Claude's legal tool now checks sources before a lawyer reviews the work

Anthropic has added pre-built templates to Claude for Legal, its AI product for law firms and legal teams. The AI does a first pass of checking and links each statement to its original source. A lawyer then reviews the results. The templates are called "artifacts," and legal teams have asked for them since the product launched in May.

What changed

Artifacts are interactive overviews and tables. They are meant to speed up routine legal chores, including:

• Verifying citations
• Comparing laws across countries
• Managing case files
• Tracking proposed legislation
• Checking contracts against a firm's internal guidelines

The product also connects to more than 60 outside tools listed in its legal directory, including Bloomberg Law. Users can link their own databases without uploading files by hand. Goodwin, Harvey, Foley & Lardner and PwC also offer their own tools on the platform.

Privacy and what is unknown

Anthropic says built-in settings enforce data protection rules and keep the information barriers that clients require between teams. That is the company's claim. The material does not say how it was tested.

Also not stated: pricing, a rollout date, or how accurate the source checks are. Anyone hiring a law firm that uses these tools can fairly ask who confirms the sources and how their client data stays walled off.