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What lawyers asked for, and what shipped.

Concrete features that lawyers asked an AI tool to add, in their own words and dated, set against what the vendor then published. A release is listed only when we could read it on an official vendor page (release notes, help center, docs, blog or press room) and the dates and wording check out. Official pages were last re-read on Oct 22, 2026. As of Oct 26, 2026.

130requests, each with a quote you can check
97distinct asks across 11 tools
12asks followed by an official release (verified)
~8 momedian gap from first ask to release

How to read this

  • An ask is what lawyers wrote, not a roadmap. We count the public voices we hold, so a small number means “seen here”, not “rare”. Compare timing, not totals.
  • “Shipped after” shows order, not cause. A vendor may have been building it already; the page cannot show that anyone listened.
  • “No official shipment found” is not “never shipped”. Some vendors publish little, and some official sites refuse automated reading. Tell us if we missed one on Corrections.
  • Pricing and contract wishes rarely appear in a changelog, so they mostly sit in the “none found” group.

By kind of ask

Voices counts every request; asks groups the same capability.

KindAsksVoicesFollowed by a release
Legal database access12212
Pricing and access15210
Privacy and data controls10200
Documents and file limits14152
Word and redlining794
Export and formatting691
Workflows and automation772
Integrations660
Transparency and audit550
Memory and matter context550
Citation checking340
Other331
Grounded, sourced answers230
Voice and dictation110
Speed and reliability110

ChatGPT

25 asks from 45 voices; 0 followed by a verified official release. Official pages re-read: Oct 22, 2026.

● a request   ◆ official release of an ask (verified)

Higher or no hourly usage cap

Pricing and accessAsked Feb 27, 20231 voiceNo official shipment found

“Then I request it to be removed from the document I'm drafting only to get 'Hourly submission limit reached' and I can't do anything for an hour.”
r/Lawyertalk Feb 27, 2023

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Cite sources so answers can be fact-checked

Grounded, sourced answersAsked Mar 13, 2023 to May 13, 20232 voicesNo official shipment found

“Since it doesn't cite any sort of sources, it's very difficult to fact check anything it says, or really dig deeper into any aspect of what it's talking about.”

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

1 more voice asking this
“In research, ChatGPT is great at forming outlines to build off of. Problem is that it won't give you sources.”
r/Lawyertalk May 13, 2023

Private/local or law-firm-specific AI for confidential client data

Privacy and data controlsAsked Mar 15, 2023 to Aug 16, 20259 voicesNo official shipment found

“I would love to ingest my tax records into a secure GPT like system running locally that understands every tax code and scenario to maximize my return.”
Hacker News Mar 15, 2023

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

8 more voices asking this
“What I'd really love to implement is a way for GPT-4 to answer questions based on a corpus of”
Hacker News Apr 12, 2023
“Now, someone will have to productize this for the legal field but it is inevitable.”
r/paralegal May 2, 2023
“Trying to convince higher ups to invest in OpenAI on azure so we can have a locked down/secure version of the AI to analyze confidential information”
r/LawFirm Jul 17, 2023

Ingest emails, case documents and treatises to answer questions

Documents and file limitsAsked Apr 26, 20231 voiceNo official shipment found

“The next big step will be developing something that can ingest emails and case documents, or treatises and other materials on different areas of the law, and use generative AI to formulate outlines”
r/Lawyertalk Apr 26, 2023

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Westlaw/Lexis database access or integration for legal research

Legal database accessAsked May 12, 2023 to Jul 12, 20255 voicesNo official shipment found

“you can tell that if Westlaw or lexis integrates it research is going to be a lot easier”
r/Lawyertalk May 12, 2023

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

4 more voices asking this
“unless Westlaw/Lexis comes out with their own version, using it for legal research/motion or brief writing is not recommended lol”
r/Lawyertalk May 12, 2023
“It would probably be correct if it had access to the westlaw or lexis database.”
r/Lawyertalk May 27, 2023
“It doesn't have access to subscription based services like westlaw and Lexis, which is the main problem with solely using it.”
r/LawFirm May 28, 2025

Persistent warning that output may be unreliable

Transparency and auditAsked May 27, 20231 voiceNo official shipment found

“And every response from ChatGPT should be preceded by a warning that it cannot be trusted.”
Hacker News May 27, 2023

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Alert when AI falsely claims it verified or searched

Transparency and auditAsked Jun 9, 20231 voiceNo official shipment found

“There really should be a layer on top of the chat UI to alert the user if it detects a response like that.”
Hacker News Jun 9, 2023

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Contractual confidentiality: no use of prompts beyond answering

