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“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.”

On r/Lawyertalk · Aug 21, 2026
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“It is more respectful of PDFs than of word documents, and rarely edits documents you feed it as context -- but it can do so.”

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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, 2026ClaudeCriticizes“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.”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, 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.”open
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“After test driving Harvey, the Lexus AI product, Chat, and Claude, we ended up going with a Claude team plan and keeping our Westlaw classic subscription (pretty cheap for our small law firm).”
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  • r/legaltech · Jul 24, 2026ClaudeNeutral“Zero Data Retention (ZDR) is Enterprise-only, not available on Team.”open
  • r/legaltech · Jul 23, 2026ClaudeCriticizes“If you're using Fable, your data is being retained for 30 days for abuse monitoring.”open
  • r/legaltech · Jul 14, 2026ClaudeNeutralShares a session closeout log template used with Claude to record files accessed, deletion of temporary files and confirmation that no external tools were used on privileged matters. (summary, not a quote)open
  • r/legaltech · Jul 14, 2026ClaudeNeutral“Yeah, we require turning Claude memory off to prevent cross-matter contamination.”open
  • r/legaltech · Jul 13, 2026ClaudeValues“We are using Claude Team and very happy with it.”open
  • r/legaltech · Jul 13, 2026ClaudeCriticizes“Done start your legal research with Claude. You'll get hallucinations and if even one ends up in the brief you file then you're in hot water.”open
  • r/legaltech · Jul 13, 2026ClaudeMixed“I would agree with sentiments, teams is a step up but Enterprise is where it’s proper enterprise grade.”open
  • r/legaltech · Jul 12, 2026ClaudeNeutral“Team and Enterprise run under Anthropic's Commercial Terms, no training by default.”open
  • r/legaltech · Jul 12, 2026PerplexityNeutral“Perplexity Enterprise Pro is $40 a seat, includes tokens, and is enterprise level with ZDR, audit trail, etc.”open
  • r/legaltech · Jul 12, 2026CoCounselMixed“The first version was sub par to be perfectly honest but early feedback of their new version is very positive.”open
  • r/legaltech · Jul 12, 2026ClaudeNeutral“Claude Team doesn't train on your data, but client info is still being transmitted to Anthropic's servers, you're relying on their security, not your own.”open
  • r/legaltech · Jul 11, 2026CoCounselValues“Just get CoCounsel. You’re over thinking trying to mix and match to save a few bucks.”open
  • r/legaltech · Jul 11, 2026ClaudeMixed“Bottom line: the Team plan is a big step up from the wild-west alternative, but I'd treat the ZDR/Enterprise terms as the actual privilege boundary, not the Team UI setting.”open
  • r/legaltech · Jul 11, 2026ChatGPTCriticizes“From the compliance side, it's a headache. It was too much of a footgun with a ZDR + new model = non-compliant.”open
  • r/legaltech · Jul 11, 2026CoCounselNeutral“We are using Eve and CoCounsel with Westlaw to avoid that right now while I build out some automation with Claude but my goal is to do essentially what you're doing and tie Claude to CoCounsel to be able to do everything in one place.”open
  • r/legaltech · Jul 11, 2026ClaudeValues“When you crank it up to opus level extra it actually does this very well.”open
  • r/legaltech · Jul 11, 2026PerplexityValues“I would use Perplexity Enterprise Pro- only $40 a seat and get the benefits of Claude Opus 8 and ChatGPT with a ZDR, audit trail, etc.”open
  • r/legaltech · Jul 11, 2026ClaudeCriticizes“Ultimately, they are warning that if you use any other tier (at this moment) that doesn't include ZDR or is a tenant solution that includes such, then your confidential information can be read by their employees in that 30-day hold.”open
  • r/legaltech · Jul 11, 2026ClaudeCriticizes“Anthropic states that you don't have confidentiality unless you use ZDR or a tenant solution that provides for confidentiality.”open
  • r/legaltech · Jul 11, 2026ClaudeValues“It shines in analyzing long AIA construction docs and summarizing them or editing them within co-work.”open
  • r/legaltech · Jul 11, 2026ClaudeMixed“I allow claude access to my emails for admin support and select documents I feed it to prepare stuff I want it to prepare, then I finish up the work myself since its not able to prepare final work product to my liking anyway.”open
  • r/legaltech · Jul 11, 2026ClaudeCriticizes“Claude Teams provides no facility for you to do an ediscovery of your firm’s usage of Claude.”open
  • r/legaltech · Jul 11, 2026ClaudeNeutral“If you have to do any sort of discovery or production of prompts and/or responses in Claude, Team won’t allow you to do so.”open