
Turning a pile of records into something organised enough to work from.
What we are building
These are the areas we are working on. The software is still in development, so we describe direction rather than finished features.
Document organization
Bringing material into one consistent structure so it can be worked through in a sensible order.
Timelines and dates
Assembling dates and events into a sequence a person can check and correct.
Source-linked work
Keeping a note tied to where it came from, so a claim can be traced back to its origin.
Drafting and revisions
Keeping earlier versions visible so changes can be reviewed rather than silently lost.
Preparing for review
Producing organized material that a qualified person can review, rather than a finished legal product.
None of these are available to purchase yet. They are described so you know what we are working on.
Where human review fits
- Organised material, not conclusions.
- A person reviews and corrects the output.
- Sources stay visible so claims can be traced.
- No automated legal decision-making.
If you are representing yourself
People representing themselves are sometimes called pro se, which simply means you are handling your own matter without a lawyer representing you.
That work is hard, and a lot of it is organisational rather than argumentative: keeping documents in order, knowing what happened when, and being able to find the source of something you wrote months ago. That is the part we are trying to make easier.
Our tools are built to support that effort, not to replace the advice of a licensed attorney.
Products
We are developing our first tools. We publish details only once the software is genuinely ready to deliver.
Document organization tool
Our first application, aimed at gathering scattered records into one workable structure. Supported platforms, pricing, and licence terms will be published when they are final.
Client and contract work
We also build to order where an organisation has a specific problem worth solving. Scope and terms are agreed in writing before any work starts.
Nothing here is for sale yet. Blue Collar Briefs has no products available for purchase at this time. There is no checkout on this site and no payment details are collected.
Contact
Questions about what we are building, or a problem you think this work applies to: [email protected]
Blue Collar Briefs sells software tools. We are not a law firm, do not provide legal advice or attorney representation, and do not create an attorney-client relationship.