Privacy and data controlsAsked Jun 23, 20231 voiceNo official shipment found

“I would want to get some kind of agreement in place that would make sure anything I prompted it with would be kept confidential and not used for any purpose other than responding to my inquiries”
r/Lawyertalk Jun 23, 2023

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Upload and review PDF contracts

Documents and file limitsAsked Jul 17, 20231 voiceNo official shipment found

“Heard people using it for contract reviews, but since you can't upload PDFs, it's not that useful.”
r/LawFirm Jul 17, 2023

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Reliable review of very long contracts for pertinent language

Documents and file limitsAsked Sep 13, 2023 to Sep 13, 20232 voicesNo official shipment found

“I'm looking forward to the day that I can, after my own review, reliably input a 120 page PSA document to an AI to ensure I'm not missing, for example, any pertinent language”
r/Lawyertalk Sep 13, 2023

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

1 more voice asking this
“I'm looking forward to the day that I can, after my own review, reliably input a 120 page PSA document to an AI to ensure I'm not missing, for example, any pertinent language”
r/LawFirm Sep 13, 2023

Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) plugin

Legal database accessAsked Nov 8, 20231 voiceNo official shipment found

“I'm surprised there is no CPR plug in! Would love to hear everyone's experience with using gpt during their day to day work”
r/paralegal Nov 8, 2023

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Edit and fix formatting directly inside Word

Word and redliningAsked Nov 29, 2023 to May 1, 20242 voicesNo official shipment found

“I thing there could be a lot of demand for something like this but with more advanced functionality like edits done automatically to the contract.”
Hacker News Nov 29, 2023

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

1 more voice asking this
“AI that could correct formatting and grammar stuff in pleadings directly in Word would be amazing”
r/Lawyertalk May 1, 2024

Larger input limit for long documents like depositions

Documents and file limitsAsked Dec 2, 20231 voiceNo official shipment found

“The downside is you're capped at how much you can feed it at one time.”
r/Lawyertalk Dec 2, 2023

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

IDE-style environment for testing contract clauses

OtherAsked Jan 29, 20241 voiceNo official shipment found

“If we could have an ide for lawyers, that would be great too.”
Hacker News Jan 29, 2024

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Query organization records and compile transactions with emails into memo

Workflows and automationAsked Mar 3, 20241 voiceNo official shipment found

“Properly trained you could query "show me all transactions between x and y and related emails" and in theory it could pull that all up for you.”
r/Lawyertalk Mar 3, 2024

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Voice dictation into narrative time entries

Voice and dictationAsked Apr 3, 20241 voiceNo official shipment found

“I want to get it to a point that I can speak what I did and it will adapt it into narrative format as I instructed it to.”
r/Lawyertalk Apr 3, 2024

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Structured output of only suggested edits and their locations

Export and formattingAsked Oct 30, 20241 voiceNo official shipment found

“It would be nice if I could somehow ask it to only output which words/phrases to replace or add and where in the original text (perhaps as a Python Dictionary or something similar?)”
r/legaltech Oct 30, 2024

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Built-in citator check of citations

Citation checkingAsked Mar 14, 2025 to Jul 18, 20252 voicesNo official shipment found

“Seems there should be a way to pass citations through a second query to verify their existence/applicability.”
r/Lawyertalk Mar 14, 2025

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

1 more voice asking this
“The challenge is you don't have the ability to Keycite. I run deep research, verify the citations are correct, and then Keycite.”
r/Lawyertalk Jul 18, 2025

Accurate, real case authority from the AI platform

Citation checkingAsked Mar 25, 20251 voiceNo official shipment found

“ChatGPT just makes up cases with citations that don't exist. Anyone know of an AI platform that can actually give accurate case authority?”
r/Lawyertalk Mar 25, 2025

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Remember instruction to save new versions rather than overwrite

Memory and matter contextAsked Apr 1, 20251 voiceNo official shipment found

“I've already told it several times to not override an existing document that it drafted and instead provide a new version.”
r/Lawyertalk Apr 1, 2025

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Word/DOCX export with correct legal formatting, structure and metadata

Export and formattingAsked Jun 12, 2025 to Jun 25, 20264 voicesNo official shipment found

“When it exports with formatting it just does not get everything right. It is easier and faster to just do that on my own.”
r/LawFirm Jun 12, 2025

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

3 more voices asking this
“for a long time ChatGPT would not provide a Word document as output.”
r/legaltech Aug 14, 2025
“The messy part is keeping everything in the same structure, chatgpt is good for creating text but when it comes to having things formatted correctly with the right sections , headers”
r/Lawyertalk Nov 20, 2025
“getting a raw LLM chatbot to produce output (or convert input) into a nice DOCX in our - pretty simple - house style”
r/legaltech Jun 25, 2026

