LexisNexis Legal & Professional has introduced a commercial preview in the U.S. of their LexisNexis Protégé AI assistant, which encompasses an extensive range of AI-driven workflows designed for legal professionals. This initiative, as explained by LexisNexis here, combines hundreds of pre-built workflows for both litigation and transactional operations with a custom workflow builder. This launch highlights an integrated, private, and secure legal AI platform, all grounded in the robust depth and authority of LexisNexis’s legal content library.
The Protégé workflows aim to transcend standard AI chat interfaces and facilitate the automation and customization of complex, multi-step workflows across legal teams. LexisNexis positions these tools as tailored systems, drawing from the company’s proprietary legal content. They are complemented by the integration of Shepard’s Citations specifically for U.S. users. As Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO of LexisNexis for North America, UK, and Ireland states, the aim is to provide adaptable workflow solutions that integrate directly into existing processes and meet the legal profession’s exacting demands with trust and reliability.
The Protégé platform launches with several core capabilities. These include a suite of pre-configured workflows that law firms can either use directly or adjust according to firm-specific needs. This includes workflows for drafting legal motions, generating legal documents, and assessing contracts. Additionally, a custom workflow builder offers legal professionals no-code tools to design step-by-step processes tailored to specific tasks, while also allowing for interdepartmental sharing and collaboration.
LexisNexis is also planning further enhancements for later this year, unveiling two additional categories of workflows: advanced practice-area workflows, targeting specialized legal domains such as M&A and real estate, and expanded agentic workflows. These developments, featuring so-called “specialized agents” and AI-powered autonomous systems, are designed to execute complex tasks as a “skilled legal teammate,” potentially revolutionizing the support provided to legal practitioners.
The commercial preview aims to gather feedback from leading law firms and corporate legal departments, setting the stage for a wider rollout. This effort to modernize legal work processes will be available not only in the U.S., but is also set to expand to Canada, the U.K., Europe, and Asia Pacific by the end of the year.