Thomson
Reuters
announced
this
morning
that
it’s
partnering
with
DeepJudge,
a
Swiss-founded
startup
created
by
ex-Google
AI
researchers,
to
bring
more
search
capabilities
to
the
CoCounsel
Legal
product.
The
value
proposition
is
fairly
simple.
DeepJudge
offers,
in
the
words
of
Raghu
Ramanathan,
president
of
TR’s
Legal
Professionals
group,
“breakthrough
contextual
enterprise
search
that
unleashes
the
full
power
of
a
firm’s
internal
intelligence.”
In
more
practical
terms,
the
company
seeks
to
solve
the
problem
of
every
associate
who’s
ever
spent
three
hours
looking
for
“that
motion
we
filed
in
the
Johnson
case…
or
was
it
the
Jensen
case?”
For
the
record,
it
was
the
Armstrong
case
and
it
was
a
different
area
of
law
and
in
Kentucky.
Law
firms
sit
upon
mountains
of
institutional
knowledge
—
briefs,
memos,
research
—
that
might
as
well
be
buried
in
a
landfill
for
all
the
good
it
does
at
1
a.m.
on
a
Saturday.
DeepJudge
intends
to
assist
the
lawyers
in
finding
those
pearls
of
relevant
research
found
in
“Final_Memo_V8_REAL_FINAL.docx,”
which
is,
in
fact,
not
the
final
version.
Years
ago,
a
senior
partner
told
our
assembled
first-year
class
that
“plagiarism
is
your
friend”
and
that
nothing
should
go
out
the
door
without
drawing
lessons
from
the
accumulated
knowledge
of
our
predecessors
at
the
firm.
Our
firm,
we
were
told,
saw
so
much
further
because
we
stood
on
the
shoulders
of
giants.
And
an
unobstructed
harbor
view,
but
mostly
the
shoulders
of
giants.
SKILLS.law
recently
ranked
DeepJudge
the
#1
most
recommended
legal
AI
tool,
a
testament
to
how
mastering
the
firm’s
internal
library
is
a
widespread
pain
point.
Paulina
Grnarova,
DeepJudge’s
CEO
and
co-founder,
put
it
well:
“What
sets
firms
apart
is
how
they
leverage
their
unique
assets
—
their
expertise
and
the
know-how
and
work
product
derived
from
it.”
Clients
spent
millions
and
millions
generating
that
corpus
of
work
product.
It
would
be
nice
if
the
next
generation
could
actually
find
it
and
avoid
reinventing
the
wheel
next
time.
Especially
when
it’s
the
same
client
who
paid
for
it
five
years
ago.
“Combined
with
TR’s
trusted
content,
this
gives
law
firms
a
complete
view
of
insights
for
any
legal
question,”
Grnarova
continued.
Being
able
to
instantly
surface
every
piece
of
work
your
firm
has
ever
done
on,
say,
Delaware
appraisal
rights
while
simultaneously
accessing
the
latest
case
law
and
secondary
source
guidance
from
the
Thomson
Reuters
database
is
genuinely
useful.
It
takes
expensive
fishing
expeditions
through
the
document
management
system
that
could
last
hours
and
delivers
results
in
minutes,
giving
the
associate
everything
they
needed
to
compile
to
start
working
in
earnest.
We’re
in
the
race
for
context
now.
The
models
aren’t
getting
any
better
no
matter
what
their
creators
say
while
stumping
for
another
infusion
of
cash
they
aren’t
making.
That
leaves
everyone
applying
these
models
searching
for
better
results
with
better
data.
TR
has
an
extensive
library
of
external
materials,
DeepJudge
improves
access
to
internal
materials.
There
you
go.
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Patrice is
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senior
editor
at
Above
the
Law
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A
Lawyer.
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