A voice on r/Lawyertalk about CoCounsel, Aug 2, 2026

r/LawyertalkAug 3, 2026

“I feel bad about using it but it’s infinitely Faster. We use Paxton and it’s great”

in “I fucking hate being told to use CoCounsel all the damn time” · 14 voices

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r/Lawyertalk · Aug 5, 2026ValuesAI tools are incredible and do not replace lawyers, but lawyers who do not embrace them will lag in productivity. (summary, not a quote)open
r/Lawyertalk · Aug 2, 2026ClaudeValues“The real power is when it's something relatively moderate or even part of something and you can just "one shot" it - one prompt takes you 90% of the way there which would have taken hours before.”open
r/Lawyertalk · Aug 2, 2026CoCounselValues“I find cocounsel better at finding a thing I already know exists.”open
r/Lawyertalk · Aug 2, 2026CoCounselValuesCoCounsel gives precise citations when told what to cite, so lawyers should learn to use it properly. (summary, not a quote)open
r/Lawyertalk · Aug 2, 2026CoCounselValues“We have cocounsel too and while it’s a great starting point for research and it’s great for reviewing/summarizing hundreds of pages, that’s where it ends for me.”open
r/Lawyertalk · Aug 2, 2026CoCounselCriticizes“I wiped his ass with three hour long responses that actually cited controlling rules, because co counsel didn't give a damn about several small nuances it deemed irrelevant.”open
r/Lawyertalk · Aug 2, 2026CoCounselValues“Once they went agentic, it became leaps and bounds better.”open
r/Lawyertalk · Aug 2, 2026Westlaw AICriticizes“I have to read the actual citation to see if it is on point.”open
r/Lawyertalk · Aug 2, 2026ChatGPTCriticizes“More annoyingly, I’ll write really thought-out memos and he “revises” them by plugging them into AI and generating a more apathetic, em dash filled version that at least IMO is not better.”open
r/Lawyertalk · Aug 2, 2026CoCounselCriticizes“Even CoCounsel and the like halucinates 1 out of 7-10 cases.”open
r/Lawyertalk · Aug 2, 2026CoCounselCriticizes“I used cocounsel a couple of times out of curiosity, but it hallucinated some bullshit about what's in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, so that was the end of that.”open
r/Lawyertalk · Aug 2, 2026CoCounselCriticizes“It gives helpful and accurate citations...sometimes. But it seems that more often that when I go read the cases it cites, those cases don't really say what CoCounsel says they say or stand for.”open
r/Lawyertalk · Aug 2, 2026CoCounselMixed“It's an AI-based research aid, not a magic fucking genie.”open

Hacker NewsMay 1, 2024

CoCounsel

“I work at a law firm and CoCounsel[1] is pretty good.”

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r/LawyertalkOct 18, 2026

CoCounsel

“I attended a demo of Westlaw's CoCounsel a few weeks ago and was thoroughly impressed.”

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r/Lawyertalk · Oct 19, 2026CoCounselMixedThe Westlaw-backed knowledge base is the real selling point, but drafting and Q&A features are not much better than a well-prompted Claude, so value depends on how research-heavy the practice is. (summary, not a quote)open
r/Lawyertalk · Oct 19, 2026CoCounselMixed“I ran a 40 lawyer pilot recently and came away impressed. Expected to hate it based on what I read, but the updated platform they rolled out in August is much better.”open
r/Lawyertalk · Oct 19, 2026CoCounselValues“The legal knowledge and database of citations and flags with Claude’s reasoning models can't be beat.”open
r/Lawyertalk · Oct 19, 2026CoCounselValues“I use CoCounsel extensively as a corporate associate. It is very good.”open
r/Lawyertalk · Oct 18, 2026CoCounselCriticizes“The last time I ran a prompt through cocounsel, its output was that I should consult an attorney.”open
r/Lawyertalk · Oct 18, 2026CoCounselMixed“It can find cases that answer your question very well. But it can’t understand the significance of anything it finds, making it useless for drafting.”open
r/Lawyertalk · Oct 18, 2026CoCounselCriticizes“In my opinion, it’s not enough better than a top tier ChatGPT subscription to be worth paying the price Thompson Reuters is asking.”open
r/Lawyertalk · Oct 18, 2026CoCounselMixed“It's good - based off Claude - with LN resources (if you've paid and have access to them, of course). It's as perfectly mediocre as you'd expect.”open
r/Lawyertalk · Oct 18, 2026CoCounselCriticizes“The partner I’m working with LOVES Cocounsel and I consistently struggle to make it do what I need it to do. Almost always faster to do it myself.”open
r/Lawyertalk · Oct 18, 2026CoCounselNeutral“No way to save instructions that I know of.”open
r/Lawyertalk · Oct 18, 2026CoCounselMixed“From my experience, CoCounsel can reliably analyze facts/input I provide it with general legal concepts, but lacks the capacity to narrowly analyze or apply specific case law.”open
r/Lawyertalk · Oct 18, 2026CoCounselMixed“I think it’s overpriced for what it does. But that’s based on my free trial a couple of months ago.”open
r/Lawyertalk · Oct 18, 2026CoCounselMixed“It's pretty good for broadly picking stuff out of there but connected Claude can't see it which is a bummer.”open
r/Lawyertalk · Oct 18, 2026ClaudeValues“I've reduced understating/overstating significantly through those.”open
r/Lawyertalk · Oct 18, 2026CoCounselMixed“Just act like it’s a law clerk and know you’re going to have to wade thru some crap to get things professional.”open
r/Lawyertalk · Oct 18, 2026CoCounselMixed“It's got access to resources but the actual AI of it doesn't seem any better than the other products out there.”open

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