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  • Product: CoCounsel
  • Subject: AI
  • Audiences: Legal professionals

Skill: Ask Practical Law AI

Learn to use CoCounsel's Ask Practical Law AI skill
Lawyers often need practical guidance, like an overview of the procedure for a litigation matter or the standard terms for a certain contracting scenario. CoCounsel’s Ask Practical Law AI skill uses Thomson Reuters’ attorney editor-authored professional guidance in Practical Law to respond to your request.
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The Ask Practical Law AI skill in CoCounsel requires a separate subscription to Practical Law Dynamic.
You may access Ask Practical Law AI in various ways.
In this situation, we will begin by telling CoCounsel we need practical guidance.
  1. Ener a request into the chat, and then select the send icon. CoCounsel will take a moment to review your request and then provide a confirmation.
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    Example legal research request:
    How should my Massachusetts client respond to a 93A demand letter?
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  2. Review CoCounsel's response.
    1. In the upper right corner of CoCounsel's response, the Ask Practical Law AI skill is confirmed.
    2. In
      Sources
      , the source is
      Ask Practical Law AI
      . You may change the source to
      AI-Assisted Research
      .
    3. Under
      Legal question
      , the request for practical guidance is confirmed. You may edit this.
    4. If you no longer need assistance, select
      Cancel
      .
  3. When you're ready to proceed, select
    Ask Practical Law AI
    . CoCounsel will begin its work and show its progress
    1. To receive a notification when the results are ready, select
      Email me when complete
      .
    2. To stop CoCounsel's work, select
      Cancel
      .
  4. When your results are ready, select
    View results
    . The results window will appear.
  5. Review the results.
    1. At the top, CoCounsel restates the request.
    2. Then CoCounsel provides a response with hyperlinked in-line citations and resource reference numbers in brackets.
      1. To review a resource in Practical Law, select the in-line citation. CoCounsel will open that resource in Practical Law.
      2. To review a resource within the list of all resources, select the resource reference number in brackets. CoCounsel will open the side panel and scroll to that resource.
      3. To open the list of all relevant resources and snippets, select
        View supporting content
        . CoCounsel will open the side panel.
    3. To navigate the side panel of relevant resources and snippets, scroll down. To close the side panel, go to the top right and select
      Close panel
      .
  6. To refine your result, select
    Refine result
    . The follow-up question box will appear.
  7. Enter your follow-up request and then select the send icon.
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    Follow-up refinements may change the jurisdiction or provide key facts or more details about the needed guidance.
  8. To copy the results to paste somewhere else, select
    Copy
    . To download the results as a Word Document, select the ellipsis icon, then select
    Download
    , and then
    Word Document
    . The results will download.

Tips

Requests
  • Ask your question with plain, natural language and include key facts and details, when possible. Meaning, avoid keyword snippets or Boolean codes.
  • Use specific terms. For example, "Is the waiver of consequential damages enforceable under New York law?" or "How can I strengthen a payment terms provision in a Sale of Goods agreement for my buyer client?"
Follow-up Questions
For each Ask Practical Law AI result, you may ask up to 5 follow-up questions. Follow-up questions must be asked within 24 hours of the initial question.
Result
Ask Practical Law AI will provide the most relevant supporting materials.

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