From unverified sourcing to defensible results
Legal professionals are under growing pressure to work faster without cutting corners on accuracy. Research, contract drafting, and case-building have always demanded precision, and legal teams say they spend up to 40 to 60% of their time on this work. As more firms and legal departments turn to AI to close that gap, the quality of the content behind the answer is what makes the difference.
This guide looks at why public, consumer-grade AI tools fall short for legal work, and what a trustworthy alternative should offer. It covers a widely reported case where fabricated AI-generated citations nearly led to court sanctions, and shows how Thomson Reuters CoCounsel Legal is grounded in Westlaw and Practical Law content, refined by more than 1,200 attorney editors, and backed by continuous human oversight.
Key highlights:
- Know the risks before you adopt. See why generic AI tools like ChatGPT are prone to hallucinated citations and unverifiable answers, and what that risk means for client trust and professional liability
- Understand what trustworthy AI requires. Learn the four warning signs of AI tools that aren’t built for legal work: unverified sourcing, opaque citations, non-legal training data, and missing compliance safeguards
- See what a defensible AI solution looks like. Discover how CoCounsel Legal combines GenAI and agentic AI with human-in-the-loop review to deliver results legal professionals can verify and stand behind
As AI changes how legal work gets done, the AI partner you choose matters as much as the decision to use AI at all. Download the full guide to see what to look for, and why more than 20,000 law firms and legal departments already trust CoCounsel Legal.
