“I've tried a few different configurations in Claude and it just is doing a terrible job - either it drafts way too much, or it drafts way too little and misses big things, with not much in between.”
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- r/Lawyertalk · Aug 22, 2026ClaudeNeutralThe author downloads batches of Westlaw cases for each cause of action and prompts the AI one legal argument at a time. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/Lawyertalk · Aug 22, 2026ClaudeNeutralThe author built a Claude skill that logs into Lexis and downloads the cases cited in a document's argument section. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/Lawyertalk · Aug 22, 2026ClaudeValues
“I've never had any issues and I've been doing this for a couple years now.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Aug 21, 2026ClaudeNeutral
“Team is a commercial tier with a DPA and no training by default, which is a real step up from a personal free/Pro login.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Aug 21, 2026ValuesThe author prefers Legion for discovery because it is far easier to iterate on than wrestling with Claude, though the output is not perfect. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/Lawyertalk · Aug 21, 2026NeutralThe author has used AI in litigation since ChatGPT launched and advises that curiosity and a framework like DRAFT are all a lawyer needs to apply it to pain points. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/Lawyertalk · Aug 21, 2026ClaudeValues
“I kick it over to my associate to cite check but at this point I've only ever seen him find a pincite off by a page.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Aug 21, 2026ClaudeValues
“Claude Team is good enough for most attorneys that don't have Fortune 500 clients with insane security/confidentiality requirements that require individual vendor signoffs.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Aug 21, 2026ClaudeMixed
“I used to just let it do what it do, and it wasn’t bad. The citations were never a problem for me.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Aug 21, 2026ClaudeNeutralA solo estate planning lawyer uses Claude and ChatGPT to write Python code that turns intake consultation notes into structured data, as a cheap home-built workflow. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/Lawyertalk · Aug 21, 2026Lexis+ AICriticizes
“2nd on Protege…it’s so buggy and extremely limited as far as brainstorming.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Aug 21, 2026ClaudeMixed
“Claude is better for emails and contract drafting but chatgpt is better for caselaw and motions/memorandum”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Aug 21, 2026ClaudeNeutral
“Claude team is a commercial plan that has a DPA and by default does not train on the data.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Aug 21, 2026ClaudeMixed
“It is more respectful of PDFs than of word documents, and rarely edits documents you feed it as context -- but it can do so.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Aug 21, 2026ClaudeValues
“It is all about training Claude on Skills.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Aug 21, 2026ClaudeValues
“Skills, instruction files that encode a whole process instead of a document format, are even more dialed in.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Aug 21, 2026Lexis+ AICriticizes
“Protege is too expensive for its ability right now imo”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Aug 21, 2026ClaudeValues
“Every case citation I’ve gotten since connecting to Midpage has been right.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Aug 21, 2026ClaudeValues
“I’m solo with one paralegal and it frees up so much time just getting a draft to play with motions and discoveries. Better than my paralegal could do.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Aug 21, 2026ClaudeValues
“The big advantage is getting 80% of the work done in minutes, leaving me to spend my usually hours reviewing the cases and improving the analysis.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Aug 21, 2026ClaudeValues
“Obviously I still check in on their work product and citations, but it’s improved the drafts substantially.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Aug 21, 2026ClaudeNeutralThe firm moved its matter-organization rules into Claude Cowork skills, which walk staff through matter setup, create files and tasks, and remind them of trust account requirements. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/Lawyertalk · Aug 21, 2026ClaudeValues
“I created templates for some motions and it does some pretty solid first drafts for them and discovery.”
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