“We just moved to Claude recently and I bet it’s saving me 5 hours/week of work.”
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- r/LawFirm · Oct 15, 2026MixedGeneral models like Claude are excellent for drafting and analysis, but specialized tools earn their place on large, messy record sets through OCR, deduplication and page citations. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/LawFirm · Oct 13, 2026ClaudeNeutralThe author trains Claude's skills by running the same task in parallel, then giving Claude their own version so it can improve the skill. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/LawFirm · Oct 13, 2026ClaudeValues
“Claude's raw quality beats the legal-specific tools; the setup is where people stall.”
open - r/LawFirm · Oct 11, 2026NeutralBefore choosing any legal AI vendor, lawyers should get written answers on training use, data retention, add-on coverage and who can access client data. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/LawFirm · Oct 9, 2026ClaudeValues
“It's literally a good folder structure and proper markdown files for routing and memory that makes AI able to continuously improve as you use it, and solve the context problem.”
open - r/LawFirm · Oct 9, 2026ClaudeValues
“Hi there, so the AI model/engine running your ai environment really doesn't matter a whole lot, but Claude Opus5.5 is the way to go at the moment (all the top models, open or closed source are pretty good at this point).”
open - r/LawFirm · Oct 7, 2026ClaudeValues
“Claude is able to find me necessary cases and cite them and argue with them properly.”
open - r/LawFirm · Oct 7, 2026ValuesThe author switched from Claude to OpenCase for workflow features like in-line citation checking and organized matter documents, saving time from research to first draft while still reviewing everything. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/LawFirm · Oct 6, 2026ClaudeNeutralRunning Claude locally on a PC with active client files lets it access everything quickly without uploads and at little cost. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/LawFirm · Oct 6, 2026
ClioNeutralThe author uses Outlook's AI to edit emails and Clio's Vincent for document review. (summary, not a quote)open - r/LawFirm · Oct 6, 2026ClaudeValues
“From about opus 4.8 got claude on the level, where in middle of the case it can draft reasonable filing which needs reasonable ammount of editing.”
open - r/LawFirm · Oct 6, 2026ClaudeNeutralThe author wrote a detailed two-page claude.md covering first-page layout and date formats to standardize Claude's drafting. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/LawFirm · Oct 6, 2026ClaudeValues
“Since we use Clio manage for the office agenda we connected MCP server to Claude desktop as extension and it works great.”
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