Grades are in: Canadian law students give positive reviews on Lexis+ AI™︎

All Canadian law students received access to Lexis+ AI on January 7, 2025. Since then, they have initiated over 18,000 Lexis+ AI sessions and usage has increased steadily week to week.

Here is what Canadian law students are telling us about Lexis+ AI, in their own words:

1. Starting Point for Research: Lexis+ AI is valued as a starting point for research, especially for those unfamiliar with a topic or unsure of where to begin.
   
   - "Lexis Ai is a great starting point for researching a topic I have little to no experience in."
      R.B., University of Manitoba
   
   - "I've used it to start the ball rolling on research when I am unsure what direction to go."
      C.M., Lakehead University
   
   - "I love it, it gives somewhere to start!"
      M.F., University of Windsor
   
   - "Lexis AI has been a helpful starting point for my research tasks!"
      D.A., University of Manitoba
   
   - "To generate ideas."
      W.C., University of Toronto

2. Broadening Research: Many students use Lexis+ AI to assist with broadening legal research, including finding additional case law, statutes, and secondary materials.
   
   - "Lexis+ AI is helping me broaden my research for a paper this term."
      S.F., University of Victoria
   
   - "I am using Lexis+ AI to help direct my research to cases that would otherwise be difficult to come across."
      W.C., Lakehead University
   
   - "I have been using it to answer more obscure questions about current state of law."
      D.J., University of Windsor
   
   - "Double check my research."
      L.R., University of Victoria

3. Supplementary Educational Support: Lexis+ AI is used as an additional resource to enhance understanding of concepts taught in class.
   
   - "I like using Lexis AI to summarize topics that I didn't quite understand when explained in class."
      K.F., University of Alberta
   
   - "I have been using it to help me better understand in class."
      K.D., University of Montreal
   
   - "Learning how to do legal research can be daunting, the new features make it far less intimidating."
     R.W., Thompson Rivers University
   
   - "Using it to go summarize concepts for memo research was extremely helpful. It will summarize long cases or concepts that may be confusing!"
      I.D., University of Alberta

4. Case Summaries: Students use Lexis+ AI frequently to summarize cases, providing quick overviews and helping students understand complex legal decisions.
   
   - "Using it to summarize cases without headnotes!"
      A.B., Lakehead University
   
   - “I like to ask for the case summaries to provide a quick overview before reading the case itself.”
     R.P., University of Windsor
   
   - "I am using it to create summaries on cases, or clarify paragraphs in cases I am reading to get a better understanding of what the judges intentions are.”
     A.G., Thompson Rivers
   
   - "I found the automatic AI summary of cases useful and surprising."
     A.H., University of Toronto
   
   - "Case summary feature is great!"
     M.R., University of Western Ontario

4. Discovering a Growing Range of Applications: Lexis+ AI’s drafting and upload functions are proving useful for a growing range of tasks, from memos to moots, legal clinics and even exploring alternative legal arguments.
   
   - "Help with my memos, moots, case reading."
     A.F., University of Western Ontario
   
   - "Researching for my first moot."
     R.B., University of New Brunswick
   
   - "I'm using it to give me alternate arguments."
     M.J., University of Western Ontario
   
   - "I am using it to summarize and ask questions for appellant/respondent's arguments."
     Y.C., Queens University
   
   - "To test my understanding."
     E.M., McGill University
   
   - "To start my research for my business law clinic clients."
     J.M., University of Victoria

5. Interface, Usability and Efficiency: Lexis+ AI is appreciated for its ability to quickly provide relevant information, making research more efficient.
   
   - "I love how intuitive and thorough Lexis+AI is!"
     D.H., Dalhousie University
   
   - "Interface is easy to use which is very helpful as a beginning legal researcher."
     R.R., University of Calgary
   
   - "Super helpful tool, great way to modernize research!"
     S.M., University of Ottawa
   
   - "It’s been awesome to use it for research. So quick and easy to use!"
     L.A., University of Calgary

6. Support and Training: Students feel supported in their training and adoption of Lexis+ AI.
   
   - "[Our LexisNexis Student Associate] has been setting up her Lexis+ booth and talking to students about the ways we can use the program throughout the semester which has been extremely helpful!"
     A.H., University of Windsor
   
   - "I attended a training session about Lexis + AI and watched all the training videos."
     E.D., University of Ottawa
   
   - "Awesome!"
     M.B., University of Western Ontario
   
   - "Génial!"
     A.O., University of Montreal

* Responses from law student survey conducted from February 1, 2025, to February 28, 2025.