“It’s does everything chat can do but is actually safe.”
in “How do you guys use AI legal tools (Paxton.Ai, ChatGPT) in your workflows?” · 16 voices
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- r/LawFirm · Mar 3, 2026
ChatGPTValues
“They’re great for summarizing long documents, pulling out key clauses, organizing research notes, drafting rough outlines, and turning scattered information into something structured.”
open - r/LawFirm · Feb 5, 2026MixedChatGPT and Paxton work fine for research and analysis, but most tools lack clean redlines, so they use docmods for real track changes in Word. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/LawFirm · Jan 2, 2026
ChatGPTValues
“Stuff like GPT or Paxton speeds things up, but everything still gets reviewed by a human.”
open - r/LawFirm · Oct 29, 2025ValuesUses Paxton and ChatGPT for summaries and brainstorming, but finds AI Lawyer most practical for drafting because it handles legal formatting, clauses and citations and speeds up first drafts. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/LawFirm · Aug 16, 2025ValuesUses OpenCase for legal research and finds it hallucinates far less than ChatGPT-style tools. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/LawFirm · Apr 9, 2025ValuesLayers Spellbook, Iqidis and GPT by task, praising their drafting but not trusting GPT alone for final legal text and rating Iqidis research below Westlaw. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/LawFirm · Jan 13, 2025
Values
“It links all the cases. Literally can’t make a fake one.”
open - r/LawFirm · Jan 12, 2025
ChatGPTMixed
“It does that a lot, the fake stuff. Better than two years ago, though.”
open - r/LawFirm · Jan 12, 2025
ChatGPTValues
“I feel ChatGPT is indispensable for me now.”
open - r/LawFirm · Jan 12, 2025
ChatGPTValues
“We set that up internally with our own frontend to limit specific actions that could cause issues. Been working great so far... happy to help.”
open - r/LawFirm · Jan 12, 2025
ChatGPTMixed
“In my experience it's terrible at niche questions, i.e. the ones that require a lawyer's work to begin with.”
open - r/LawFirm · Jan 12, 2025
ChatGPTCriticizes
“I feel like every time it’s cited me cases that don’t exist or cases that don’t say what it claims.”
open - r/LawFirm · Jan 12, 2025
ChatGPTValues
“Once you do that, your security concerns are little else beyond any other software a firm uses (hackers, viruses, data hostage takers, general poor security of users, etc).”
open - r/LawFirm · Jan 12, 2025
ChatGPTValues
“I pay for gpt pro at $20/month. It’s completely worth it.”
open - r/LawFirm · Jan 12, 2025ValuesSays AI has made them a materially better lawyer and that confidentiality risks are manageable with proper controls. (summary, not a quote)open