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“Not sure if you’ve used tools like Spellbook, but it’s extremely powerful for legal drafting and contract review.”
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- r/Lawyertalk · Apr 3, 2026
vLex VincentMixed“Yes, I'm tracking the litigation offerings, and making some light use of Clio Work (really, vLex's offering) but the tasks I'm presently comfortable use it for (or for which it can save time) are rather elementary.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Apr 3, 2026ClaudeValues
“I usually deidentify anyway, but I find Claude so much more useful.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Apr 3, 2026Lexis+ AICriticizes
“Lexis AI produces case law that doesn’t say what Lexis claims it says for cases that are complex enough to actually research.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Apr 3, 2026ClaudeNeutralThe consumer terms only say materials may be used for training unless the user opts out, with exceptions for feedback and safety review, so the claimed objectionable language is not there. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/Lawyertalk · Apr 3, 2026ClaudeValues
“Doesn’t feel great to buy more than you need but 150 a month is not extortionate for a lawyer using Claude for business.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Apr 3, 2026ClaudeNeutral
“I’m honestly floored at how many people do not know that the native chat is different from the API.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Apr 3, 2026ClaudeValues
“Claude is by far the best LLM in my opinion.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Apr 3, 2026ClaudeValues
“ChatGPT has a two seat minimum, which is less bad, but I prefer Claude.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Apr 3, 2026ClaudeCriticizes
“Anthropic’s consumer TOS is a privacy waiver. Full stop.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Apr 3, 2026ClaudeNeutral
“You can set up Claude with the equivalent Enterprise set up with claude api.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Apr 3, 2026ClaudeValues
“Anthropic also changed its policy to allow any user to opt out of information being used for model training, so it's all moot.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Apr 3, 2026ClaudeValues
“I exclusively use the API for legal work and it’s more powerful than the chat interface, and it’s way more expensive so Anthropic definitely wants companies to use it.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Apr 3, 2026ClaudeValues
“We have it at my firm, which is 30-35 lawyers, and it is very inexpensive relative to other software we use (e.g. Everlaw).”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Apr 3, 2026ClaudeCriticizes
“Claude still has rights to train on this data to improve their future models, and also to share with third parties at their will.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Apr 3, 2026ClaudeCriticizes
“If OpenAI and Google are willing to meet one-seat business users where they are, Anthropic forcing a five-seat jump makes Claude much harder to justify for anyone handling sensitive client or business material.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Apr 3, 2026ClaudeCriticizes
“The TOS still waives your right to privacy, grants Anthropic ability to share your chat with third parties unannounced, denies you any IP indemnification, the right to request immediate destruction of your data on their servers, amongst other things.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Apr 3, 2026ClaudeNeutral
“Im working on an internal tool that let's me sanitize, work in Claude, then rehydrate the output.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Apr 3, 2026ClaudeNeutral
“He thinks Claude is a better product, but Claude is inherently more expensive if he wants privacy protections.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Apr 3, 2026ClaudeValues
“I prefer to use the frontier models’ native interfaces instead of API hookups, as the quality of the system-prompted reply and experience has a marked difference (I am a non-developer and use the service mainly for research or problem solving).”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Apr 3, 2026ClaudeCriticizes
“There is no IP idemnification, and Anthropic still reserves the right to share your information with third parties.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Apr 3, 2026ClaudeNeutralThe author prefers Claude's native interface over API hookups because the system prompts make the output noticeably better. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/Lawyertalk · Apr 3, 2026ClaudeValues
“If I use it to draft something, I have it use Plaintiff and Defendant and other generic terms. But from what I’ve tested, it is the best at actually outputting something useful.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Apr 3, 2026Lexis+ AICriticizes
“The one closed AI that offer safety for lawyers is Lexi’s AI/protege. But it sucks *ss so bad.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Apr 3, 2026ClaudeCriticizes
“It's not a matter of honesty - if Claude can offer it to 5+ seat bundles, they can offer it to individuals, even if it's at a premium.”
open - r/Lawyertalk · Apr 3, 2026ClaudeNeutralThe author replaces identifying details with pseudonyms before uploading documents, but notes that Claude sometimes works in a missed real detail. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/Lawyertalk · Apr 3, 2026ClaudeCriticizesSays Anthropic does not offer individual users the business-level privacy terms that Google and OpenAI do. (summary, not a quote)open
- r/Lawyertalk · Apr 3, 2026ClaudeCriticizes
“Anthropic’s business-tier options require a five-seat minimum. That means you either pay for three or four extra empty seats, or stay on the consumer plan, which lacks the contractual privacy posture you need.”
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