“Stuff I would give a 1-3 year associate and expect them to spend 6-8 hours on, I give to westlaw and it gives me a better work product than an associate would in 10 minutes.”
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- r/biglaw · Oct 2, 2026ClaudeValues
“If you use Claude, running Opus 5.5 or Fable on Extra Effort, it genuinely could replace a lot of attorneys.”
open - r/biglaw · Oct 2, 2026CoCounselMixed
“Westlaw CoCounsel is really good when there’s a clear answer to a question.”
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HarveyMixed“Harvey and WestLaw’s AI (and parallel search) are the most useful imo but like I said that doesn’t mean they are good.”
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LegoraCriticizes“Legora is great if you want to feel really confident about something (but get it wrong anyways).”
open - r/biglaw · Oct 2, 2026HarveyCriticizes
“Harvey should *never* be used for research.”
open - r/biglaw · Oct 1, 2026HarveyMixed
“I say Harvey gets the first 20% of the work done.”
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