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AI for Paralegals

Summarise the bundle, draft the memo, and catch the citation that does not exist.

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You already do half of this by hand: ask one model, paste the answer into another to check it. Here is what that turned up on a real task for paralegals.

You asked

Summarise the authority for this proposition and draft the memo section.

Auto Verification caught

One cited case could not be located in any database. A second existed but had been distinguished on the point it was cited for.

The models disagreed

One model read the precedent as directly on point.

Another said the facts are distinguishable and the court would likely say so.

A citation that does not exist is how attorneys end up sanctioned. This one never left the draft.

How the checking works

What AI does for paralegals

Use case 1

Build a chronology from a document bundle

Dates, events and the document each one came from.

Try this prompt

From these documents, build a chronology: date, event, source document and page, and a one-line note on significance. Flag any date that appears inconsistently across documents.
Use case 2

Summarise a deposition or long transcript

The admissions, the contradictions, the quotable lines.

Try this prompt

Summarise this transcript: key admissions with page references, contradictions with earlier statements, anything favourable to our side, anything damaging, and three passages worth quoting verbatim.
Use case 3

Draft the research memo

A first draft with the structure a supervising attorney expects.

Try this prompt

Draft a research memo on this question: [paste]. Structure: question presented, short answer, facts, discussion, conclusion. Mark every proposition that needs a citation with [CITE] rather than inventing one.
Use case 4

Check the other side's cited authority

Whether it says what they claim it says.

Try this prompt

Here is a passage from opposing counsel's brief with its citations: [paste]. For each citation, tell me what the authority actually holds, whether it supports the proposition as stated, and whether it has been distinguished or superseded.

How to start in the next 10 minutes

1

Open MultipleChat and turn on AI Collaboration.

2

Upload the bundle or paste the transcript.

3

Ask for the chronology or summary with source references, not conclusions.

4

Verify every single citation before anything leaves your desk.

What you might be worried about

It invents cases

Yes, and lawyers have been sanctioned for filing the results. Ask it to mark propositions with [CITE] instead of producing authority, then verify every reference. The fact check flags what it cannot locate.

Can I upload privileged material?

On paid plans nothing you upload trains a model and providers do not retain it. Follow your firm's own rules on client confidentiality first — they take precedence over any vendor assurance.

Will it replace paralegals?

It replaces the first pass, not the judgement. The paralegals doing well with it are handling more matters, not fewer.

FAQ for paralegals

Can it read a 300-page PDF?

Yes, including scanned documents. Ask for page references so every claim can be traced back.

Is it reliable for legal research?

It is reliable for framing, structure and first drafts. It is not reliable on authority. That distinction is the whole job.

Can it draft pleadings?

It can draft a structure and language for review. Filing anything it produced without verification is how people end up in the news.

How do I stop hallucinated citations?

Tell it to mark [CITE] rather than generate references, then let the verification pass find sources for each one. Anything it cannot support is flagged.

Ready to try AI for your work?

MultipleChat gives paralegals ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and Perplexity in one workspace — and has them check each other before you use the answer.

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