Lex Machina®, a LexisNexis® company, has officially announced the incorporation of Protégé™, an AI-powered assistant, into its renowned Legal Analytics® platform.
According to certain reports, this particular development will facilitate new user experience to transform legal work and deliver real-time, data-driven insights with ease, speed, and increased accuracy.
More on that would reveal how LexisNexis Protégé™ is a personalized AI assistant designed to boost productivity and augment superior work quality. Not just that, it can also help legal and business professionals unlock new economic value with case insights from Lex Machina’s trusted database of civil litigation across Federal District Court practice areas, the U.S. Court of Appeals, and state courts
Beyond that, Protégé in Lex Machina makes it possible for users to input questions, statements, or prompts, all for the purpose of receiving instant analytics to address common pain points in legal research. This will pave the way for users of all experience levels to effortlessly type a query and get immediate, high-quality analytics.
“Protégé in Lex Machina marks a significant milestone in Legal Analytics, enabling attorneys to harness legal insights with ease,” said Carla Rydholm, GM and Head of Product at Lex Machina. “Protégé simplifies how legal professionals interact with data and allows every user to get a jumpstart on access, which eliminates research bottlenecks and supports precision in legal strategy.”
Taking a deeper view of what prompts a user may type in to receive corresponding analytics, we begin with Trial Damages from Contract Cases in Los Angeles County Superior Court, which should provide damages analytics to set realistic client expectations and advise on litigation or settlement, enhancing client value.
The next prompt in line can be of How Long Does It Take to Get to Class Certification in Arizona? This one effectively offers timing analytics to inform settlement strategies.
Another possible prompt could be How Often is Summary Judgment Granted in Delaware Court of Chancery?, helpful in delivering motion analytics and refining case strategy.
Users can also ask something like Attorneys with the Most Experience in Antitrust Cases in the Last 3 Years to generate attorney analytics and help companies select the best legal representation for better case results.
Turning our attention towards some particular benefits of leveraging Protégé in Lex Machina, they include increased efficiency, as users can streamline data analysis by simply entering a prompt and receiving precise analytics.
You can also come expecting to uncover hidden data patterns and trends. In essence, the combination of Gen AI and high-quality structured data should be able to provide actionable intelligence in an intuitive format which will conversely enable smart decision-making.
Hold on, we are done yet, considering we haven’t yet touched upon the potential to gain competitive edge for a range of users. We get to say so because new or intermittent users will find it faster and easier to get data-driven insights, whereas on the other hand, super-users can find more options for tailoring the output to their precise needs.
Founded in 2013, Lex Machina’s rise up the ranks stems from providing strategic insights on judges, lawyers, law firms, parties, and other critical information across 22 federal practice areas and a rapidly growing number of state courts. By doing so, the company allows law firms and companies to anticipate the behaviors and outcomes that different legal strategies will produce, enabling them to win cases and close business.
Lex Machina’s excellence in what it does can be understood once you take into account how, thus far, it has been named one of Forbes’ Best Workplaces in the Bay Area in 2024, Winner of the “Media Excellence Award” for Analytics/Big Data 2024, and “Legal Tech Company of the Year 2021” (CIO Review, 2021), all while winning a host of other awards.
“Unlike generic AI tools, Protégé in Lex Machina is built on a solid foundation of structured Legal Analytics, ensuring insights are accurate, relevant, and actionable. This layered approach — where AI enhances an already robust data infrastructure — ensures Protégé in Lex Machina is not just another off-the-shelf AI-powered tool, but a true evolution in legal intelligence,” said Rydholm.
