Microsoft introduces Copilot for Legal with more than 20 legal AI skills and plugins
Microsoft introduced Copilot for Legal, which adds more than 20 legal AI skills and plugins to Microsoft 365. According to the company, it supports contract drafting and review as well as the preparation of legal analyses.
Microsoft introduced Copilot for Legal on 15 October, with more than 20 legal AI skills and plugins integrated directly into Microsoft 365. The product builds on Legal Agent, a tool the company introduced in April.
According to Microsoft, the new capabilities support extensive work with documents in Word. In Copilot, lawyers can assign tasks involving contracts, emails, meetings and files. The company says it supports drafting contracts and legal opinions, reviewing and negotiating contracts, and turning analyses into structured recommendations.
Why it matters
Integrating legal features into the office software already in use may influence the choice of tool. According to Michael McCready, owner of the law firm McCready Law, the presence of tools from Microsoft in established workflows is a competitive advantage; this is his assessment, rather than a substantiated comparison of quality.
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What this means
For individuals
According to Microsoft, lawyers working in Word are gaining the ability to assign contract drafting and review tasks directly while working with documents.
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According to McCready, integration between office applications and the legal information services a firm uses is also an important consideration for law firms when choosing a solution. He says AI capabilities alone are not enough.
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