CoCounsel by Thomson Reuters
The Professional-Grade GenAI Assistant for High-Stakes Legal Work
CoCounsel by Thomson Reuters is the legal industry’s premier generative AI assistant. Grounded in the absolute authority of the Westlaw Precision and Practical Law databases, CoCounsel empowers attorneys to transition from manual software prompting to fully autonomous, agentic legal delegation. It handles complex litigation, corporate transactions, and regulatory analysis with rigorous cloud compliance and verified, citation-backed accuracy.
🚀 Key Capabilities & "Skills"
Rather than operating as a generic chatbot, CoCounsel utilizes a distinct, multi-stage structure composed of specialized legal skills:
- Deep Research Agent: Formulates comprehensive research plans across primary law databases to deliver narrative memos complete with hyperlinked source citations.
- High-Volume Document Review: Uses advanced Tabular Analysis to instantly extract critical insights, construct timelines, and review vast discovery production word-for-word.
- CoCounsel Drafting: Automates document creation directly inside Microsoft Word by searching internal document management systems (DMS) to generate pristine initial drafts and redlines.
- Deposition & Trial Prep: Core analysis engines scan witness transcripts, analyze dense complaints, and pull targeted case-building arguments in minutes.
💼 Why Law Firms Choose CoCounsel
| Feature | The CoCounsel Edge | | :--- | :--- | | Data Grounding | Entirely verified by Thomson Reuters content—never generic web scraping. | | Agentic Workflow | Executes multi-stage tasks autonomously from simple, natural language descriptions. | | Productivity Gains | Users experience an average 61% time reduction when drafting correspondence. | | Enterprise Security | Built on highly secure cloud environments to maintain absolute data sovereignty. |
From solo practitioners using CoCounsel Essentials to global enterprise firms running complete CoCounsel Legal suites, this platform shifts legal tech away from basic experimentation into trusted everyday production.

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