Your law firm may already be using AI, even if you never officially approved it. I look at shadow AI, client information, AI policies, Microsoft Copilot and the practical steps small law firms can take to put AI governance in place without making it unnecessarily complicated.

Can you trust AI with your business data? I think that's the wrong question. See how I approach AI governance, Microsoft 365 security, employee access, acceptable AI use and responsible AI adoption for small businesses.

Claude Cowork is a mode inside the Claude desktop app that works through multi-step tasks on its own, inside an isolated virtual machine on your computer. Here is how I run it on a dedicated machine to handle backup monitoring, security alerts, expenses, and mileage for my IT business, safely.

Claude Teams gives a small business a shared, secure AI workspace, but the tool is only half the job. The other half is governance: a written AI Acceptable Use Policy, clear rules for what data can and cannot go into the tool, and guardrails that match the business's compliance obligations. Done right, it turns multi-hour weekly tasks into minutes without creating a data-leak or compliance problem.