Map relationships between contract, amendments and side letters

Documents and file limitsAsked Jul 18, 20251 voiceNo official shipment found

“ChatGPT (and similar tools) can handle Q&A out of the box, but what's still missing is proper mapping of these contract relationships.”
r/legaltech Jul 18, 2025

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Let firms train the model on their own data

Memory and matter contextAsked Aug 5, 20251 voiceNo official shipment found

“Only if they'd let the lawfirm train their own”
r/Lawyertalk Aug 5, 2025

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Persistent document workspace for iterative review without re-pasting

Documents and file limitsAsked Feb 6, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found

“Ideally Upload or keep a full document in one place Ask iterative questions”
r/legaltech Feb 6, 2026

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Zero data retention and enterprise security (ZDR, BAA) for legal work

Privacy and data controlsAsked Feb 13, 2026 to Apr 18, 20262 voicesNo official shipment found

“Our compliance officer caught me using chatgpt for contract analysis and went ballistic about data retention policies.”
r/LawFirm Feb 13, 2026

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

1 more voice asking this
“I've read that I'd have a hard time implementing any type of ZDR protocol or BAA with the major LLM providers, as that's usually reserved for their large enterprise users.”
r/legaltech Apr 18, 2026

Claude

18 asks from 25 voices; 2 followed by a verified official release. Official pages re-read: Oct 22, 2026.

● a request   ◆ official release of an ask (verified)

Reliable handling of PDF documents without errors

Documents and file limitsAsked Apr 19, 20241 voiceNo official shipment found

“PDF's introduce a bunch of problems (those that know PDF's shouldn't be surprised by this)”
r/Lawyertalk Apr 19, 2024

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Downloadable files for templates created in chat

Export and formattingAsked May 27, 20241 voiceShipped after the ask

“Claude is fine but can't give me downloads for the templates I make so it adds as many steps as it collapses.”
r/Lawyertalk May 27, 2024

Sep 9, 2025 · 15 months after the first ask. Claude release notes: “Claude can now create and edit Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint slide decks, documents, and PDFs directly in the Claude app.” File creation shipped 2025-09-09; Pro users added 2025-09-29 per same page.

Persistent case-file knowledge acting as a case expert

Memory and matter contextAsked Oct 7, 20251 voiceNo official shipment found

“My law partner and I both looked for a tool that could learn a case (depositions, pleadings, documents) and then be a "case genius".”
r/LawFirm Oct 7, 2025

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Preserve Word formatting when pasting AI drafts

Export and formattingAsked Feb 18, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found

“when I paste it's drafts into word, the formatting always goes to hell. like bullet points become hieroglyphics and the numbering restarts randomly.”
r/LawFirm Feb 18, 2026

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Single-seat business plan with enterprise privacy protections

Pricing and accessAsked Mar 9, 2026 to Apr 3, 20266 voicesNo official shipment found

“I'm still hoping to find an LLM that offers Claude Enterprise-level security but that is designed and priced for smaller professional practices.”
r/Lawyertalk Mar 9, 2026

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

5 more voices asking this
“Anthropic's business-tier options require a five-seat minimum.”
r/Lawyertalk Apr 3, 2026
“The point is that they only offer these in packs of 5 or more. Period. Whether they are used or not. Wanting 1-packs instead of 5-packs”
r/Lawyertalk Apr 3, 2026
“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.”
r/Lawyertalk Apr 3, 2026

Enterprise-grade client data protection for solo lawyers

Privacy and data controlsAsked Mar 9, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found

“I'd like an AI that I can feel safe uploading precedents and more detailed client information.”
r/Lawyertalk Mar 9, 2026

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Reliable direct redlining and commenting in DOCX files

Word and redliningAsked Apr 14, 2026 to May 20, 20262 voicesPartly shipped after the ask

“The workflow is very clunky (pasting in and out of the chat window, Claude's word file generation seems hit or miss with occasional errors and token consuming loops ...)”
r/legaltech Apr 14, 2026

May 12, 2026 · 1 month after the first ask. Claude for the legal industry | Claude by Anthropic: “handle drafting, redlining, and clause-by-clause comparisons against those playbooks, tracking every change and explaining the reasoning behind it.” Dated blog (May 12, 2026) states Word skills do redlining with tracked changes; does not claim reliability fix or DOCX generation in chat.

