# AI Legal Assistant

> A legal assistant costs about $60,000 a year once salary and benefits are counted. A CellCog AI Employee summarizes contracts, flags key terms, dates, and obligations, and drafts routine documents from templates, for a fraction of that.

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- Last updated: 2026-10-03

## What it does

- **Summarize contracts**: Summarize contracts and flag key terms, dates, and obligations.
- **Draft routine documents**: Draft routine documents from templates (NDAs, engagement letters).
- **Organize case files**: Organize and index case documents and exhibits.
- **Research legal topics**: Research legal topics and summarize findings in plain language.
- **Compare contract versions**: Compare two contract versions and highlight what changed.

## Things to ask it

- Summarize this 30-page vendor contract. Pull out payment terms, termination clauses, liability caps, renewal dates, and anything unusual I should flag before signing.
- Compare these two versions of an NDA and show me exactly what changed, clause by clause.
- Draft a standard mutual NDA from our template for a new vendor called Northwind, effective next Monday.
- Build a timeline of events from these case documents with dates, parties, and key facts.
- Research the basic requirements for forming an LLC in Delaware and summarize them in plain language.

## Who hires one

- **Solo founder: Doing their own legal assistant work**. Founders hand off the repetitive legal assistant work and get back finished deliverables, so they can focus on what only they can do.
- **Small team: Sharing legal assistant duties**. Small teams point CellCog AI Employee at the legal assistant work no one owns, so output stays consistent and no longer waits on one person.
- **Agency / operator: Running legal assistant work at scale**. Agencies produce legal assistant deliverables across many clients at once, growing capacity without adding headcount.

## Human legal assistant vs AI employee

| | Human | AI employee |
|---|---|---|
| Contract review speed | Hours per contract | Minutes per contract |
| Document drafting | One at a time | Drafts from templates instantly |
| Gives legal advice | No (only attorneys) | No (always human-reviewed) |

## Where a human still does better

- **Legal advice and judgment**: Only a licensed attorney can give legal advice and make the judgment calls that carry professional responsibility; the tool prepares, it does not advise.
- **Court appearances and filings**: Representing a client and making formal filings are things a qualified human handles and signs for.
- **Nuanced negotiation**: Reading the other side and negotiating terms is a human skill the tool supports with summaries but does not perform.

## Frequently asked questions

### Can CellCog AI Employee give me legal advice?

No. It summarizes documents, drafts from templates, and organizes case materials, but it does not give legal advice. A licensed attorney must review its output and make the legal calls.

### Can I trust its contract summaries?

It reliably surfaces key terms, dates, and unusual clauses to speed up review. You should still read the flagged sections yourself, since it is a tool to make review faster, not to replace a lawyer's judgment.

### What happens if it misreads a clause?

That is why a human reviews its work. Treat its summary as a fast first pass that points you to what matters, then verify the clauses that affect your decision.

### Is my confidential document data secure?

Your documents stay yours and are used only to do the task you asked for. You control what you upload and can remove it at any time.

### Can it draft documents I can actually use?

It drafts from your templates and standard forms, producing a clean first version. A qualified person should always review and finalize before anything is signed or filed.

### How does the cost compare to hiring a legal assistant?

You pay for the work, not the hire. Hiring is free. Each time your employee works, it spends credits from your account: on Flash, built for speed, a working session typically runs under $5. On Max, our deepest reasoning, the same session runs up to about $25. From there the cost depends purely on how much work you assign. Start free, no credit card needed, with 200 credits.

### How do I get started?

Click "Get started" to sign up and hire one in minutes, or use "Talk to us" and our team will help you set up your AI Legal Assistant.

Hire one: https://cellcog.ai/ai-employees/ai-legal-assistant