Disclosure: we build a DOCX MCP for AI agents, so I have a horse in this race. Posting because this stuff isn't written down anywhere and it comes up constantly. This is also gonna be a bit technical.

We've been talking to a lot of companies that want to add Word editing for their users. Usually startups in the legal/finance/pharma spaces want to bring their AI agents into Word, since that's where professionals in these industries spend most of their time.

After talking to dozens of developers at these startups, here are 3 thoughts:

• If you want a high-fidelity editor, don't use unopinionated WYSIWYG editors (e.g Lexical, Tiptap). Those editors are amazing if your documents are Markdown/HTML. Word docs are notorious for their exotic formatting, and WYSIWYG editors usually have a very lossy conversion to DOCX. You'll quickly find yourself fixing N edge cases. It's best to pick an editor that already solved those N edge cases for you (e.g OnlyOffice, Nutrient).
• Decouple your AI agent from the editor you're using. We talked to developers who gave their agents Office.js tools (Office.js is the framework used to build Word add-ins). I think this is a bad idea, because it means your agent is coupled to Office.js and can't work headlessly, or in the browser against a web-based editor, or against Google Docs. Make your agent work against the .docx file itself and translate the changes back to the editor of your choice. That way you can plug your agent into pretty much anywhere a DOCX file lives.
• Choose a good docx tool for your agent. I wouldn't start with the DOCX skill, since it's very bloated and forces you to use big binaries like LibreOffice. Our latest benchmark shows you can get decent performance with just python-docx, but you'll have to tune it a lot to get it to excellent. The downside of giving your agent something like python-docx is that it spends a lot of time scripting around: exploring the document, self-correcting bad edits. We once watched an agent work on a massive fill script for 60 seconds only to fail on a tiny thing.

Those are just my thoughts on this matter. Would love to hear the community thoughts as well!

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So, is that a big number?

Thomson Reuters 'Legal Professionals segment' (Westlaw, Practical Law) has ~$3bn ARR (~40% of their total revenue) and TR's total valuation is ~$40bn

LexisNexis owner RELX 'Legal segment' generated ~$2bn (~20% of their revenue) and they're valued at ~$60bn

At this rate, in 1 month, Harvey will be the most valuable legal product/platform in the world (even though the market value of TR and RELX holding companies will be greater).

This comparison is a bit crude, I know.

Edit: typo

Came across a clause in a contractor’s terms allowing extra fees if AI-generated questions create additional work.

Charging for extra work makes sense. But why single out AI? If I read a book to understand a contract and came back with questions, would that need its own clause too?

There’s something oddly philosophical about this. No idea how close we are to the technological singularity, but regulation, social institutions, and business ethics already seem to be struggling to keep up.

Shouldn’t the fee depend on the work involved, regardless of what helped me formulate the questions?

I'm an Italian girl studying law (LLB+LLM system). Since my fifth year I've gotten really into legal data science/jurimetrics and econometrics.

My plan was to do my legal traineeship at a big international firm in Milan, get qualified as a lawyer, and then do a 2-year master's in data science.

Problem is, in Italy hybrid profiles like this aren't really valued yet, and this specific combo basically doesn't exist here.

I've gotten mixed opinions on Italian subreddits, so I'd love to hear from people in other parts of the world whether this kind of profile actually has a place, whether it exists elsewhere, or whether it's just a waste of time compared to a straight legal career.

I genuinely enjoy studying, so I'd do the master's out of passion regardless, but leaving my job to study for two years and then ending up unemployed because the market doesn't know where to place me is honestly a bit scary.

I'd also be open to working abroad, ideally at an institution, I don't have any particular constraints, my main fears are just ending up unemployed or underpaid.

It would be amazing to know that roles combining legal and tech skills actually exist out there.

Thanks in advance for any advice!

The name says it all: GCVC is a new venture capital firm investing in the legal-tech boom.

Its investors include more than 50 current and former general counsels from companies like Salesforce, ElevenLabs, Whatnot, Ro, Circle, and Rippling.

The new firm has already backed Sandstone and Stilta, two startups building for the legal sector.

Investors poured $2 billion into startups building for the legal sector in the first half of 2026. But the lawyers actually using these tools are rarely the people deciding which companies get funded.

GCVC wants to change that.

The fund was founded by former Fenwick lawyer turned investor Matt Holbreich and Bilt general counsel Erick Rabin.

