Empower Apps deliver an AI-first mobile experience transforming legal operations by sa.global
The future for law firms has arrived. Our Q3 2025 release of empower represents a fundamental shift toward AI-powered, mobile-first operations that keep pace with today’s distributed workforce. Building on our recent announcements around billing collaboration and the holy trinity of time, expenses, and approvals , we are delivering AI-powered legal operations software and seamless mobility across every aspect of your firm’s operations.
AI copilot: your persona-intelligent business assistant
Context-aware conversations that know your work
The latest release of AI copilots in law firms in all empower applications leverages advanced AI to understand your current context—whether you are reviewing an invoice proposal, managing a matter, or tracking time. This contextual intelligence means you can ask “What’s the amount on this invoice?” without specifying which invoice, because the system already knows what you’re working on.
Available both as an integrated sidecar within all empower applications and as a dedicated Microsoft Teams experience, the copilot delivers role-specific intelligence. Employee-focused capabilities streamline leave management and HR tasks, while specialized personas—such as a fee earner—provide targeted assistance for time capture, expense management, and approval workflows for law firms.
Smart suggestions that anticipate your needs
The copilot doesn’t just respond, it proactively guides your workflow with intelligent next steps. After checking leave balances, it suggests creating a leave request. Following expense inquiries, it offers to initiate new reports. This predictive assistance transforms routine tasks into streamlined conversations.
Mobile-first design: complete mobility across core functions
Lawyers and fee earners don’t work from a single desk, and neither should their tools. This release delivers full mobile functionality across time capture, expense management, and approval workflows—designed with native mobile experiences that work as seamlessly as your favorite consumer apps.
The unified empower pulse mobile application consolidates time, expenses, and approvals into a single, intuitive interface. Meanwhile, empower time also maintains its dedicated mobile presence, offering specialized time-capture capabilities including quick timers, matter shortcuts, and calendar integration optimized for on-the-go professionals.
Mobile-enabled expense capture
Transform how your firm handles expenses with mobile-first features that eliminate manual data entry. Built-in camera functionality enables instant receipt capture, while intelligent categorization and matter assignment streamline the entire expense workflow—from capture to approval to reimbursement.
Enhanced navigation: fewer clicks, better performance, streamlined experience
We’ve fundamentally reimagined navigation across all empower applications, moving from hamburger menus to intuitive top-level navigation. This isn’t just about aesthetics—it’s about efficiency. Users can now access any empower pulse function with a single click while enjoying improved application performance and reduced Microsoft Azure consumption costs.
The new navigation architecture leverages single-page application benefits, eliminating redundant downloads and accelerating every interaction. Whether you’re reviewing matter status, managing expenses, or processing approvals, the experience is faster and more intuitive.
Consistent design language across platforms
Visual consistency drives user adoption and reduces training time. This release introduces a unified design language spanning desktop and mobile applications, with consistent color coding, status indicators, and interaction patterns that create familiar experiences regardless of device or function.
Advanced workflow capabilities
Performance reviews go digital
Building on our HR digitization initiatives, empower pulse now includes comprehensive performance-review management. Teams can collaborate on mid-year reviews directly within Microsoft Teams, maintaining the structured process of evergreen while enabling flexible, mobile-friendly interactions between managers and employees.
Intelligent approval management
Approval workflows receive significant enhancements with bulk processing, delegation capabilities, and contextual information display. Mobile approvers can review timesheet details, leave-request specifics, and invoice information before making decisions—all without switching applications or losing context.
Looking forward: integrated excellence
This release sets the foundation for our upcoming AR collections functionality, creating an interconnected ecosystem where AI intelligence and mobile accessibility enhance every aspect of your legal operations. From initial client engagement through matter delivery and collections, empower now provides the modern, intelligent end-user experience that today’s law firms demand.
The release represents more than feature additions—it’s a transformation toward AI-augmented, mobile-native operations that adapt to how legal professionals actually work. Available now, these capabilities are ready to revolutionize your team’s productivity and client service delivery.
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