1 more voice asking this
“The missing component was getting Cowork to modify a DOCX file directly.”
r/legaltech May 20, 2026

Higher usage limits on paid Pro plan

Pricing and accessAsked Apr 29, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found

“Claude handles drafting actual files a bit better but is too rate limited even with pro.”
r/Lawyertalk Apr 29, 2026

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Regional data centres for data at rest and inference

Privacy and data controlsAsked May 12, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found

“All Anthropic needs now is the regional datacentres for both information at rest and inference, and we're off to the races.”
r/legaltech May 12, 2026

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Integration with Smart Advocate case management software

IntegrationsAsked May 17, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found

“Has anyone worked with AI software developers that have managed to integrate Claude and Smart Advocate for you?”
r/Lawyertalk May 17, 2026

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Quote exact clause text supporting each flagged contract risk

Grounded, sourced answersAsked May 28, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found

“it did but it barely give me exact corpse of text on which it saying the clause is risky”
Hacker News May 28, 2026

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Direct integration with law firm billing software

IntegrationsAsked May 31, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found

“It's a little inconvenient because it's not directly integrated with our billing software.”
r/Lawyertalk May 31, 2026

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Confidential AI review option for large sensitive document sets

Privacy and data controlsAsked Jun 2, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found

“I can't seem to find any guidance as to what is the best option for a small firm (2 lawyers) to use the tech for review of sensitive materials.”
r/legaltech Jun 2, 2026

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Built-in verification of correctness of drafted legal output

Transparency and auditAsked Jun 12, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found

“It cannot yet tell me whether what it drafted is right, and in legal work the checking is most of the cost.”
r/legaltech Jun 12, 2026

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Clean structured output that drops into a memo

Export and formattingAsked Jun 16, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found

“Claude Pro: Catches the legal nuances and hidden risks much better, but the output structure is a mess—making it hard to quickly skim or drop into a memo.”
r/LawFirm Jun 16, 2026

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Zero data retention option for chat and small-firm accounts

Privacy and data controlsAsked Jun 18, 2026 to Aug 26, 20262 voicesNo official shipment found

“I tried to sign up for Claude, but they won't give me zero data retention.”
r/Lawyertalk Jun 18, 2026

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

1 more voice asking this
“web/desktop chat interfaces for Team and Enterprise are not ZDR-eligible”
r/Lawyertalk Aug 26, 2026

Index a large document set in one pass without batching

Documents and file limitsAsked Sep 4, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found

“I tried to use Claude to create an index for me recently to a tranche of documents and I had to hand feed it small batches and then paste together the small tables”
r/Lawyertalk Sep 4, 2026

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Flag missing clauses when redlining against a standard

Word and redliningAsked Oct 13, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found

“I have tested this before, gave a redlining task whatever, and the draft did not have either a start date clause or a period Claude and none flagged it.”
Hacker News Oct 13, 2026

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

CoCounsel

16 asks from 18 voices; 3 followed by a verified official release. Official pages re-read: Oct 22, 2026.

● a request   ◆ official release of an ask (verified)

HIPAA compliance for summarizing depositions with health info

Privacy and data controlsAsked May 12, 20231 voiceNo official shipment found

“the reason that my firm is holding off on subscribing is that it is not yet HIPAA certified”
r/Lawyertalk May 12, 2023

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Fill firm brief bank templates with new client and case details

Workflows and automationAsked May 21, 20231 voiceNo official shipment found

“I'd love to have one read my firm's brief bank and just change client names and case information on a motion to continue or whatever.”
r/Lawyertalk May 21, 2023

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Show related cases when searching a statute

Legal database accessAsked Jun 27, 20231 voiceNo official shipment found

“the only thing that i'm struggling with when using casetext is that they don't give you related cases when you search a statute”
r/Lawyertalk Jun 27, 2023

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Accept .pst email files with attachments for document review

Documents and file limitsAsked Aug 11, 20231 voiceNo official shipment found

“The reason for this is that we want to use CoCounsel by Casetext for doc review, but CoCounsel apparently only accepts .pdf files.”
r/paralegal Aug 11, 2023

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Per-case synopses to speed up research

Legal database accessAsked Feb 6, 20241 voiceNo official shipment found

“I wouldn't switch fully to Casetext though because the don't write synposes for their cases, and it makes researching a lot slower.”
r/LawFirm Feb 6, 2024

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Larger context window for bulk document extraction and sorting

Documents and file limitsAsked Feb 22, 20241 voiceShipped after the ask

“CaseText has too limited a context window for LLM-powered extraction and sorting beyond a handful of documents”
r/LawFirm Feb 22, 2024

Sep 26, 2024 · 7 months after the first ask. CoCounsel release notes September 26, 2024: “Long Context LLMs, however, are optimized to manage much larger inputs, enabling them to maintain coherence and context over longer documents or conversations.” Long Context version of CoCounsel 2.0 per note headed September 26, 2024; page does not explicitly mention bulk extraction/sorting.