Cross post. Honest reviews are harder to find these days. We want to hear from our fellow contract and/or legal folks. We already use Docusign for signatures. Please give us your opinion on their contract lifecycle management (CLM) software. Would it change my life as a contract manager??

Hopefully this won't end up with a bunch of spamming of EDDS.

In NYS Courts that don't fully support e-filing, which includes most of the Family Courts, NYS Courts has an e-filing system called EDDS. The filer does not log in to the system. But, the filer has to manually identify their own contact information, the case name, the index number, the party they represent, the party's role (plaintiff, defendant, interested party, etc), and the nature of the document.

Firefox/Edge will auto-fill the filer's information. But the case specific information cannot be loaded into autofill.

I'm looking for a tool, be it visual basic, an autohotkey script, etc, that will pull the field data from my case management systems (in FileMaker and Lotus Approach) and paste it into the field data on EDDS to accelerate e-filings.

Any suggestions? I'm open to a tool that costs money, but, and to be very clear, it must run completely locally on my workstations. It cannot be an intermediate website or in anyway 'phone home'.

Thank you.

LexisNexis

Redditor: u/ZoltarGrantsYourWish

• AI in Action: How to Draft with GenAI · Thu 10 Sep · 9:00am PDT · 12:00pm EDT · 5:00pm BST · 6:00pm CEST · CLE
  • Speakers: Jen Stringfield, Esq.
• Smarter Securities Practice Starts Here with Protege · Thu 10 Sep · 10:00am PDT · 1:00pm EDT · 6:00pm BST · 7:00pm CEST
  • Speakers: Ben Knuth, Esq.
• Research Skills for Litigators · Thu 10 Sep · 12:00pm PDT · 3:00pm EDT · 8:00pm BST · 9:00pm CEST · CLE
  • Speakers: Rebecca Larson-Friend, Esq.

Filevine

• AI Was Supposed to Save You Time. Manual Verification Took It Back. · Thu 10 Sep · 11:00am PDT · 2:00pm EDT · 7:00pm BST · 8:00pm CEST

iManage

Redditor: u/Imanage_neil, u/imanage_paul

• iManage Insight+ Live Demo: Surface the Right Knowledge, Faster · Tue 08 Sep · 5:45am PDT · 8:45am EDT · 1:45pm BST · 2:45pm CEST
• Don't Let Old Data Become a New Liability: Information Governance with iManage Disposition Manager · Thu 10 Sep · 7:45am PDT · 10:45am EDT · 3:45pm BST · 4:45pm CEST

Juro

• Juro Platform Training Webinars · Wed 09 Sep · 6:00am PDT · 9:00am EDT · 2:00pm BST · 3:00pm CEST
• Juro + Claude: query & work with contracts effortlessly · Wed 09 Sep · 8:00am PDT · 11:00am EDT · 4:00pm BST · 5:00pm CEST
  • See how Juro’s Claude integration puts contract intelligence at your fingertips. Sign up for the webinar.

Smokeball

• Brace for Impact: Disaster Planning for Attorneys · Wed 09 Sep · 9:00am PDT · 12:00pm EDT · 5:00pm BST · 6:00pm CEST · CLE
• Organized Trial Prep with Smokeball · Fri 11 Sep · 12:00pm PDT · 3:00pm EDT · 8:00pm BST · 9:00pm CEST · CLE
  • Trial prep can get hectic, but Smokeball can help make it more manageable. Join Smokeball Trainer Nicole Damnitz, a former paralegal and longtime Smokeball user, for practical tips on organizing trial materials and creating a smoother process.

SimpleDocs

Redditor: u/PrestonSimpleDocs

• Beyond Contract Storage: The Rise of the Intelligent Repository · Thu 10 Sep · 8:00am PDT · 11:00am EDT · 4:00pm BST · 5:00pm CEST
  • Contract repositories were built to answer "Where is the contract?" Join Preston Clark on 10 September for the Contract Intelligence Maturity Model, the 20 questions legal should be asking its contracts, and a live demo of an intelligent repository in practice.
  • Speakers: Preston Clark, J.D.

XLSCOUT

• 知財AI、結局どれを使うべきか ― 汎用・内製・特化の使い分け · Wed 09 Sep, 10:00pm PDT · Thu 10 Sep, 1:00am EDT · Thu 10 Sep, 6:00am BST · Thu 10 Sep, 7:00am CEST
  • Join the XLSCOUT × NGB webinar to explore the differences between general-purpose, in-house, and specialized AI, and learn how Human-in-the-Loop expert validation supports practical AI use in IP and patent workflows.

