"As every industry searches for applications that can turn AI from a novelty into productivity, momentum has swung toward automation and building "agents" to tackle mundane (or not-so-mundane, as the case may be) workflows. In that spirit, LexisNexis has hundreds of pre-built legal automation tools paired with a custom workflow builder intended to streamline everything from drafting motions to redlining contracts against firm playbooks."
"If the 2025 legal tech word of the year was "agents," it's telling that this 2026 LexisNexis rollout tamps down a bit on that energy. While not eschewing the term entirely, the company puts more emphasis on more familiar - and more trusted - terms like "automated workflows." At one point, even describing the tasks that tech investors would call agentic as "a teammate," a word I've championed for legal tech specifically."
"Anyone asking attorneys to make a significant investment in this technology - either financially or with adoption - needs to understand they're coaxing nervous squirrels by holding out a nut. Minimize anything that's going to scare them."
LexisNexis introduced Protégé AI Workflows as a commercial-preview platform combining hundreds of pre-built legal automations with a custom workflow builder. The offering emphasizes automated workflows and frames AI as a supervised teammate rather than an independent agent. Workflows target both litigation (motions, discovery, case strategy, fact extraction, cross-jurisdiction comparisons) and transactional needs (contracts, deal execution, redlining against firm playbooks). Messaging focuses on trust and adoption, advising minimization of language or features that could alarm attorneys. The platform aims to increase productivity by automating routine drafting, analysis, and document comparison while preserving professional oversight.
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