AI for small immigration law firms
Explaw: take more cases without hiring another paralegal.
Explaw is an AI assistant that drafts complete USCIS filing packets in your firm's voice, so your attorneys review instead of retype.
Join the pilot Pilot firms use Explaw free.
About Explaw
Explaw is an AI assistant for small US immigration law firms. It builds I-485 adjustment-of-status filing packets (Forms I-485, I-130, I-765 and I-131), cover letters and evidence checklists by learning from a firm's past cases. A lawyer reviews and approves every document before it is final. Explaw costs $149 per seat per month, and pilot firms use it free.
The problem: paperwork limits how many cases a small firm can take
Filing packets eat the week
A single family-based adjustment-of-status case means assembling four USCIS forms, a cover letter and a stack of supporting evidence. At a small immigration firm, that assembly work falls on the same few people who also handle clients.
Hiring a paralegal is expensive
Adding a paralegal means salary, benefits, recruiting and months of training before they can work on their own. For a small firm, that cost is often the reason it turns away new cases.
How Explaw works
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Connect your past cases
Explaw learns from your firm's previous filings: how you structure packets, phrase cover letters and organize evidence.
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AI drafts the filing packet in your firm's voice
For each new case, Explaw prepares the forms, cover letter and evidence checklist, written the way your firm writes them.
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The lawyer reviews and approves
Nothing is final until an attorney at your firm reviews, edits and approves it. Explaw drafts; your lawyers decide.
What Explaw drafts
I-485 packet builder
A complete adjustment-of-status packet:
- Form I-485 (Adjustment of Status)
- Form I-130 (Petition for Alien Relative)
- Form I-765 (Employment Authorization)
- Form I-131 (Travel Document)
Cover letters
Cover letters that summarize the filing and index its contents, matched to your firm's tone and format.
Evidence checklists
Case-specific checklists of the supporting documents to collect from the client before filing.
Coming soon
- RFE responses — drafts responses to USCIS Requests for Evidence.
- Interview prep — prepares clients for their USCIS interview.
Why Explaw
Purpose-built for small firms
Explaw is designed for solo practitioners and small immigration practices, not for large firms with dedicated IT and innovation teams.
$149 vs. $1,200+ per seat
Explaw costs $149 per seat per month. Enterprise legal-AI tools typically cost $1,200 or more per seat per month.
Immigration-specific workflows
Explaw works in USCIS filing packets, forms and evidence, not generic legal text that someone still has to turn into a filing.
Pricing
$149 per seat / month
Pilot firms use Explaw free for the duration of the pilot.
- I-485 packet builder
- Cover letters and evidence checklists
- Drafts in your firm's voice
- New workflows as they launch
Frequently asked questions
What is Explaw?
Explaw is an AI assistant for small US immigration law firms. It drafts filing packets, starting with the I-485 adjustment-of-status packet (I-485, I-130, I-765 and I-131), plus cover letters and evidence checklists, written in your firm's voice. A lawyer reviews and approves every document before it is final.
Who is Explaw for?
Explaw is built for small US immigration law firms, typically solo practitioners and firms with a handful of attorneys and paralegals, that want to take more cases without hiring another paralegal.
How much does Explaw cost?
Explaw costs $149 per seat per month. Firms that join the pilot use Explaw free for the duration of the pilot.
Is client data safe with Explaw?
Client data is used only to serve your firm. Each firm's case data is kept separate, is not used to train models for other firms, and is encrypted in transit and at rest. Nothing Explaw drafts is final until a lawyer at your firm reviews and approves it.
How is Explaw different from generic legal AI tools?
Explaw is immigration-specific and built for small firms. It produces complete USCIS filing packets rather than generic legal text, learns from your firm's past cases so drafts match your voice, and costs $149 per seat per month compared with $1,200 or more per seat for enterprise legal-AI tools.
When is Explaw available?
Explaw is currently running a pilot with a small number of immigration law firms. Pilot firms use it free during the pilot. To join, email mark@explaw.ai.