For Paralegal / Legal Assistants ·
What you'll accomplish
By the end of this guide, you'll have Briefpoint set up to automatically generate first-draft discovery responses — turning a 4–6 hour job into a 30–60 minute review process. You'll feed it the opposing party's discovery requests, and Briefpoint will generate properly formatted responses with standard objections already in place, leaving you to fill in the factual content.
What you'll need
Go to briefpoint.ai and click "Start Free Trial." Create an account with your work email. You do not need to download software — Briefpoint is web-based.
What you should see: A dashboard with options to start a new discovery project.
Troubleshooting: If your firm's email is blocked by a spam filter, check your junk folder for the verification email.
On the Briefpoint dashboard, click "New Discovery" or "+ New Project." Select the document type you're working on: Responses to Interrogatories, Responses to Requests for Production, or Responses to Requests for Admission.
What you should see: A project creation screen asking for the case name and document type.
Click "Upload" and upload the opposing party's discovery requests as a PDF or Word file. Briefpoint will parse the document and extract each numbered request individually.
What you should see: A list of each interrogatory or request displayed separately, numbered in sequence.
Troubleshooting: If requests are not parsed correctly (common with unusual formatting), use Briefpoint's manual edit mode to paste each request individually.
Briefpoint automatically generates a response framework for each request, including standard objections (relevance, overbreadth, privilege) and a response placeholder. Review each generated response.
What you should see: Each request shows: (1) standard objection language; (2) a "Subject to and without waiving the foregoing objections" transition; (3) a response field for the factual answer.
For each request, fill in the actual factual response in the response field. For requests you're objecting to in full, mark as "Objection only." For requests requiring document production, note "See documents produced herewith, Bates Nos. [range]."
Click "Export" and select Word format (.docx). The exported document follows proper discovery response formatting with the caption, introduction, and individual responses — ready to hand to the supervising attorney for review.
(Use these when you need to add non-standard language to a Briefpoint response)
For a general objection on scope:
Objecting party objects to this request as overbroad and unduly burdensome to the extent it seeks documents beyond the relevant time period. Subject to and without waiving this objection, responding party responds as follows:
For a privilege objection:
Objecting party objects to this request to the extent it seeks documents protected by the attorney-client privilege or work product doctrine. A privilege log will be served under separate cover.
For a "documents will be produced" response:
Responding party will produce non-privileged, responsive documents in its possession, custody, or control following entry of an appropriate protective order.