Technology
Jun. 25, 2026
Legal AI is smarter than it seems yet dumber than it claims
At a Westlaw CoCounsel demo in Los Angeles, lawyers revealed a mix of excitement and unease as legal AI showed it can draft briefs and reshape research workflows, while still relying heavily on human direction and falling short of true independent legal reasoning.
Thomas M. Hall
Attorney
Law Office of Thomas M. Hall.
Family Law
PO Box 49820
Los Angeles , CA 90049
Phone: (310) 231-3475
Email: TomHallFamilyLaw@aol.com
Loyola Law School
Thomas is a certified specialist in family law practicing in West Los Angeles.
Westlaw recently hosted an event in Los Angeles to promote its new Co-counsel AI program. After a presentation on the wonders of the new program, one of Westlaw's saleswomen roamed among the audience tables, asking if people would like to comment on what they were seeing of AI in their practices.
One young woman in the middle of the room spoke up. Clients and potential clients were using AI, she said. They were looking too closely at retainer agreements...
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