AI tools for lawyers
Reviews and drafts contracts, writes claims and legal opinions, tracks deadlines and changes in legislation.
Tools ranked for this role
| # | Tool | Tasks covered | Entry price | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude | 23 | $20/mo | 76 |
| 2 | ChatGPT | 21 | $20/mo | 72.7 |
| 3 | NotebookLM | 13 | $14/mo | 45.4 |
| 4 | Copilot in Word | 10 | $20/mo | 33.5 |
| 5 | Humata | 3 | $1.99/mo | 19.9 |
| 6 | LanguageTool | 3 | Free | 19.2 |
| 7 | Gemini in Google Docs | 4 | $14/mo | 18.2 |
| 8 | Perplexity | 4 | $20/mo | 13.6 |
| 9 | Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant | 3 | $4.99/mo | 13 |
| 10 | DeepL | 2 | $8.74/mo | 12.4 |
| 11 | Gemini in Google Drive | 3 | $14/mo | 12.3 |
| 12 | ChatPDF | 2 | $19.99/mo | 12 |
| 13 | Readwise Reader | 3 | price on request | 11.8 |
| 14 | Spellbook | 3 | Free | 11.5 |
| 15 | ABBYY FineReader PDF | 3 | $99/yr | 11.3 |
Best tool for each task
Claude
Assistant for long documents, contracts and careful writing, with a Project for each matter. Paid plans from $20/mo. Free plan available.
ChatGPT
All-purpose chat assistant with web search, file and spreadsheet analysis, voice and custom GPTs. Paid plans from $20/mo. Free plan available.
NotebookLM
Answers only from your own documents, with citations to the exact paragraph and nothing invented from the web. Paid plans from $14/mo. Free plan available.
Data that stays out of public AI tools
- Contracts with real parties, amounts and details under NDA: into a public service only as [Party A], [Party B], [amount]
- Case files and client correspondence covered by attorney-client privilege: never into a public service
- Personal data of employees and clients in orders, complaints and applications: anonymize before pasting
- Negotiation strategy and the company's concession limits: a trade secret, the prompt gets only a general playbook
- Any legal provision in a model answer: check it against the current version of the law before it goes into a document
Tasks with a prompt and steps
- Run a risk review of a contract for your side 25 min
- Compare two versions of a contract 15 min
- Write a formal claim letter to a counterparty 25 min
- Write a structured legal memo 40 min
- Keep a contract register and track deadlines 30 min
- Draft a personal data processing policy 45 min
- Summarize changes in legislation for colleagues 20 min
- Translate a contract and keep the terminology consistent 30 min
- Prepare a reply to a tax authority request 40 min
- Draft an internal company order 15 min
- Summarize a long PDF 10 min
- Run a quick counterparty check before a deal 20 min
- Write a business letter 10 min
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