Direct Westlaw database access from within CoCounsel research

Legal database accessAsked Mar 19, 2024 to Oct 18, 20263 voicesShipped after the ask

“they don't have co-counsel tied into the westlaw database yet so you have to manually upload everything you want to analyze which can be a very slow and sometimes frustrating process.”
r/LawFirm Mar 19, 2024

Aug 5, 2025 · 17 months after the first ask. Thomson Reuters Launches CoCounsel Legal: Transforming Legal Work with Agentic AI and Deep Research: “grounded in Westlaw and Practical Law content” CoCounsel Legal launched with Deep Research grounded in Westlaw and Practical Law content (Aug 5 2025 press release).

2 more voices asking this
“What I'm particularly interested in is being able to give my AI research direct access to the Westlaw database.”
r/Lawyertalk Oct 18, 2026
“It's pretty good for broadly picking stuff out of there but connected Claude can't see it which is a bummer.”
r/Lawyertalk Oct 18, 2026

Keep subscription at lower legacy price

Pricing and accessAsked Jun 24, 20241 voiceNo official shipment found

“I wish I could have done subscription that kept it at $40!”
r/Lawyertalk Jun 24, 2024

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Solo attorney CoCounsel subscription without firm-wide Westlaw plan

Pricing and accessAsked Sep 27, 20241 voiceNo official shipment found

“Solo practitioners often need tools for specific tasks, not firm-wide demos.”
r/Lawyertalk Sep 27, 2024

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Simpler plans and shorter contracts without losing discounts

Pricing and accessAsked Nov 22, 20241 voiceNo official shipment found

“I am annoyed at how complicated Westlaw makes their plans.”
r/legaltech Nov 22, 2024

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Consistent chronological medical summaries without split entries

Export and formattingAsked Mar 24, 20251 voiceNo official shipment found

“the AI medical summaries it spits out are awful. Far too often it will have 10-15 entries per visit because it's separating standard blood and vital tests from the HPI or treatment plan.”
r/LawFirm Mar 24, 2025

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Affordable natural language case law search for solo lawyers

Pricing and accessAsked Apr 1, 20251 voiceNo official shipment found

“Solo/Small Law what's the best/most cost effective case law research engine you have?”
r/LawFirm Apr 1, 2025

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

CaseText-level case law research in AI research tools

Legal database accessAsked Apr 10, 20251 voiceNo official shipment found

“I see some of the tools getting up there like Midpage and Iqidis iQ... hoping they bring the same level of access back.”
r/Lawyertalk Apr 10, 2025

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Save custom prompts as reusable assistants

Workflows and automationAsked Jun 26, 20251 voicePartly shipped after the ask

“Unfortunately, I haven't figured out a way to make a custom prompt in cocounsel into its own gpt so it is reusable.”
r/Lawyertalk Jun 26, 2025

Jan 29, 2026 · 7 months after the first ask. CoCounsel Legal Monthly Insider - Thomson Reuters Innovation Blog: “You can now create, customize, save, and share prompts in empowering teams such as practice groups to standardize prompting for repeatable legal work and outputs.” Custom Prompts & Sharing (post dated Jan 29, 2026): reusable saved/shared prompts, not GPT-style assistants.

Retain prior work so past motions can be reused as a base

Memory and matter contextAsked Dec 3, 20251 voiceNo official shipment found

“as it doesn't have memory storage capacity to individual use) is very disappointing.”
r/Lawyertalk Dec 3, 2025

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Faster cite-checking without long waits or session timeouts

Speed and reliabilityAsked May 31, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found

“Maybe I finish a draft and want CoCounsel to cite check it which is a useful feature but I've had it take 10+ minutes to do so which means I usually move onto something else”
r/Lawyertalk May 31, 2026

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Westlaw AI

12 asks from 13 voices; 2 followed by a verified official release. Official pages re-read: Oct 22, 2026.

● a request   ◆ official release of an ask (verified)

AI chat model with access to Westlaw/Lexis case law libraries

Legal database accessAsked Mar 19, 2023 to Aug 3, 20242 voicesShipped after the ask

“Eventually west law or lexis will probably probably integrate an ai-chat model like chatgpt that can access its library.”
r/Lawyertalk Mar 19, 2023

Aug 5, 2025 · 29 months after the first ask. Thomson Reuters Launches CoCounsel Legal: Transforming Legal Work with Agentic AI and Deep Research: “Deep Research on the new Westlaw Advantage is integrated into CoCounsel Legal” Deep Research on Westlaw Advantage integrated into CoCounsel Legal (AI chat over Westlaw content), Aug 5 2025.

