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Global AI legal solution LawY has unveiled a Microsoft Word add-in built to accelerate contract review for firms and in-house teams.
LawY’s new add-in, the provider said, sees it understand the contract in context, map the relationship between the clauses, the parties, and their respective roles, and weigh any prior amendments and redlines made to ground its risk analysis.
Once a contract is opened, the provider said, LawY builds a full table of contents with risk indicators flagged against relevant clauses, identifies those issues as high, medium, or low, and suggests tracked changes directly into the document for the lawyer to consider. Lawyers can also further tailor the analysis by providing instructions or concerns specific to the matter, the provider noted.
LawY global chief executive Shelley Burger said contract review is one of the quiet hours-killers in legal practice.
The volume, she said, is “relentless, and the pressure to turn things around does not let up”.
“We did not want to add another tool lawyers have to configure or learn. We wanted something that opens where they already work and points them straight to what matters,” she said.
The provider’s big difference, Burger continued, is simplicity in its design to handle any contract type without templates or upfront set-up.
“Whether it is an NDA or a complex commercial agreement, the goal is the same: surface the areas that need a lawyer’s attention and let them move through the rest at pace,” she said.
LawY head of legal research Jae Chang added that the provider’s Word add-in “feels like having a sharp second pair of eyes on call 24/7 to review a contract and make sure nothing slips through”.
“The best part of working on it has been the dev team. They really listen to what frustrates lawyers day-to-day, and you can see that empathy show[s] up in every release,” he said.
Jerome Doraisamy is the managing editor of professional services (including Lawyers Weekly, HR Leader, Accountants Daily, and Accounting Times). He is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in New South Wales, and a board director of the Minds Count Foundation.
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