Microsoft Scenario Library Legal Case and precedent analysis agent

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Legal scenario: Case and precedent analysis agent

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Scenario

Using AI Agents to create a case and precedent analysis agent

Automatically analyze large volumes of legal documents to identify relevant arguments and generate tailored briefs to reduce billable hours.

1. Case file ingestion

Ingests large volumes of case files, statutes, and precedents.

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Quickly pulls in massive volumes of legal content to jumpstart case prep.

Extracts key legal arguments from the case files it has ingested.

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Pulls out the strongest legal arguments from case materials automatically.

Summarizes the key legal arguments from the case files it has ingested.

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Boils down complex arguments into quick, digestible summaries.

Identifies the relevant precedents aligned to the current case.

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Finds the most relevant precedents to support your specific case context.

Generates strategic briefs and summaries that can be tailored to templates.

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Generates tailored, strategy-aligned legal briefs using firm-approved templates.

Recommends legal strategy pathways based on insights.

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Recommends actionable legal strategies based on precedent and extracted insights.

KPIs

Opportunity to impact key functional area KPIs

How Microsoft Copilot can help reduce average document review times

Microsoft Copilot can help with lowering review times which in turn leads to increased attorney productivity and higher client satisfaction rates.
Optimizing Legal Workflows​
  • Lower time spent on administrative tasks​
  • Find knowledge and take action​
  • Efficiently draft and format documents​
  • Swiftly scan and summarize documents​

How Microsoft Copilot can help reduce spending

Legal teams can use Copilot to automate routine tasks to improve productivity, expedite processes, and increase client satisfaction. By improving these metrics, legal teams can bring work in-house and become less reliant on outside legal counsel assistance.​
Optimizing Legal Workflows​
  • Reduce time spent on administrative tasks​
  • Find knowledge and take action​
  • Efficiently draft and format documents​
  • Swiftly scan and summarize documents​

How Microsoft Copilot can help to drive efficiencies in regulatory work and compliance

Copilot can significantly enhance efficiencies and scalability in complex regulatory work. By summarizing regulations, streamlining analysis, and providing actionable insights, it empowers legal teams to stay ahead of the curve.
Assessing regulations
  • Summarizes new regulations
  • Provides gap analysis with organization policies
  • Researches relevant external information
  • Identifies possible risk mitigation strategies

How Microsoft Copilot can help streamline transactional processes

Copilot can increase efficiency, understanding, and consistency of contract reviews for increased velocity and better decision making.
Advancing review
  • Summarize complex documents
  • Extract key clauses and terms
  • Highlight sections needing closer examination
  • Generate faster first drafts of contracts

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