Tools

The legal AI directory · 2026

Legal AI tools, reviewed properly.

Honest, detailed reviews of the tools law firms actually use — research, drafting, contract review, diligence, litigation, eDiscovery and verification. Each review covers what it does, who it suits, key features, pricing, our verdict, and how to keep privilege safe. No hype, no affiliate noise.

General AI

ChatGPT

The general-purpose assistant most lawyers try first

★★★★★ 4.7Freemium / paid
General AI

Claude

A general assistant known for long documents and careful writing

★★★★★ 4.7Freemium / paid
General AI

Gemini

Google's assistant, tightly integrated with Docs, Gmail and the rest of Workspace

★★★★☆ 4.4Freemium / paid
Legal research

CoCounsel

Thomson Reuters' legal AI assistant (from the Casetext team) for research, document review and drafting grounded in trusted legal content.

★★★★★ 4.6Paid (enterprise)
Legal research

Lexis+ AI / Protégé

LexisNexis' AI layer over its research platform, with conversational search, summarisation and drafting linked to its citator.

★★★★☆ 4.5Paid (enterprise)
Legal research

vLex Vincent AI

vLex's research assistant, strong on multi-jurisdictional and comparative material.

★★★★☆ 4.4Paid
Legal platform

Harvey

A legal AI platform built for large firms, with workflows across research, drafting and diligence and firm-specific knowledge.

★★★★★ 4.6Paid (enterprise)
Legal platform

Legora

A collaborative legal AI workspace (formerly Leya) with tabular review and Word-based drafting.

★★★★☆ 4.5Paid (enterprise)
Contract drafting

Spellbook

Drafts and suggests clauses inside Microsoft Word, tuned to commercial drafting.

★★★★☆ 4.5Paid
Contract review

Robin AI

Contract review and negotiation support with clause suggestions and a repository.

★★★★☆ 4.4Paid
Due diligence

Luminance

AI for contract analysis and due diligence

★★★★☆ 4.4Paid (enterprise)
Due diligence

Kira

Long-standing contract analysis for diligence, extracting and classifying clauses at scale.

★★★★☆ 4.2Paid (enterprise)
Litigation

Clearbrief

Checks a brief against the record: it links every factual assertion to the evidence and flags unsupported statements.

★★★★★ 4.6Paid
Legal research

Paxton AI

Research and drafting assistant with citations across US law.

★★★★☆ 4.3Freemium / paid
Legal research

Alexi

AI research assistant producing memos with citations and links to sources.

★★★★☆ 4.2Paid
Legal research

Midpage

Research and citation-checking, with a focus on accuracy and quotable passages.

★★★★☆ 4.3Paid
eDiscovery

Relativity aiR

AI for review and eDiscovery built into Relativity, with review acceleration and summarisation.

★★★★☆ 4.3Paid (enterprise)
eDiscovery

Everlaw

Cloud eDiscovery with AI-assisted review, clustering and a strong collaboration layer.

★★★★☆ 4.4Paid (enterprise)
Verification

LexGPT Harness

Our own system: a plain-English method, rules and checklists that make AI-assisted legal work verifiable before it reaches a client or a court.

★★★★★ 4.9Free book / $99

Tools listed for information; prices are indicative and change. Always check the vendor's own terms, and verify every AI output before it leaves your firm.