ABA Formal Opinion 512 spells out lawyers' duties of competence, confidentiality, and supervision when they use generative AI. Surveys of law firms in 2026 show most still have no written, enforced AI policy. Put governance in place before a client, a court, or a bar regulator asks to see it.
You may be the legal ops function, and you may already have an AI policy that someone drafted in an afternoon. Start with a fixed-price Governance Review of what you have. If the gaps are larger than expected, step up to a scoped assessment. I build governance structures simple enough to implement without a dedicated team and specific enough to document and apply.
A full assessment report is long, and my largest engagement involved a service-wide military legal organization, so its findings stay private. Here is what I can show.
I have run the full Aegis Protocol for a service-wide military legal organization. The findings are not published. In a discovery call I can walk you through the method, the structure of the report, and how findings become a prioritized remediation roadmap.
A report built on a fictional firm shows exactly what you receive: a domain scorecard, risk-rated findings, and a prioritized roadmap. Every fact in it is invented, so nothing in it is confidential.
The AI Governance Globe is a free reference tool that tracks AI regulation across jurisdictions. The retainer monitoring below is built on the same review process.
Before AI governance, I built and ran legal operations systems for a military justice office, with measured results. Read the case studies
I hold the PMP credential and an M.S. in Forensic Psychology, and I serve as an Army paralegal NCO. The methodology behind every deliverable is described at the end of this page.
Good free material exists. A firm with one attorney, one approved tool, and no client data going into AI tools may need nothing more than a template. Start here:
Score yourself first. If the results show gaps, a Governance Review gives you a verified answer.
A template gives you words. I check whether your practice matches them. I inventory the AI actually in use, test your policy against your jurisdiction and practice areas, rate the gaps by risk, and leave you with a prioritized roadmap and documentation you can show a client or a court. The Governance Review below is built for firms that started with a template.
All engagements are built on NIST AI RMF and ISO 42001 principles. ABA and state bar guidance is incorporated as applicable to your jurisdiction.
Pricing scales with organization size and complexity. Expand any engagement below for details, or jump straight to the tier guide.
The fastest way in. If you already have a governance document, whether you drafted it internally or had AI draft it, I stress-test it against the Aegis Protocol framework and current ABA and state bar guidance, and tell you what holds and what doesn't.
The full picture. Use it when you are not sure what you have, what is missing, or where your exposure is. I run the Aegis Protocol, a structured assessment across organizational readiness, AI inventory, policy documentation, attorney oversight, data governance, vendor management, risk management, training, and regulatory compliance. Standard and Enterprise engagements cover the full nine-domain framework. Pulse-tier engagements are scoped to the domains most relevant to your risk profile, typically organizational readiness, policy documentation, and attorney oversight, plus one additional domain based on your practice areas and AI use. Every finding is documented with a risk rating and a specific recommendation. You receive a written findings report and a prioritized remediation roadmap.
Standard / Enterprise scope — full assessment includes:Full governance framework build. Based on assessment findings or a scoping conversation, I design and deliver a complete governance system your team can implement, document, and maintain. This includes the policy documents, the operational workflows, the audit trail structure, and the accountability documentation, built to your organization's size, practice areas, and existing technology environment.
The rules keep changing. A policy written this year may not cover a tool or court rule that arrives next quarter. The public AI Governance Globe is free and tracks jurisdictions in general. Retainer clients get a private layer on top of it: a watchlist built around the states, courts, and practice areas you actually work in, and a short impact note on every change that matters to you.
How it works| Tier | Org Profile | Assessment | Implementation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulse | Solo / 1–25 attorneys | $5,000 – $10,000 | $5,000 – $8,000 |
| Standard | 26–500 attorneys | $15,000 – $30,000 | $8,000 – $15,000 |
| Enterprise | 500+ attorneys, multi-office | $30,000 – $75,000+ | Scoped individually |
Every deliverable that leaves GodwulfNexus is held to the standard I build for clients.
I use AI to draft the narrative sections of client deliverables. Every score, count, date, and cross-reference in AI-drafted content is then checked against the source data as a logged step, whether or not the draft agrees with my initial read.
Findings, risk ratings, and recommendations are my own professional judgment, informed but never determined by AI-assisted drafting.
Read the research behind this methodology →If you are not sure which engagement fits your situation, start there. Reach out with a brief description of where you are and I will give you an honest assessment of what you need and what it would cost.
Whether you need an assessment, a full framework, or an ongoing advisory relationship — let's talk about what's possible.
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