Anthropic Expands Claude with Legal Tools

Anthropic, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company, announced on Tuesday an expanded suite of AI tools for its Claude assistant tailored to legal professionals, including specialized plugins and integrations with major legal software platforms.

The release features 12 new plugins designed for specific legal roles and practice areas, such as commercial counsel, employment counsel, litigation associate and law student. These tools support tasks including legal research, contract drafting, document review, deposition preparation and case triage. For example, a vendor agreement reviewer automatically revises supplier contracts using a firm's templates, while an NDA triager assigns color-coded risk levels to incoming nondisclosure agreements, flagging high-risk ones for attorney review. The plugins cover fields like corporate law, privacy law, employment law, product-related work and AI governance.

Anthropic also introduced model context protocol connectors, enabling Claude to link securely with third-party services commonly used by law firms. These include Thomson Reuters' Westlaw Primary Law database and Practical Law guides for court records and practice resources;...