Author: Deanna Barmakian, Research Librarian, Harvard Law School Library
Madeline Cohen, library relations director at Bloomberg Law, met with CRIV on October 19th to update AALL on recent developments. The discussion focused on AI enhancements, including the new BLAW AI Experience currently available for law firms. We also discussed the planned phased roll out of Model Context Protocol connectors integrating Bloomberg Law docket content directly into Claude and Copilot.
Enhancements to the AI Assistant
The AI Assistant now offers a Deep Thinking mode, which shifts the process from a quick answer to a multi-step research plan approach. This mode includes iterative gaps analysis. The AI Assistant has new Tasks: Agreement Review, Complaint Analysis, and Clause Analysis. Clause Analysis allows users to benchmark contract language against market standards and to assess clause favorability. The Legal Profiler tool has improved drill-down options and now integrates League Tables for law firms.
New BLAW AI Experience
BLAW AI Experience is now available to law firms and is expected to launch in law schools next year. (The timeline for government libraries has not been determined.) It offers AI chat, a library of AI agents, and tools for litigation and transactional analysis.
Within the BLAW AI Experience, the Workspace feature, if enabled by a firm, allows users to upload their own documents (contracts, emails, playbooks, etc.), and analyze them using BLAW AI. Up to 1,000 documents can be added to a Workspace, but batch uploads are limited to 250 documents at a time. There is a Tabular Review tool which allows spreadsheet-style document analysis. Firms can opt to integrate document management systems NetDocs (coming) or iManage (available). Integrations allow users to run AI prompts across a document repository without manually uploading materials.
In Preview: Watchlists
Expected by the end of 2026, Watchlists will allow highly customizable monitoring of news, dockets, and legislation in a single digest email.
In Pilot: MCP Connectors
Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a standard that lets AI tools connect to outside data sources. Bloomberg Law is pilot testing MCP integration of its docket content within Claude and Copilot. Integration with Gemini and ChatGPT is in development. Pilot access is available solely to large law firms. Depending on testing and feedback, a broader, phased release is expected next year. Integrations allow nuanced searching and analysis of dockets, with the added benefit of using the native capabilities of Claude and Copilot such as drafting or summarizing. Bloomberg Law is using multiple AI guardrails to minimize inaccurate outputs including adversarial (red team) testing, regression testing, and human review.
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