OpenAI has introduced Astra for Law – a specialized platform based on the GPT-6 Astra model, designed for professional work in the legal field. The company aims to use it for legal research, consultation preparation, and the development of applied tools for lawyers. The new system combines the AI model with an index of US court precedents, legislation, regulatory documents, and other legal materials. Additionally, the platform includes instructions focused on conducting legal analysis and preparing texts considering industry specifics. Initially, access to Astra for Law will be granted to select law firms as part of a special program that includes measures to protect client confidentiality.
The platform is designed not only for direct use by lawyers. OpenAI stated that developers of specialized solutions will be able to create their own products on top of Astra for Law. Among the companies that will be able to work with the platform are Harvey and Legora. Simultaneously, OpenAI is preparing integrations with professional software systems Relativity, Clio, Intapp, and Thomson Reuters. According to the company, Sullivan & Cromwell, Ropes & Gray, Cooley, Latham & Watkins, and Wachtell Lipton participated in the development and testing of applications. This format allows the use of AI not as a separate chat tool but as part of the existing infrastructure of legal organizations.
The launch of Astra for Law comes amid the expansion of AI products for the legal market. In August, Google introduced additional capabilities of Gemini Enterprise for lawyers, and Anthropic has been developing tools based on Claude for law firms and specialists since the beginning of the year. Thomson Reuters, which owns the legal database Westlaw, is also promoting its specialized approach: in August, the company introduced the Thomson 1.0 model, created for professional work with legal information and trained on materials from its own research platform. Thus, major AI developers and legal software providers are simultaneously expanding products aimed at working with regulatory documents, case law, and professional texts.
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