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Citation Engine™
for lawyers.

Earned editorial mentions in publishers that AI systems weight as authoritative.

Duration · ongoing
Price · bespoke
Vertical · Lawyers

Why lawyers retain this engagement

Citations from AI-trusted publishers are the single highest-yield signal for ChatGPT, Perplexity and Copilot recommendation surface.

For lawyers specifically, the gap that this engagement closes is the Authority & Authorship signal — typically the lowest-scored of the eight signals across the Lawyers cohort. The trust signals that Lawyers need to demonstrate inside AI answers — admissions, professional accreditations (Law Society, accredited specialist), reported cases, published commentary, and verified client outcomes — are exactly the surface this engagement builds.

What you receive

The deliverable is a managed editorial outreach programme with named publisher targets and tracked placements.

Everything is delivered against The Standard™, our published methodology, and executed by named credentialled practitioners — Practitioners, Specialists, and Fellows — registered through Certified™.

How the engagement works for lawyers

The Citation Engine is designed to integrate with the operational rhythm of a law firm. We schedule deep-work sessions around your busy periods, not in spite of them. The named senior practitioner is your single point of contact — there is no account-management overhead.

Common starting point

Most lawyers retain Citation Engine after running the AI Discovery Audit™ first. The Audit identifies whether this engagement is the right yield priority for your specific scorecard, and quantifies the expected lift.

What this engagement is not

This is not link-building, not generic SEO retainer work, and not a software subscription. Citation Engine is a structured, methodology-driven institutional process. The deliverable is documented, the practitioner is named, the standard is published — and you receive a re-auditable score against the benchmark.

"AI Discovery work is methodical. The firms that compound on it are the ones that retain citation engine-grade engagements, not the ones chasing tactics."

Pricing transparency

bespoke. Pricing is set against scope, not seat-count or hours. You can see the published pricing on our Pricing page, and the Score Engine institutional licence is detailed there as a separate institutional tier ($250K–$700K for whole-firm licensing).

Common questions

What does the Citation Engine cost for lawyers?

bespoke. Scope is set after a 30-minute intake call. Pricing varies with practice scale and the number of law firm entities to be audited or remediated.

How long does the Citation Engine take?

ongoing. For lawyers, the calendar timeline is typically driven by your ability to provide named-principal interviews and supply existing brand assets; we move at the pace you can resource.

What do I receive at the end?

You receive a managed editorial outreach programme with named publisher targets and tracked placements. For lawyers specifically, the deliverable also includes a vertical-comparable benchmark sourced from The Index™.

Why does this matter for lawyers specifically?

Citations from AI-trusted publishers are the single highest-yield signal for ChatGPT, Perplexity and Copilot recommendation surface. For lawyers, the signal disproportionately under-built across the cohort is Authority & Authorship — and Citation Engine is the engagement that addresses it most directly.

Find out where you stand in 7 days.

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