The 2024 edition of ILTACON, the premier educational and networking event for the legal technology sector, wrapped up in Nashville on August 15^th and attendees returned to their offices around the world with fresh insights into successful strategies for today’s transforming legal industry.

During the 4.5-day conference, one announcement had industry experts and influencers excited about the personalized future of generative AI for the legal industry.

ILTACON Buzz

LexisNexis^® kicked off ILTACON with the announcement of the U.S. Commercial Preview program for LexisNexis Protégé Legal AI Assistant, which is being rolled out on the third-generation release of Lexis+ AI. The news made a major splash among legal technology media outlets and industry opinion leaders

The release of LexisNexis Protégé ushers in an exciting new phase in the development of personalized generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) by introducing legal professionals to a private, trusted Legal AI Assistant that can be uniquely personalized for individual. The tool places the user in control and delivers uniquely tailored work product in a private, secure setting.

Industry reactions to the launch were fast and furious, with longtime legal tech observers immediately grasping the significance of the breakthrough in rolling out a new Legal AI Assistant that can apply user-controlled, personalized AI capabilities to transform workflows.

Here is a recap of some of the media buzz stirred by the launch of LexisNexis Protégé at ILTACON:

• Artificial Lawyer: “The battle for an edge in the legal genAI wars just got personal, with LexisNexis announcing today the Protégé Legal AI Assistant as part of its ‘third generation’ Lexis+ AI capability.”
• Legaltech News: “Protégé, currently being tested in a U.S. commercial preview program, will be personalized to an individual user’s workflows, legal specialization, and their organization’s standards. The launch of Protégé comes just weeks after Lexis updated Lexis+ AI with new usability, research, and drafting upgrades.”
• Legal IT Insider: “Protégé personalization capabilities fuel a wide set of new AI-enabled tasks. Protégé knows specifics about each user like workflow preferences, daily task requirements, firm standards, teamwork and communication styles, legal areas of specialization, and past work product. It proactively suggests subscribed LexisNexis products to provide insights and analytics.”
• Dewey B Strategic: “As with other recent releases, LexisNexis is taking a customer-first approach to the evolution of its generative AI technology. LexisNexis is teaming up with leading Am Law 100 firms as part of the US Commercial Preview program to leverage continuous user feedback.”
• Law360^®: “The (Protégé Commercial Preview) program gives law firms free access to Protégé for several weeks and an opportunity to provide feedback that will be used for final product development before commercial release.”

Evolution of Lexis+ AI^®

Industry observers and legal media outlets took notice during ILTACON, acknowledging how LexisNexis is raising the stakes on personalizing AI-powered legal technology with the debut of Protégé. It is the latest in a series of tech breakthroughs in the evolution of Lexis+ AI.

Lexis+ AI provides linked citations in responses backed by Shepard’s^® Citation Validation. All answers are grounded in one of the world’s largest repositories of accurate and exclusive legal content from LexisNexis, including case law, statutes, treatises and more. One Lexis+ AI subscription provides a powerful suite of AI tools; there is no need to purchase add-ons.

This innovative solution enables conversational search, insightful summarization, intelligent legal drafting, and document upload and analysis capabilities — all in a seamless user experience. It incorporates a flexible, multi-model approach to large language models that prioritizes using the best model for each individual legal use case and enables the company to investigate and deploy new models with unmatched speed, which is why Lexis+ AI performs at greater speed (2X faster than Westlaw) and at higher capacity than other Legal AI products on the market.

LexisNexis Protégé Legal AI Assistant on Lexis+ AI delivers an even more personalized experience that will support legal professionals in making informed decisions faster, generating outstanding work, and freeing up time to focus on other efforts that drive value. All existing Lexis+ AI customers have access to Protégé.

If you want to learn more about how Lexis+ AI can help legal professionals achieve better outcomes or sign up for the Lexis+ AI Insider program that provides the latest Legal AI educational content, please visit www.lexisnexis.com/ai.

Please watch the videos below illustrating how LexisNexis Protégé delivers an unparalleled Gen AI user experience.

• Protégé Transactional Video
• Protégé Litigation Video

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