Government legal teams
Scale your impact without scaling your workload
Automate routine tasks, accelerate research, and free your team to provide the strategic legal guidance your department needs most
Legal work is evolving – and so are the risks
Built for the standards government legal work demands
Government legal teams are under pressure to deliver faster, more consistent outcomes—without compromising trust or accountability. As new technologies enter everyday legal workflows, the challenge goes beyond speed.
- Rising expectations across research, drafting, and operations demand tools that can scale with growing workloads
- AI adoption increases scrutiny around data security, compliance, and governance
- Every output must be transparent, explainable, and defensible—not just fast
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Secure, AI-powered legal solutions for government
Draft faster
Your AI assistant for government legal work
- Convert requests into draft documents in minutes — Transform standard legal requests into polished drafts, from ministerial briefs to court pleadings, freeing your time for strategic advice.
- Review and analyse large document sets automatically — Summarise hearing transcripts, flag relevant discovery documents, and spot inconsistencies across pleadings and evidence without manual review.
- Extract critical information instantly — Pull obligations, dates, and key facts from contracts and schedules, compare document versions, and validate against legislative requirements with AI precision.
Get guidance
Expert content to draft with confidence
- Access trusted templates and clause libraries instantly — Leverage ready-to-use resources written by experienced lawyer writers to draft policies, contracts, and legal documents quickly and accurately.
- Reduce drafting time with expert guidance — Start from proven precedents rather than blank pages, ensuring consistency and quality across all your legal documents.
- Stay current with up-to-date content — Rely on continuously updated materials that reflect the latest legal developments and government compliance requirements.
Research with agentic AI
Beyond answers
- Transparent research you can justify — Follow every step of the research process with clearly linked sources, so you can defend decisions under audit, review, or scrutiny.
- Support litigation and advisory work with confidence — Access comprehensive case law, statutes, and commentary to build stronger legal arguments and policy recommendations.
- Confirm key issues with confidence — Rapidly build a clear, evidence-backed view, even under time pressure.
Collaborate securely
Secure collaboration, built for government legal work
- Share documents and collaborate securely — Work confidently across government agencies in a secure, government-grade environment that protects sensitive information.
- Track project progress in real time — Monitor matter status, manage tasks, and keep everyone aligned without endless email chains or version control issues.
- Automate routine workflows — Streamline repetitive processes in one centralised platform, reducing administrative burden and improving team efficiency.
Track spend
Control costs and demonstrate value
- Monitor legal spend with complete visibility — Track expenditure across matters, vendors, and departments to stay within budget and identify cost-saving opportunities.
- Generate reports that prove ROI — Produce clear, data-driven reports that demonstrate the value your legal team delivers to the organisation.
- Manage budgets with confidence — Forecast costs, control spending, and make informed decisions about resource allocation with powerful analytics.
Automate docs
Intelligent automation for faster contracts
- Create contracts using smart templates — Generate compliant documents automatically with intelligent templates that adapt to your specific requirements and government policies.
- Speed up turnaround times dramatically — Reduce contract creation from hours to minutes while maintaining consistency and accuracy across all documents.
- Ensure compliance and reduce errors — Built-in validation ensures every document meets legislative requirements and internal standards, minimising risk.
Award-winning AI solutions
Thomson Reuters is proud to be recognised across Asia & Emerging Markets for its AI-powered solutions
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2025 Best Legal Tech & Legal Services Provider, recognising Thomson Reuters’ innovation and leadership across the end‑to‑end legal workflow.
Australian AI Awards 2025 winner, recognising Thomson Reuters Australia as the nation’s leading legal AI innovator for the second year running.
Practical Law was named a Legal Tech Review 2025 Market Leader by Agile Market Intelligence.
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Frequently asked questions
Yes. CoCounsel can assist with drafting policy documents, summarising legislative instruments, validating drafts against government policies, and identifying compliance issues. It's designed to support the unique needs of government legal teams.
Absolutely. CoCounsel can analyse procurement documents (RFQs, RFIs, RFTs), produce structured risk matrices, extract obligations and dates, and compare contract versions. Contract Express ensures your contracts are consistent and compliant.
Westlaw Advantage, CoCounsel, and Practical Law equip you with fast research, AI-powered assistance, and expert guidance. You can provide accurate advice faster, streamline workflows, and often reduce reliance on external firms.
Westlaw Advantage offers AI-Assisted Research plus Ligitation Document Analyser – to make verification a breeze. CoCounsel provides AI-powered document analysis, summarisation, and drafting assistance. Practical Law offers ready-to-use templates and checklists, as well as AI-powered search and summarise, to give you a strong starting point. HighQ streamlines project management. Contract Express automates document creation.
Our solutions are built on authoritative content and leading expertise. Legislation, case law, and practical resources are meticulously maintained by experienced legal professionals, ensuring you have trustworthy information.
Yes, CoCounsel integrates directly with Microsoft 365 (Outlook, Teams, Word) as well as Westlaw Advantage, Practical Law and HighQ. CoCounsel, HighQ, Legal Tracker, and Contract Express are also designed for flexible integration with common enterprise software, ensuring a smooth fit into your existing workflows.
Thomson Reuters prioritises data security. Our platforms feature robust measures including data encryption, secure access controls, and compliance with industry standards. CoCounsel’s AI is designed with privacy and security at its core.
Use Westlaw Advantage for deep legal research. Use CoCounsel for AI-assisted document review, summarisation, chronology creation, and contract analysis. Use Practical Law for drafting policies or accessing standard contract clauses. Together, they make daily tasks faster and more efficient.
Legal Tracker provides detailed analytics and reporting on your legal expenses, allowing you to monitor budgets, track matters, evaluate outside counsel value, and identify areas for cost savings.
Contract Express automates the creation of standard contracts using intelligent templates. This reduces drafting time, ensures consistency, minimises errors, and accelerates contract completion.
HighQ provides a central, secure platform for document management, task tracking, and team communication. It helps streamline workflows and improve how your team collaborates on projects both internally and with external parties.
By providing access to expert legal know-how (Practical Law), efficient research tools (Westlaw Advantage), AI assistance for complex tasks (CoCounsel), and streamlined internal processes (HighQ, Contract Express), your team is empowered to handle more matters in-house, saving on external legal fees.
Because you get more than just tools — you gain:
- Trusted legal content backed by industry expertise
- A true partnership focused on your success
- Dedicated customer support and training to empower your team
- Seamless integration across your enterprise systems
The future of government legal work starts here
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