1 more voice asking this
“the technology already exists for a better version of legal AI right now that is being held back by the fact that excellent algorithm models not having access to Westlaw and Alexis data bases”
r/Lawyertalk Aug 3, 2024

Case management dashboard with key facts, to-dos and timeline

IntegrationsAsked Feb 21, 20241 voiceNo official shipment found

“why can't I open a screen that has the plaintiff's birthday next to a to do list and a visualization of the litigation timeline???”
r/Lawyertalk Feb 21, 2024

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Explanation of how the AI works and how results are validated

Transparency and auditAsked Mar 2, 20241 voiceNo official shipment found

“I want to know how it works, I want to know how its results are validated, I want to know, when an office implements it, who looks for what flaws and how do they know to do that.”
r/Lawyertalk Mar 2, 2024

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Data privacy contracts shielding users from liability for client data

Privacy and data controlsAsked Oct 31, 20241 voiceNo official shipment found

“They also need to come with rock-solid data privacy contracts so that the user isn't liable for accidentally uploading client data into a server owned by a private company.”
r/Lawyertalk Oct 31, 2024

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Grandfathered legacy-price equivalent product for existing subscribers

Pricing and accessAsked Mar 5, 20251 voiceNo official shipment found

“They could just grandfather us with an equivalent product at an equivalent price.”
r/Lawyertalk Mar 5, 2025

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Devil's advocate mode that challenges case arguments

Workflows and automationAsked Mar 25, 20251 voiceShipped after the ask

“I'd love something that could play devil's advocate on my cases, but I'd need to be 100% sure it's actually interpreting arguments correctly”
r/Lawyertalk Mar 25, 2025

Jan 29, 2026 · 10 months after the first ask. CoCounsel Legal Monthly Insider - Thomson Reuters Innovation Blog: “Users can now quickly identify weaknesses in opposing arguments and develop stronger counter-positions with the new arguments and counterarguments skill.” Arguments and Counterarguments skill (needs CoCounsel plus Westlaw Advantage), counterarguments with Westlaw support; date from post byline Jan 29, 2026.

Surface citable cases when drilling into AI search results

Legal database accessAsked May 3, 20251 voiceNo official shipment found

“But good luck drilling down and finding cases that you'd actually cite in a brief.”
r/Lawyertalk May 3, 2025

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Mechanism to report misuse of AI output in court filings

Transparency and auditAsked Sep 9, 20251 voiceNo official shipment found

“But I definetly don't disagree with you that they should have some way to report that.”
r/Lawyertalk Sep 9, 2025

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Option to decline mandatory AI add-on and its price increase

Pricing and accessAsked Jan 28, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found

“it includes a mandatory GenAI Research add-on that bumped our per-seat cost by nearly 40%. I told them we don't want it”
r/LawFirm Jan 28, 2026

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Lower-cost single-seat Westlaw license

Pricing and accessAsked Feb 27, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found

“Do I wish a single-seat Westlaw license didn't cost $500/mo? I sure do, and I bet there's some room for that number to come down.”
Bluesky · bsky.app Feb 27, 2026

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Affordable research tool with statute-linked case lookup

Pricing and accessAsked May 4, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found

“Westlaw is way too expensive for me to afford right now.”
r/LawFirm May 4, 2026

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Exact-match search without predictive AI substitutions

OtherAsked Jun 13, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found

“the search function is absolutely shot unless you switch settings for it to - get this - give you results that match what you search, not what the stupid "AI" program running in the background thinks”
r/Lawyertalk Jun 13, 2026

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Harvey

7 asks from 9 voices; 2 followed by a verified official release. Official pages re-read: Oct 22, 2026.

● a request   ◆ official release of an ask (verified)

Short-term trial and flexible licensing without 12-month minimum

Pricing and accessAsked May 24, 2025 to Aug 4, 20252 voicesNo official shipment found

“If Harvey was cheap, or they were willing to offer a short-term trial, I may be prepared to recommend to my firms' management committee that we try it.”
r/legaltech May 24, 2025

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

1 more voice asking this
“no room for customization, no options for smaller teams, and no real path to try it out in a meaningful way without going all in”
r/legaltech Aug 4, 2025

Case-specific usage billing that can be passed through to clients

Pricing and accessAsked Sep 22, 20251 voiceNo official shipment found

“Would it be better to have transparent self-serve payment/case specific invoicing on platform that could be passed through to the client”
r/legaltech Sep 22, 2025

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Agentic Word editor for editing documents

Word and redliningAsked Oct 16, 20251 voiceShipped after the ask

“I'd only spend money on an AGENTIC WORD EDITOR (not some crappy copilot stuff) and BULK TABULAR FILE REVIEW.”
r/legaltech Oct 16, 2025

Feb 4, 2026 · 4 months after the first ask. Release Notes - Harvey: “Harvey’s Word Add-In is now powered by an Agent that has more powerful planning, reasoning, and reviewing capabilities.” Agentic Word release note dated Feb 4, 2026 (Word add-in editing agent; an Aug 25 2025 entry earlier added full-document editing in Word). Page number shifts as new notes are added.

