Oct 16, 2024 | AI

Deeper integration of CoCounsel into Westlaw and Practical Law – plus two new features in Westlaw – are building on the company’s vision to deliver a comprehensive GenAI assistant for every professional it serves.

Customers will experience a more seamless workflow within CoCounsel 2.0, the professional-grade GenAI assistant, across legal research products, including CoCounsel Core. The deeper integrations, available in late October, will further a user-centric experience throughout the Thomson Reuters legal solutions portfolio and improve ease of use.

The deeper integrations will improve ease of use in two ways:

• The full CoCounsel AI assistant will be available in the user interface of Westlaw and Practical Law, enabling users to be able to use CoCounsel Core skills seamlessly.
• Users will soon be able to create an on-page analysis of Westlaw and Practical Law content with CoCounsel.

In addition, two new GenAI research features – Mischaracterization Identification and AI Jurisdictional Surveys – will help customers save substantial time and deliver greater confidence that legal research is accurate, thorough, and complete.

Mischaracterization Identification and AI Jurisdictional Surveys

Mischaracterization Identification is a new generative AI capability to help detect mischaracterizations and omissions in legal briefs. Customers can upload a brief to Westlaw Precision with CoCounsel and see where opposing counsel has mischaracterized the law, and judges using this feature will be able to see where all litigants may have mischaracterized the law in their filings.

“I often find that opposing counsel has miscited or overstated case authority, and when that happens, we can use it to great advantage with the court. This tool would save tons of time in finding those opportunities,” said Scott Matney, general counsel, FPS Inc.

“This enhancement [Mischaracterization Identification] is one of the most innovative legal tools available,” said Susan Verbonitz, partner, Weir Greenblatt Pierce. “It not only reduces time spent on the rinse-and-repeat task associated with human research, but it also identifies potential weaknesses in opponent’s arguments.”

AI Jurisdictional Surveys on Westlaw Precision with CoCounsel is a generative AI skill that enables customers to do 50-state-survey research much faster than with traditional methods, saving hours of time. It provides relevant statute language for legal questions for each jurisdiction selected for federal and state jurisdictions and U.S. territories.

“Time is valuable and there is never enough of it,” Verbonitz said. “AI Jurisdictional Surveys and the new mischaracterizations enhancement expand our research capabilities while also saving us time and reducing cost.”

Read the press release for more on the deeper integrations with CoCounsel and new Westlaw features as well as upcoming product enhancements, including CoCounsel Drafting UK, and more generative AI in Practical Law and Contract Express.