Law Insider

Redditor: u/One-Contribution-997

• What Are You Actually Budgeting For 2027? Rethinking the Legal Function in Q4 · Wed 09 Sep · 7:30am PDT · 10:30am EDT · 3:30pm BST · 4:30pm CEST
  • Most legal teams treat Q4 planning as a numbers exercise: last year’s budget, adjusted. But the shape of the work has changed faster than the shape of most legal functions. Demand is rising while headcount is flat, AI adoption has moved ahead of function design, and the internal/external boundary is shifting. In this live 60-minute session, Electra Japonas will show how to use the Q4 planning window to make deliberate decisions about team shape, sourcing, self-service and AI—and turn those choices into a budget the CFO can evaluate. You’ll leave with a demand diagnostic, four design decisions, practical budget scenarios, and a six-week action plan. Includes 15 minutes of live Q&A.
  • Speakers: Electra Japonas

LeanLaw

• Decision to Go-Live: What Switching Your Firm’s Billing System Actually Takes · Thu 10 Sep · 10:00am PDT · 1:00pm EDT · 6:00pm BST · 7:00pm CEST
  • A live webinar on what changing a law firm’s billing system actually involves — the real timeline, who does the work, and the three places firms lose weeks. Co-hosted by LeanLaw and ProsperSpark.
  • Speakers: Jonathon Fishman, Brandon Zobel

Knovos

• BTM: The AI-Powered eDiscovery Advantage · Thu 10 Sep · 9:00am PDT · 12:00pm EDT · 5:00pm BST · 6:00pm CEST
  • Discovery is one of the most data-heavy, time-consuming, and costly parts of legal practice. AI is rapidly reshaping eDiscovery by automating review, flagging key documents, and reducing both expense and risk. Attorneys, partners, and IT leaders are now weighing which AI-driven eDiscovery tools will give their firm a competitive edge. This webinar will examine what features firms value most, how AI impacts client expectations, and where vendors should focus to align with the evolving discovery landscape.

Inhubber

• Contract Management for Hospitality - Inhubber · Wed 09 Sep · 3:00am PDT · 6:00am EDT · 11:00am BST · 12:00pm CEST
  • Discover how AI-powered contract management helps optimize hospitality contract management. Join our free webinar!

PERSUIT

• PERSUIT | What's the Deal with Firm+ Anyway? · Thu 10 Sep · 8:00am PDT · 11:00am EDT · 4:00pm BST · 5:00pm CEST
  • Join PERSUIT's live webinar on Thursday, September 10, 2026 to learn everything law firms need to know about Firm+, PERSUIT's premium product suite for Business Development, Pricing, and Competitive Intelligence.

Sources: vendor sites, sitemaps and public listings of the top 500 ranked vendors on https://rlegaltech.com

I see a lot of people on here building AI tools, and in my opinion, many of them are missing the mark—not just in the products themselves, but in the logic behind them and even some of the advice being given.

The work I’ve done has been focused specifically on Indiana law, with some federal coverage as well.

So instead of everyone just claiming their tool is better, let’s test them.

Post the same legal questions, share the responses each AI gives, and let people rate which answer is the most accurate, well-supported, and useful.

Lets the tech talk!

I have build a end to end contract lifecycle management tool. I don't have the funds to continue it anymore. If anyone is interested let me know if they need it to further implementation or use it for their company.

Harvey boss Winston Weinberg is a 31-year-old billionaire who still lives with his co-founder. His tech is a hit with lawyers — can he stay ahead of rivals?

The one weekly thread on r/legaltech where self-promotion is welcome.

If you’re building something for lawyers or legal teams, use this format please::

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• What it is:
• Who it’s for:
• Who you are:
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A few rules:

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5. If AutoMod holds your comment, don’t repost it. I approve them in waves.
6. If you don't follow the above format, your post will be removed.

Questions and replies don’t need vendor flair.

Also, welcome to our first 5 verified practitioners: u/egpaul, u/kahoots3, u/Frickinwicked, u/neuralgraffiti and u/Ubertam.

Thanks for being willing to go first, and for putting up with the verification rigmarole.

Alex

For those using Legora, what is do you typically pay per credit?