Playbook-based redlining of complex contracts with exhibits

Word and redliningAsked Feb 14, 20261 voicePartly shipped after the ask

“If it scales up and can do full redlining of complex contracts with exhibits based on playbooks, then it's a true game changer.”
r/Lawyertalk Feb 14, 2026

May 27, 2026 · 3 months after the first ask. Release Notes - Page 5 (Harvey Help Center): “Harvey for Word has been updated to better understand your contracts and negotiating position,” Release notes (Apr 29 2026 Playbook Review revamp; May 27 2026 Word redlining quality) show playbook-aware redlining in Word; no official statement found on exhibits.

Integration with government registry websites (e.g. MCA)

IntegrationsAsked Mar 3, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found

“Harvey lacks some important integrations. Curious if any other tools have integrations with govt websites like MCA that would make our lives easier?”
r/legaltech Mar 3, 2026

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Publicly listed subscription pricing

Pricing and accessAsked Apr 21, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found

“I'm so sick of these legal research companies and now AI companies that refuse to show you the subscription cost and instead they ask you to reach out to them for pricing.”
r/Lawyertalk Apr 21, 2026

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Westlaw search integrated under the firm's existing plan

Legal database accessAsked May 14, 2026 to Oct 18, 20262 voicesNo official shipment found

“They don't have Westlaw, but what if you want the AI to search Westlaw under your firm's paid plan? Do they have a plugin to do that? This is a trivial plugin to create so they better.”
r/biglaw May 14, 2026

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

1 more voice asking this
“Once Harvey can charge us for westlaw access integrated I can see dropping cocounsel.”
r/Lawyertalk Oct 18, 2026

Lexis+ AI

5 asks from 6 voices; 1 followed by a verified official release. Official pages re-read: Oct 22, 2026.

● a request   ◆ official release of an ask (verified)

Higher file size limit for uploading large documents

Documents and file limitsAsked Sep 11, 20241 voiceShipped after the ask

“however, the file size is too big. My deposition transcripts are around 30 MB while the AI max is 20 MB.”
r/paralegal Sep 11, 2024

Mar 26, 2026 · 18 months after the first ask. Upload Larger Documents to Protégé™ Vault: “Recently, the file size for document uploads has increased to 100MB per file.” Protege Vault upload limit raised to 100MB per file (post dated 2026-03-26; one-time uploads page still says 20MB).

AI search that cites headnotes in recommendations

Legal database accessAsked Jan 15, 20251 voiceNo official shipment found

“AI should already be in their search functions and cite to headnotes when making recommendations.”
r/Lawyertalk Jan 15, 2025

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Connector (MCP) letting external AI models research in Lexis

Legal database accessAsked Oct 31, 2025 to Aug 21, 20262 voicesNo official shipment found

“I don't want your crappy implementations, let me just direct intelligent frontier models to the resources I need to get good answers, thank you very much.”
r/legaltech Oct 31, 2025

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

1 more voice asking this
“We use Lexis and there is no Lexis MCP right now. Protege is too expensive for its ability right now imo”
r/Lawyertalk Aug 21, 2026

Broader case retrieval covering requested motion types

Legal database accessAsked Jun 13, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found

“Protege seems to hyper focus on a particular set of cases for each issue and can't go beyond that. I wanted it to find me cases deciding summary judgment motions”
r/Lawyertalk Jun 13, 2026

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Bulk download of cases cited in a PDF brief

Workflows and automationAsked Jul 8, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found

“Is there a trick to just extracting the list and pulling the files without waiting 20 minutes for an AI to finish”
r/paralegal Jul 8, 2026

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Copilot

5 asks from 5 voices; 2 followed by a verified official release. Official pages re-read: Oct 22, 2026.

● a request   ◆ official release of an ask (verified)

Option to disable Copilot/Gemini AI prompts and suggestions

OtherAsked Jan 22, 20251 voiceShipped after the ask

“All the prompts and suggestions are interfering with my drafting and train of thought.”
r/Lawyertalk Jan 22, 2025

Mar 13, 2025 · 2 months after the first ask. Turn off Copilot in Microsoft 365 apps: “the Copilot icon on the ribbon is disabled and you won't be able to use any Copilot capabilities in that app” 'Enable Copilot' checkbox available from 2025-03-13 (Word 2412+/Mac 16.93+), per app per device; Gemini part not checked.

