Thomson Reuters CoCounsel
Thomson Reuters / thomsonreuters.com
AI legal research assistant integrated into Westlaw performing legal research with authoritative citations, document drafting, and contract review using Thomson Reuters's curated legal database.
Pricing
Free
Free plan
No
Category
Developer Tools
Platforms
2
Free plan
No
API access
No
Open source
No
Platforms
2
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What is Thomson Reuters CoCounsel?
Thomson Reuters CoCounsel is an AI legal research and drafting assistant integrated into Westlaw, one of the most authoritative legal research databases. Legal research questions generate research memos with citations to authoritative Westlaw sources. Document drafting generates initial drafts of contracts, briefs, and other legal documents for attorney review. Contract review analyses documents for non-standard clauses, missing provisions, and risks. As with all AI legal tools, attorney review of all AI outputs is essential. For law firms and corporate legal departments already on Westlaw, CoCounsel provides AI capabilities grounded in Thomson Reuters's curated legal content rather than general internet content.
How Thomson Reuters CoCounsel works
Thomson Reuters CoCounsel runs as document analysis llm software built around text and document workflows. Users typically start with a prompt, upload, or connected data source, and the underlying model handles the heavy lifting before returning a result you can refine or export. It's available on web and westlaw integrated.
What makes it worth shortlisting
The capabilities that matter most for teams evaluating Thomson Reuters CoCounsel.
Legal research memos
Natural language legal questions generate research memos with citations to authoritative Westlaw case law, statutes, and regulations.
Contract review
Analyses contracts for non-standard clauses, missing provisions, and risks with relevant legal standard citations.
Document drafting
Generates initial drafts of legal documents as starting points for attorney review and completion.
Best use cases
Who should use it
Pros
- Grounded in Westlaw's authoritative legal database rather than general internet content
- Integrated into existing Westlaw workflow for law firms already subscribing
- Legal research citations to verified authoritative sources
- Enterprise legal confidentiality protections in data handling agreements
Cons
- Enterprise-only through existing Thomson Reuters subscriptions
- All AI outputs require attorney review — not a replacement for legal judgment
- Premium pricing through existing Westlaw subscription costs
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Is it worth the price?
Enterprise licensing through Thomson Reuters legal product subscriptions. Integrated into Westlaw subscriptions. No standalone consumer purchase.
Model
Enterprise
Starting price
Free
Free trial
No
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Enterprise licensing through Thomson Reuters legal product subscriptions. Integrated into Westlaw subscriptions. No standalone consumer purchase.
Free for most models and Spaces. Pro $9/month for private models, priority inference, and ZeroGPU. Enterprise Hub from $20/user/month for team collaboration and security.
SOC 2 Type II. ISO 27001. GDPR compliant. Attorney-client privilege and legal confidentiality in enterprise agreements. FedRAMP authorised.
Enterprise Hub includes SSO, access controls, audit logs, and private infrastructure. SOC 2 compliant.
Legal documents processed under enterprise data handling agreements with attorney-client privilege protections. Customer data not used to train AI models per Thomson Reuters terms.
Public models and datasets are openly accessible. Enterprise Hub provides private model storage with data handling agreements. Review individual model licences before commercial deployment.
- Grounded in Westlaw's authoritative legal database rather than general internet content
- Integrated into existing Westlaw workflow for law firms already subscribing
- Legal research citations to verified authoritative sources
- Enterprise legal confidentiality protections in data handling agreements
- De facto standard hub for open source AI models with 500,000+ available
- Transformers library provides consistent API for diverse model families
- Spaces enable easy demo deployment without web infrastructure
- Free for public models and strong community support
- Enterprise-only through existing Thomson Reuters subscriptions
- All AI outputs require attorney review — not a replacement for legal judgment
- Premium pricing through existing Westlaw subscription costs
- Technical platform primarily for developers and researchers
- Inference API quality varies for very large or complex models
- Navigation complexity increases with scale of the platform
Technical & deployment info
Key facts about model providers, platforms, and team support.
Model Provider
Thomson Reuters, OpenAI
Platforms
Web, Westlaw integrated
Deployment
Enterprise, SaaS
Integrations
Westlaw, Practical Law, Microsoft 365, API
Team Collaboration
Yes
Launch Year
2023
Security & privacy
Compliance signals and data-handling notes as reported by the vendor.
SOC 2 Type II. ISO 27001. GDPR compliant. Attorney-client privilege and legal confidentiality in enterprise agreements. FedRAMP authorised.
Legal documents processed under enterprise data handling agreements with attorney-client privilege protections. Customer data not used to train AI models per Thomson Reuters terms.
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Editorial Verdict
Should you use Thomson Reuters CoCounsel?
Thomson Reuters CoCounsel is the best AI legal research tool for law firms and corporate legal departments already on Westlaw who want AI capabilities grounded in authoritative legal databases.
Last verified July 24, 2026.