LexisNexis unveils global launch of AI work automation for legal professionals
LexisNexis, the global data and analytics division of Relix Inc., today unveiled a new commercial preview program for its Protégé artificial intelligence assistant for legal and business professionals, introducing workflows backed by citable authority and data.
As AI adoption makes inroads into the legal industry, trust and reliability continue to become an important hallmark. LexisNexis said Protégé workflows focus on simplifying complex legal work by automating tasks and delivering high-quality results.
"Customers have asked us for legal workflow solutions they can trust that naturally integrate with their existing processes and we're delivering that with Protégé workflows," said Sean Fitzpatrick, chief executive of LexisNexis North America, U.K. and Ireland.
The new system includes prebuilt and configurable workflows to cover all manner of situations that legal and business users might run across to support disputes, motions, discoveries and case strategy. Examples include drafting motions to dismiss, documents, clauses, agreements, templates, redlining and more.
LexisNexis said the new tool provides a custom workflow builder with a no-code interface, allowing users to create complex automations. They can select their preferred AI models and have them perform step-by-step actions using actions from workflow libraries shared across teams, thereby transforming organizational knowledge and best practices into repeatable systems.
More advanced versions of these capabilities, including domain-specific workflows for real estate, mergers, labor and other areas are forthcoming.
The company added that an agentic capability for Protégé is also planned, where the tool becomes a legal teammate, capable of planning, managing and executing legal tasks. In this mode, the system would be guided by multiple AI agents grounded in the company's proprietary data and customers' own context to learn over time and operate autonomously with minimal human oversight.
Examples include Judicial Agentic Workflow that drafts bench memos and full opinions on a judge's ruling and unique voice and AI Guided Research for complex legal research.
AI's march into the legal industry continues, moving from experimental to essential, with high percentages of professionals using tools for tasks from document review and research. Major trends reported by legal software provider Themis Solutions Inc. showed that in 2025, 85% of legal professionals planned to increase their use of AI over the next 12 months.
The legal AI industry continues to reshape itself with big law firms opening new divisions and startups emerging to provide services, but most target lawyers. Examples include Spellbook, described as "Cursor for contracts," Stockholm-based Legora AB, a provider of collaborative AI for attorneys and Soxton AI, a firm that aims to help early-stage founders and startups handle legal work.
