Observed arrival · 2026-10-14
Bench Copy keeps legal case files on the lawyer’s machine
Local-first desktop software for appellate brief preparation and criminal discovery, aimed at New York and federal practitioners.
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- New York and federal appellate and criminal practitioners
- Worth noticing
- The page says matter files stay on the user’s disk, with a 30-day offline grace period on every plan.
Field notes
The Brief Builder’s listed court profiles span New York Appellate Divisions, the Court of Appeals, the Second Circuit, and Supreme Court certiorari. For Discovery, the page describes local OCR and an index linked to people, charges, and motions; it also lists Bates-range reconciliation and gap reports. These are homepage descriptions rather than independently tested capabilities.
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