April brings transformative enhancements to CoCounsel Legal that empower legal professionals to work smarter, faster, and with greater precision. This month鈥檚 releases focus on streamlining workflows, expanding research capabilities, and connecting legal teams to the tools they rely on daily. The innovations underscore our commitment to: Agentic AI grounded in deep legal听expertise, capabilities rooted in your own knowledge and听workflows, and听built to elevate the way modern legal teams听operate.
Agentic AI, Grounded in Expertise
Help us shape the next generation of CoCounsel Legal
Earlier in April we announced the next generation of CoCounsel Legal, now available in Beta. Built from the ground up, it听delivers on听the vision we set out from the start: an AI companion that works alongside lawyers through every task and every stage of a matter, grounded in the trusted sources of knowledge they rely on.
We鈥檙e听inviting customers to help shape what CoCounsel Legal becomes 鈥� an AI that works at the level of a senior associate, built with Anthropic听cutting-edge听technology, engineered for legal work with authority and verification at its core.
We are excited to put the next generation of CoCounsel Legal in the hands of more customers as the year progresses.听!
Additional Sources in Deep Research听
Deep Research reports听in Canada听now include听additional听sources that help further explore the legal question and provide logical pathways to continue the research process. A new section provides sources that, although not cited directly in the report, may provide further, helpful context听to听your question. This added material provides greater depth and perspective to support research, giving users more pathways to听validate听findings and expand their understanding of complex legal issues.
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Built for How You Work
Contract Policy Compliance Enhancement: Obligation Extraction
Contract Policy Compliance听now听enables听uploading regulations and documents for a quick compliance check. Customers can now skip the manual entry of their policies by uploading a file, accelerating the compliance review听process听and reducing the time spent on repetitive data entry tasks.听
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Westlaw Content Source Added to Knowledge Search 听
Now, users听have the ability听to听search听U.S.听Westlaw cases inside Knowledge Search and use them instantly in CoCounsel听Legal听workflows鈥攏o tool-switching听required. Users can search听U.S.听Westlaw cases alongside their DMS content, intranet听content, Practical Law, or other sources.听Upload cases听directly听into chat or听your听databases for further case analysis or to continue a workflow, making legal research more efficient and comprehensive.听
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Tabular Analysis Enhancements
Manually edit cell values and add your own custom columns directly within a table to apply your own judgment, add context, and shape the output so it鈥檚 ready for the next step in your workflow. Review flags help you prioritize your focus by automatically highlighting extracted answers in the table that require a closer look due to ambiguity or nuance in the source document. It helps you prioritize the responses that require your human expertise review while trusting your final results. Download a table with applied filters directly into Excel, preserving your work in CoCounsel Legal听without resetting those filters in a separate spreadsheet. Filter table results by data type to quickly narrow down and focus on the most critical information within the table. These tabular analysis enhancements offer the user more control over their tables, streamlining their workflow from analysis to action.听
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Companies Search听听
A new search form on the Westlaw UK cases page searches for company-specific content across Cases,听Dockets, and听Pending Actions听that听helps听users听uncover company-related litigation more efficiently听and from听one place. This gives users a broader and more connected view of a company鈥檚 dispute landscape, improving research speed, confidence, and decision-making.听
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Concise Answer 听
Now, users听in Canada听have the听option for a concise answer听when using听Deep Research on Westlaw Advantage听that听will run in 2 minutes or less.听This provides users听with听more flexibility in how they use Deep Research听and can opt for a听concise answer听in听instances where a quick, straightforward answer is needed over an entire report.听
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Sharing and Saving Deep Research Reports (Canada)
Within a Deep Research report,听users can now copy a link to share the report with colleagues or save it to a folder in Westlaw for easy access later.听Quickly and seamlessly share听Deep Research to streamline听knowledge sharing with听your听teams.听听
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Explore These New CoCounsel Legal Features Today
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