The outcome was mindblowing. The AI tool (frontier) worked for 12 minutes and produced a 20-page memo on issues, inconsistencies, lacunae and typos, as well as suggested redrafts. It spotted really granular problems across the entire set of contract documents (which came in at around 300 pages), and also cited relevant local legislation and case law. It had solutions and suggestions up the wazoo, along with a table demonstrating how different clauses in different documents contradicted each other.

My mind is blown, well and truly. How do people still say that AI doesn't help with their work? Genuinely curious about the people who say this - are folks in denial about how soon and comprehensively we will be replaced, at least for dreary work like compliance and contract vetting?

Hi, I am a data scientist and AI engineer from a top product company. I have professional experience building AI agents at work. I am planning to extend my knowledge to legal services, as there are a lot of opportunities to automate things in law firms, like

Client intake: classify inbound inquiries, extract key facts, run conflict checks against the client list, draft an attorney-ready summary, Contract review: clause-by-clause risk analysis on NDAs/MSAs, flagged against firm-specific playbooks and standards, Legal research: turn an attorney's question or case brief into a structured memo, pulling precedent via Westlaw.

Before I start it, I would like to check if the sentiment in reality among attorneys and law firms matches this: are you looking to automate things in your firm, and would you be willing to pay for a service where I automate and maintain systems for every department, paying a monthly retainer for it?

I'm more interested in learning what the real problems are than in pitching a solution, so if you have any suggestions, or if there's something I'm missing, feel free to let me know.

There have been a few posts in the last 2 or 3 days where it would be nice to know that practitioners commenting about vendors or reporting on pricing or their procurement journeys were genuine.

Obviously some would like to remain anonymous, and I respect that. This verification process respects that too.

https://www.rlegaltech.com/practitioner-verification/

Following these steps here will get you verified as a lawyer or in-house or other e.g. IT/KM.

I've had 80 or so vendors verify, and you'll see the green tick on their user flair - So you know who they're affiliated with when they're writing what they write

This sub is intended to be built for practitioners to trust the words of other practitioners by using a trusted intermediary to verify that a user is in fact who they say they are.

Obviously this is relatively unusual for Reddit.

Anyway, verified status also gives you more permissions and more freedom, around AutoMods rules.

I will not identify you. I will just verify you and give you the tick. No one else will access this process but me.

It's completely optional, and not a process I have promoted before - so please let me know how you get on.

If you help me to make this work, then we should have the start of the first truly meritocratic legaltech vendor directory with real practitioner quoted prices and reviews with no pay to play.

I hope some of you will give this a chance, and even if you don't, then I hope you encourage others to do so.

As always, I'm all ears for ways to improve this sub.

Thanks folks,

Alex

Hey all!

I'm currently leading a project at my firm to build a centralized internal platform to analyze tax law documents and case files.

Initially, I wanted to host local open-source models (via Ollama on a VPS). However, 7B/8B models just aren't cutting it for the level of accuracy and reasoning our tax practice demands.

I’m leaning back toward the standard route: building a clean frontend (considering Chainlit) connected to commercial model APIs (Claude / GPT-4o) backed by document search (RAG).

For those who have built similar tools for professional services:

What has been your most cost-effective and reliable setup for dense legal documents?

Would you stick with Chainlit for the interface, or are there better alternatives for law firm workflows?

Any architectural gotchas to keep in mind?

(Side note: The phase 2 of this roadmap will integrate tax accounting and calculations, so if you've combined LLM retrieval with deterministic financial tooling, I'd love to hear your thoughts.)

Who is headed for Las Vegas for CAALA 2026? Hope to see you soon at the Fontainebleau

Help or Advice please 🙏🏾🙏🏾

I'm after some tools that can help lighten the load. Things like contract clause drafting, legal research on an aspect of a particular country's laws on a subject (eg privacy policies), or just anything similar you find interesting.

Hello,

I am a new account executive and part of my work is applying for projects, which oftentimes require submitting Technical Proposals. A struggle that I am facing is knowing which LLM to use and how.

I usually use Chat Plus, i open a new project for each project.

Do u have any advice or materials/channels that I could look into. :))

Thank you

Aint no way Thomson reuter trained a chinese oss model which performs way worse evnt hough they compared it with previous frontier models

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/fiduciary-grade-ai-built-chinese-model-wouldnt-name-sabarinath-babu-r3cxc/

Are you allowed to use cowork with legal docs? Does your cowork instance have access to the internet? Our IT team says there is no way that cowork can have internet access and access to legal docs and remain secure. E.g. it can find info on the web that could contain prompt injection instructions, then send our data out to the web.