The Precedent

The Precedent is an advanced legal research platform that combines legal expertise with artificial intelligence to streamline case law research. Developed by a team with backgrounds in litigation, arbitration, and enterprise technology, the platform is designed to deliver fast, accurate, and cost-effective research capabilities. It is particularly suited for solo practitioners, small to mid-sized law firms, and emerging legal boutiques that require efficient and affordable alternatives to traditional research tools.

Key Capabilities

• Natural‑Language Search: Lawyers can pose questions in plain English—no more wrestling with complex Boolean strings. The Precedent’s AI interprets context and legal terminology to surface the most relevant cases.

• Multi‑Modal Queries: In addition to semantic search, users may perform traditional Boolean, case‑name, and citation‑based searches, accommodating both modern and time‑tested research methods.

• Speed and Precision: Leveraging a proprietary pre‑processing pipeline, the platform retrieves results in one to two seconds and ranks them by relevance.

• Comprehensive Case Summaries: Every opinion is accompanied by an AI‑generated summary that distills key holdings, reasoning, and procedural posture, and each summary is hyperlinked to the exact passage in the source text.

• Research Organization: Users can create matter‑specific folders to save, annotate, and share cases, ensuring seamless collaboration within a firm.

• Drafting Tools & Integrations: The built‑in memo generator compiles selected cases into a draft memorandum, cutting hours from initial research write‑ups. Upcoming features include integration with OpenAI’s Deep Research APIs for deeper statutory and regulatory analysis and custom analytics dashboards.

Coverage
The Precedent’s database encompasses over three million opinions, spanning the U.S. Supreme Court, all federal appellate circuits, and every state, federal, and bankruptcy court in California and New York. Daily updates ensure that the latest decisions and precedents are always available.