How to Put AI to Work for Your Immigration Law Firm

AI or no AI? That’s no longer the question for immigration law firms.

Chances are—most software you use in your practice these days has incorporated artificial intelligence. It’s been working behind the scenes in legal workflows for decades. Over the last year, it has become much less discreet.

It seems every application you log into has a new AI icon flashing at you. And everywhere we turn, someone is asking:

Should we be using AI in our immigration law practice?

How can we use AI in our law firm safely and responsibly?

What AI tools should immigration attorneys consider?
Which immigration software has the best AI capabilities?

AI is becoming such an important topic among immigration law firms that AILA made it a key theme at this year’s Technology and Innovation Summit and even launched a live online course on AI in Immigration Law.

If you’re not yet sold on the benefits of using AI in your work, we’re not here to convince you. The fact is—AI can save immigration attorneys a ton of time while improving accuracy, logic, client communications, and more.

We do want to show you some real-world ways that immigration attorneys are using AI in their practices to drive better outcomes.

7 ways immigration attorneys are using AI

It’s pretty common for AI skeptics to get hooked once they witness the practicality of artificial intelligence in action.

When we talk about AI in immigration law, we’re not talking about robotic court clerks straight out of some sci-fi movie. We’re referring to everyday tasks that typically eat up countless hours for attorneys, caseworkers, and legal assistants.

Immigration law firms are starting to embrace AI to do things like:

Review and summarize documents
Conduct legal research
Proofread documents and case files
Analyze data and extra key insights
Automate document creation and management
Improve organization and logic
Automate client interactions and communications

There are even tools on the horizon that will generate your entire petition package and review it for accuracy before submitting it to the courts.

We’re not suggesting that you give over your entire case logic to artificial intelligence. There’s plenty of proof about the importance of caution when it comes to AI in immigration law.

However, there are some secure and reliable solutions available to help make your workflows faster and easier.

Meet 3 AI Workmates ready to go to work for you

Many immigration attorneys using eIMMIGRATION are getting casework done faster than ever, thanks to our new AI Workmates—Summarizer, Translator, and Extractor.

Meet the trio here to make your job easier.

Summarizer AI: Save hours in document review

Get everyone up to speed on case history quickly with an AI Workmate that saves hours in document review. Summarizer AI is great for reading and recapping AAO decisions and incorporating them into your workstreams.

Flexible document formats
Multiple summarizations simultaneously.
Seamless summary exports

Translator AI: Send multilingual intake questionnaires

Reduce language barriers by automatically translating intake forms and questionnaires to each client’s preferred language. Clients will receive and can answer questionnaires in their language of choice. Translator will convert their responses to English before mapping them to your case and client profiles.

Choose from 11 languages including English, Spanish, Chinese, French, Korean, Farsi, Japanese, Russian, Arabic, Portuguese, and Vietnamese.

Extractor AI: Create complete client profiles in seconds

Instantly populate client and case profiles from passports, intake forms, or other PDF documents so you can spend more time building relationships and less time entering data. You’ll save hundreds of keystrokes per case and prevent data entry mistakes.