5 Ways how can law firms use AI?

Law firms can use AI in a variety of ways to improve their operations and better serve their clients. Some examples of how AI is being used in law firms include:

  1. Legal research: AI-powered legal research tools can quickly search through vast amounts of legal data, identifying relevant information, such as key clauses, precedents, and case citations, in a fraction of the time it would take a human. With this information, attorneys can begin to predict legal outcomes, such as the likelihood of success in a particular case or the expected damages in a settlement.
  2. Document review: AI-powered tools are trained to recognize patterns and keywords in legal documents, allowing them to scan through large volumes of documents in order to highlight relevant information, such as key arguments, citations, and legal concepts. These tools can also identify similarities and differences between documents, making it easier for attorneys to compare and contrast different versions of a document in order to spotlight any discrepancies or anomalies.
  3. Contract review and management: AI-powered tools can quickly scan through contracts, identifying potential issues and flagging any areas that need further attention. This might include the identification of key terms, such as dates, prices, and specific obligations or deliverables. It can also include clause comparison analyses, wherein the software identifies any ambiguous clauses or clauses that might conflict with other provisions in the contract.
  4. Communication with clients: AI-powered chatbots can be used to provide clients with answers to common questions, reducing the need for human interaction and improving the client experience. These chatbots can assist clients with basic information about their case, such as the status of their case, upcoming court dates, or next steps in the legal process. AI-powered tools can also be used to send automatic notifications to clients, such as reminders about court dates, upcoming deadlines, or the need to provide additional information or documentation.
  5. Virtual legal assistants: AI technology can be used to create virtual legal assistants that can assist lawyers with scheduling, document preparation, and other administrative tasks. For example, AI-powered tools can help attorneys manage client information, such as contact information, case status, and billing information. This, in turn, can help attorneys stay on top of their billing and accounting tasks, such as invoicing clients, tracking expenses, and generating financial reports.

Overall, AI can be used to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and improve the quality of legal services. Law firms that adopt AI technology will be better equipped to compete in the legal market and provide better service to their clients.

Trellis – a Research Platform that Democratizes Access to Law.


Nicole Clark is the Co-Founder and CEO of Trellis, a state trial court legal research and analytics platform with AI-based insights on judges, opposing counsel, motions, dockets, and legal issues. They make state trial court data searchable and analyze it to give law firms insights into the way judges are ruling. Legal teams are able to “Google” search state trial court records and uncover key intelligence on opposing counsel, motions, rulings, dockets and other legal issues.

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Nicole Clark is the Founder and CEO of Trellis Research Inc. Nicole is a Litigator and practiced a lot at the state court level doing employment and class action work. Nicole found the courage to jump from practicing to bring Trellis to other litigators. She knew that having data was a huge competitive advantage as a state court practitioner.

Check out Trellis at http://www.tellis.law or reach out to Nicole directly at nicole@trellis.law or find her on Twitter at @nicole_a_clark.

On This Episode, We Discuss …

• Most Common Ways People Use Technology When They are Not Necessarily Tech-Savvy
• Other Sources and Variables of Data that are Consequential in Making Decisions
• Giving Insight to Attorneys to Understand Some of the Judges’ Niche Things
• Where is the ‘Gray Area’ Line Drawn for Public Data?
• The Ethics for What Attorneys are Required to Do