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A Westlaw Precision Tool is a legal research system developed by Thomson Reuters.
- Context:
- It can provide AI-assisted research features.
- It includes precision research, KeyCite, and cited-with features to help users find relevant answers to legal research questions.
- It offers expanded KeyCite functionality and optimized workflow capabilities.
- It provides a graphical view of history for better understanding of legal precedents and relationships.
- It can be used by lawyers, legal professionals, and students in the field of law for conducting comprehensive legal research.
- It represents a significant advancement in legal research technology by integrating artificial intelligence.
- It can have Westlaw Precision Features, such as:
- Legal Information Search: Facilitating searches for case law and other legal documents.
- Legal Precedents Analysis: Assisting in the understanding and application of legal precedents.
- Drafting Legal Documents: Providing tools and resources for creating legal briefs with accurate legal references.
- Quick Check: Offering brief analysis to identify any overlooked or contrary authorities.
- Litigation Analytics: Delivering insights on judges, courts, attorneys, law firms, and more to inform case strategies.
- KeyCite Overruling Risk: Identifying when a point of law is potentially undermined due to reliance on an invalidated decision.
- Outline Builder: Allowing users to organize their research effectively.
- Keep List/Hide Details: Enabling users to save important cases and filter out irrelevant ones.
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- Example(s):
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Thomson Reuters, Artificial Intelligence in Legal Research, Legal Technology, Case Law Research, Legal Information Retrieval.
References
2023a
- Bing Chat
- Westlaw Precision is a legal research tool developed by **Thomson Reuters**. It is designed to help lawyers conduct research more efficiently and accurately by using generative AI¹. The tool provides AI-assisted research, precision research, KeyCite, and cited with features to help users find relevant answers to their legal research questions¹. Westlaw Precision also offers expanded KeyCite functionality, optimized workflow capabilities, and graphical view of history¹.
- Source: Conversation with Bing, 11/27/2023
- Westlaw Precision - Unrivaled Legal Research Tool - Thomson Reuters. https://legal.thomsonreuters.com/en/products/westlaw-precision.
- Thomson Reuters debuts Westlaw Precision. https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/press-releases/2022/september/thomson-reuters-debuts-westlaw-precision.html.
- Thomson Reuters Debuts Westlaw Precision - PR Newswire. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/thomson-reuters-debuts-westlaw-precision-301624347.html.
- Thomson Reuters Teases Generative AI Updates to Westlaw Precision .... https://www.lawnext.com/2023/11/thomson-reuters-teases-generative-ai-updates-to-westlaw-precision-coming-nov-15.html.
2023b
- GBard
- Westlaw Precision is a legal research tool that offers a range of features to help you conduct research more efficiently. Some of the key features of Westlaw Precision include:
- **Precision Research**: This feature allows you to search, filter, and browse more efficiently by discovering important case attributes ¹³. You can run a search that gathers all the potentially relevant cases, then filter your results by legal issue, fact pattern, motion type, outcome, and more ¹.
- **KeyCite Cited With**: This feature allows you to see related cases that have a pattern of being cited together, even if neither cites the other ¹³.
- **KeyCite Overruled in Part**: This feature indicates, via a new red-striped flag, that a case has been overruled in part and enables navigation directly to the language in the case discussing the point of law that has been overruled ¹³.
- **Graphical View of History**: This feature displays a graphical visualization of your research history, mapping out each step and highlighting the searches and documents with more research interaction ¹.
- **Keep List/Hide Details**: This feature allows you to save cases of interest and hide cases you have determined are not relevant to current research ¹.
- **Outline Builder**: This feature enables you to organize research with ease by dragging and dropping text into a customizable outline ¹.
- **Quick Check**: This feature allows you to upload a brief to receive a report that surfaces any bad law, additional highly relevant authority, and authority contrary to what your opponent cited ³.
- **Litigation Analytics**: This feature provides relevant data-driven insights on judges, courts, attorneys, law firms, damages, and case types so you can better manage client expectations and build the strongest case strategy ³.
- **KeyCite Overruling Risk**: This feature allows you to quickly determine when a point of law has been implicitly undermined based on its reliance on an overruled or otherwise invalid prior decision ³.
- Source: Conversation with Bing, 11/27/2023
- Features - Westlaw Precision | Thomson Reuters. https://legal.thomsonreuters.com/en/products/westlaw-precision/features.
- Westlaw Reviews: 180+ User Reviews and Ratings in 2023 | G2. https://www.g2.com/products/westlaw/reviews.
- Westlaw Precision Has Launched. How Is It Different?. https://huntersquery.byu.edu/westlaw-precision-has-launched-how-is-it-different/.
- Westlaw Precision - Unrivaled Legal Research Tool - Thomson Reuters. https://legal.thomsonreuters.com/en/products/westlaw-precision.
- Westlaw Precision is a legal research tool that offers a range of features to help you conduct research more efficiently. Some of the key features of Westlaw Precision include: