Copilot for lawyers
Microsoft said it has added more than 20 new features to Copilot for legal professionals and made them generally available. The company says the tools are meant not to replace lawyers but to help them work faster.
Copilot can draft a new contract using previously approved contracts as a source, flag clauses that need changes and apply its suggested edits directly into a Word document, making the changes visible.
Beyond a single document
Through Cowork, Copilot can review multiple documents, emails and files together. It tracks obligations and deadlines in contracts, compares clauses across different agreements, orders events in case files chronologically and turns meeting recordings into minutes.
A system Microsoft calls Work IQ lets Copilot answer based not only on the open document but also on company information and work processes. A new Word feature entering preview in November will help users find defined terms and their explanations in documents more easily.
Add-in ecosystem
Microsoft is also opening add-ins from legal services companies through Copilot, spanning legal research, document management, contract drafting, e-signature and case file review.
- Legal research: Bloomberg Law, Trellis, Descrybe Legal Engine, Legal Data Hunter, Courtroom5, Lawstronaut
- Document and file management: iManage Work, NetDocuments, Box, Litera, Thomson Reuters HighQ, LegalZoom, Solve Intelligence
- Contracts and e-signature: DocuSign, Juro, Adobe Acrobat Sign, LawVu, SignatureAPI, Dropbox Sign, PandaDoc
- Legal-specific AI: Harvey, Legora, DeepJudge
- E-discovery: Everlaw, Relativity
Microsoft says more add-ins will arrive over time.
Usage data
According to Microsoft, since Copilot's Frontier release in April 2026, more than 1,800 users have created roughly 100,000 edits. Users accepted seven of every 10 edit suggestions. In the company's own evaluations, edits scored above 90% for fluency, above 95% for conciseness and above 85% for relevance.
