LexisNexis launches Protégé, AI tool automating legal work
LexisNexis Legal & Professional has announced the introduction of its AI-powered legal tool to the Canadian market. Protégé is designed to support legal practitioners in drafting documents, conducting research, and advising clients more efficiently by leveraging agentic artificial intelligence technology. The tool was launched in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom earlier this year.
AI for legal workflow
Protégé uses secure AI to automate multi-step legal tasks, such as drafting tailored transactional documents and producing litigation materials. The technology is integrated with both Lexis+ AI and will soon be embedded within the Microsoft Word-based solution, Lexis Create+.
LexisNexis stated the tool is designed to give lawyers more time to focus on strategic work. Protégé offers capabilities including self-review of its outputs, proactive suggestions for workflow actions, and the generation of graphical event timelines from uploaded documents.
New capabilities, including advanced summarisation and context-aware drafting, are intended to free up lawyers' time from routine work, enabling them to focus more on complex legal matters.
LexisNexis reported that Protégé's Canadian launch involved close collaboration with several Canada-based firms.
"We're committed to helping legal professionals across Canada achieve better outcomes through greater efficiency and smarter tools," said Sam Puchala, President and General Manager of LexisNexis Canada. "Our goal is to equip every lawyer with a personalized AI assistant that enhances their daily work, and we're proud to bring that vision to life in Canada with our fully integrated, legal-grade AI platform."
The company emphasised the importance of integrating agentic AI, including technology that can perform complex tasks automatically, verify its results, and suggest improvements.
LexisNexis stated that Protégé is built with high-security standards, compliance protocols, and privacy measures to address the confidentiality needs of legal practice. The AI's document "Vaults" are designed to hold large volumes of sensitive data, offering users the ability to perform AI-driven tasks without compromising information security.
Broader technology strategy
Protégé forms part of the wider LexisNexis AI strategy, which integrates extractive AI for deep data insights, generative AI for producing original content from user prompts, and agentic AI for self-managing workflows. With these technologies, the company aims to provide a range of tools to support the needs of legal practitioners across document drafting and research tasks.
Protégé's Canadian release allows legal organisations to store, retrieve, and process documents efficiently, utilising AI while remaining compliant with professional requirements. The platform's integration capabilities are expected to support adoption across firms of varying sizes in Canada.
