Use case
Calculate the AI cost of case-law research, brief drafting and citation analysis.
Legal research AI combines RAG over case-law databases with structured citation output. Cost scales with research depth and corpus coverage.
Tokens / event
20K – 80K
Events / user / day
8 – 25
Typical cost range
$0.20 – $2.00 per research task
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3 / 3Annual estimate
$15.2K
Total token OpEx for 50 employees · Claude Sonnet 4
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Frequently asked questions
›Can AI replace traditional legal research tools?
AI augments rather than replaces — most firms layer AI on top of Westlaw or Lexis to draft synthesis and pull citation patterns more efficiently.
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