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Advanced Legal Editing for WordRake Users

The same commitment to clarity, expanded with legal-specific insight and optional AI.

BriefCatch Next includes the clarity and editing capabilities WordRake users rely on—while extending them with legal-specific insight, document-level analysis, and optional AI designed for risk-aware legal practice.

Why BriefCatch Next?

Built by Ross Guberman, the nation’s most trusted legal-writing authority
BriefCatch Next is built on decades of legal writing research by Ross Guberman, whose work is trusted by federal judges and leading law firms nationwide. The same principles he teaches in courtrooms and firm trainings are now condensed into a product.

Built with Security in Mind

Zero Data Retention: Your content is yours alone and never stored or retained.
BriefCatch does not collect, store, log, or train on text from your documents or emails. Your content is never retained or accessible to anyone, including our team, at any point in the editing process.

What You’ll Notice Immediately with

Legal-aware suggestions
Feedback reflects legal structure, argument flow, and professional norms—not just sentence cleanup.
Document-level insight
Issues with structure, repetition, and buried arguments surface across the entire brief, not line by line.
Greater tone and risk control
Suggestions adapt to formal legal audiences and flag overstatement, hedging, or unintended aggressiveness.
Optional, controlled AI assistance
AI appears only when you choose to use it and never replaces legal reasoning or judgment.
Early citation and consistency alerts
Inconsistent references and potential citation issues are flagged before final review.
Review that feels senior-level
Guidance aligns with how partners and experienced editors assess drafts—less cosmetic, more substantive.

BriefCatch Next vs. WordRake — Feature Highlights

Core Editing (Both Tools)

BriefCatch Next

WordRake

Plain language & brevity edits

Reduce legalese & wordiness

Active-voice suggestions

Grammar & punctuation (high level)

Microsoft Word & Outlook add-ins

Where BriefCatch Next Goes Further

Feature

BriefCatch Next

WordRake

Legal-specific writing guidance

Nominalizations & complex passives (advanced)

LIMITED

Document-level analysis (structure & repetition)

Brief- and motion-optimized feedback

Grounded in legal-writing research

BriefChat (interactive feedback on your draft)

Compare drafting choices to expert legal writers

Explain why edits improve legal writing

RealityCheck (hallucination & assertion review)

Optional, transparent AI tools

What Makes BriefCatch Different

BriefCatch Next

WordRake

Nominalizations

(1) This act, however, did not violate was not a real violation of the law.
(1) This act, however, was not a real violation of the law.
(2) A State cannot remedy a § 2 violation by creating through the creation of a noncompact district.
(2) A State cannot remedy cannot fix a § 2 violation through the creation of a noncompact district.
(3) The statute exempts provides a substantial exemption for students.
(3) The statute provides a substantial exemption for students.

Stilted Clauses and Constructions

Since this matter began Since the inception of this matter, they have denigrated the team spoken of the team in a disparaging tone, though we have tried to address made an attempt at addressing their tone several times on several occasions.
Since the inception of this matter inception, they have denigrated the team spoken of the team in a disparaging tone, though we have tried to address made an attempt at addressing their tone several times on several occasions.

Active Voice

The case that the lower court cited case that was relied upon by the lower court is inapposite.
The case that was relied upon by the lower court is inapposite.

Upgrade to BriefCatch Next

You don't need to choose between what already works and something new. BriefCatch Next preserves the clarity you trust in WordRake, while giving you tools designed for modern legal writing.

BriefCatch will be in touch with WordRake customers soon to explain options for transitioning to BriefCatch Next!

We employ best practices and adhere to industry standards in security and privacy, ensuring compliance with recognized general frameworks.
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