How The New Lexis+ AI App Empowers Lawyers On The Go

Maybe you’re answering a difficult question while on your way to a client meeting, or maybe you’re navigating a court hearing that heads in an unexpected direction. 

Either way, if you’re turning to a phone or tablet to handle a legal task, it’s probably because you need to address something urgent. 

While ChatGPT (and even Google search) can be helpful in these types of situations, Lexis+ AI recently introduced something much better: an industry-first solution for mobile devices that brings an authoritative, verifiable, legal-specific AI assistant directly to wherever you are. 

The Lexis+ AI mobile app allows you to create solid first drafts of documents while accessing extensive legal research databases of primary law while on the road. Asking a quick legal question, or skimming a comprehensive case summary for the details that matter most has never been easier — stay in the know on the go.

You can instantly check for new primary law and Practical Guidance content on mobile when you set an alert on the web and be well-informed with alerts results on the Lexis+ AI mobile app.

You can also put that primary law or Practical Guidance content into the Offline Reading folder on Lexis+ AI mobile or in Folders on the web to continue reading while disconnected from the internet.

The ability to upload documents will be added in the coming year as well. 

The app is available in your app store, and Lexis+ AI subscribers can access all of its features at no additional cost. 

Here’s a look at what it will provide you, anytime and anywhere. 

Getting Started

In addition to its AI assistant, the new Lexis+ AI mobile app provides users with access to legal research for primary case law, Shepard’s Citation Service, and LexisNexis’ Practical Guidance, among other features. 

A single login links to your main Lexis account. This will sync all of your interactions with the Lexis+ AI assistant to the mobile app as well. 

The app opens with a user-friendly interface that allows you to select your legal task. 

Legal Research

After a click on “Ask a legal question,” the research interface is intuitive: You simply ask a question, and the Lexis+ AI assistant will give you an answer.

Its work is supported by the same authoritative legal content powering the desktop version of Lexis+ AI. 

As the answers the app provides are comprehensive, scrolling functionality allows you to quickly navigate the responses. 

The response will conclude with active hyperlinks to the underlying source material, allowing you to verify its guidance with one click. You can also refine the response with a follow-up question. 

Looking for additional mobile research? The app provides robust resources for lawyers, law students, and knowledge workers to read primary law on the go. 

To access this feature, you can simply minimize the Lexis+ AI assistant with a pull of the thumb. 

This allows the user to simultaneously access other legal research tools including statutes and legislation, administrative code, Practical Guidance, and Shepards. 

Follow-Up Tasks

Once you have your research answer, the Lexis+ AI mobile app allows you to take additional steps.

You can copy the response with a click, summarize the relevant case law authority, and even generate a memo based on the output. 

If you’d like to summarize case law authority related to your question, the app will bring up detailed case abstracts within seconds. 

Finally, the app can generate first drafts of documents as well, directly on your mobile device. 

Here, it’s being asked to draft a legal argument in a real estate matter, but its capabilities extend to numerous types of legal documents.

It can craft a clause of a merger agreement to shore up a stated goal, for example, or it can provide detailed answers on a particular legal question.

A Game-Changing Solution

Ultimately, the Lexis+ AI mobile app provides all users with access to authoritative global content wherever they are located — with a speed comparable to Lexis+ AI’s desktop, web-based version. 

Clear benefits abound for virtually all types of lawyers. 

Litigators can instantly leverage AI to receive actionable insights from caselaw to guide their decision-making.

Transactional lawyers can analyze contract clauses, while in-house counsel can gauge whether a proposal would comply with applicable regulations. 

Lawyers of all stripes can leverage the generative capabilities to create strong first drafts — which can easily be pasted into a word processing app to refine and finalize. 

And it all comes with the Lexis+ AI assistant, available 24/7, anywhere you have an internet connection. 

Want to explore Lexis+ AI’s benefits for your practice? You can book a demo and learn more here.