Client confidentiality separation between matters

Privacy and data controlsAsked Jan 30, 20251 voiceNo official shipment found

“there's no way to secure confidentiality between clients when a lawyer has more than one (concurrently or over time)”
Bluesky · bsky.app Jan 30, 2025

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Word assistant for document-wide edits to party names and syntax

Word and redliningAsked Mar 4, 20251 voicePartly shipped after the ask

“What I'd love to be able to do would be to say stuff like "Hey, Co-pilot, please change anywhere wear it refers to Person A to Company A, and change the relevant syntax"”
r/Lawyertalk Mar 4, 2025

Jun 16, 2026 · 15 months after the first ask. Release Notes for Microsoft 365 Copilot | Microsoft Learn: “The default chat experience with Copilot in Word now allows Copilot to directly edit your document. All changes made by Copilot are fully reviewable and reversible” Date is the June 16, 2026 release-notes batch heading; Word on the web, direct document edits by default; party-name/syntax-wide edits not specifically stated.

Build personal knowledge model from past Outlook emails

Memory and matter contextAsked May 24, 20251 voiceNo official shipment found

“I would love to see an analysis of all the Outlook emails I've given opinions on or provided forms for, analyzed so that I could use it as a”
r/legaltech May 24, 2025

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Convert PDF to Word document

Documents and file limitsAsked Mar 10, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found

“It accurately reviewed a lease for specific information but could not convert a pdf to a word doc.”
r/Lawyertalk Mar 10, 2026

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Gemini

4 asks from 4 voices; 0 followed by a verified official release. Official pages re-read: Oct 22, 2026.

● a request   ◆ official release of an ask (verified)

Automated time entry and billing

Workflows and automationAsked Jun 4, 20251 voiceNo official shipment found

“I too have been praying to the gods for a billing AI and have been so obsessed/ pissed about it not existing that I have decided to create my own.”
r/Lawyertalk Jun 4, 2025

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Free public access to court decision databases

Pricing and accessAsked Dec 14, 20251 voiceNo official shipment found

“My view is that these data bases should be open and free as a public service.”
r/Lawyertalk Dec 14, 2025

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Keyword detection in medical record document review

Documents and file limitsAsked Jan 15, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found

“And I wish I could use it to do doc review but it misses too many things (keywords in medical docs for example).”
r/LawFirm Jan 15, 2026

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Automated citation check of AI-generated memos

Citation checkingAsked Mar 7, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found

“How cool would it be to have AI to check your AI-generated memo?!”
r/Lawyertalk Mar 7, 2026

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Clio

3 asks from 3 voices; 0 followed by a verified official release. Official pages re-read: Oct 22, 2026.

● a request   ◆ official release of an ask (verified)

Multi-attorney matter assignment with task-calendar sync

IntegrationsAsked Jun 1, 20241 voiceNo official shipment found

“can't assign two attorneys to one matter, can't get tasks to sync to certain calendars”
r/LawFirm Jun 1, 2024

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Outlook and iManage integration with templates and e-filing assembly

IntegrationsAsked Jun 8, 20241 voiceNo official shipment found

“We'd ideally like it to be able to integrate with Outlook and iManage and include robust abilities to create template documents and emails, assemble filings electronically”
r/paralegal Jun 8, 2024

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Reliable use of all files already stored in a matter

Documents and file limitsAsked Jun 15, 20261 voiceNo official shipment found

“I don't use the files that's in the matter [even though that's the whole point] but individually attach.”
r/Lawyertalk Jun 15, 2026

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.

Luminance

1 ask from 1 voice; 0 followed by a verified official release. Official pages re-read: Oct 22, 2026.

● a request   ◆ official release of an ask (verified)

Customizable workflows that adapt to the user

Workflows and automationAsked Nov 6, 20241 voiceAlready offered when first asked

“Luminance, Ironclad, and Spotdraft are good but they really are lacking in providing customization. I do not want to adapt to the software but instead want the software to adapt to me!”
r/legaltech Nov 6, 2024

Oct 22, 2024. Luminance Launches "Agent Lumi", Automating Legal Work Across the Enterprise with Agentic AI: “it also has both short-term and long-term memory, enabling it to retain and recall information, learning from past interactions with individual users to tailor its actions and responses over time” Agent Lumi press release dated Oct 22, 2024: agent adapts to individual users via memory and lets users refine steps; not an explicit workflow builder.

Spellbook

1 ask from 1 voice; 0 followed by a verified official release. Official pages re-read: Oct 22, 2026.

● a request   ◆ official release of an ask (verified)

Word-integrated AI suggesting redlines to accept, reject or modify

Word and redliningAsked Nov 19, 20241 voiceNo official shipment found

“I would really like a solution that integrates directly with Word and suggests redlines for me to accept, reject, or modify.”
r/legaltech Nov 19, 2024

No official release note, changelog or press page found for this as of the read date below.