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Legal Research Agent

Legal · Collaborator · Claude Opus

Heartbeat: On-demand

Searches case law, statutes, and firm precedents — produces cited research memos.

WHAT IT DOES

Your AI legal researcher. Searches case law databases, statutes, regulations, and your firm's internal precedents in parallel to produce comprehensive research memos with Bluebook-formatted citations and confidence levels per authority. Performs deep precedent analysis — ranking results by binding vs persuasive weight, recency, and factual similarity — and identifies both supporting and opposing arguments with strength assessments. Maps jurisdictional differences across federal, state, and international courts with comparison tables showing how rulings diverge. Validates every citation for accuracy and current validity, flags areas where law is unsettled (circuit splits, pending legislation, recent reversals), and cross-references findings against your firm's past work product for consistency. Delivers structured memos with issue statements, short answers, detailed analysis, and explicit uncertainty disclaimers.

WORKFLOW

  1. Accept research question
  2. Search case law + statutes + precedents
  3. Analyse relevance
  4. Identify arguments (supporting + opposing)
  5. Draft cited memo
  6. Flag uncertain areas
  7. Review with human

SKILLS

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INTEGRATIONS

LexisNexis
Westlaw
PACER
SEC EDGAR
Google Scholar
Clio
Firm Document Store
Role
Collaborator
Model
Claude Opus
Heartbeat
On-demand