Drafting & Documents · Review
ChatGPT for Lawyers
Our verdict
Useful for lawyers on a Business or Enterprise workspace with a firm AI policy. Not a research tool; verify everything.
Best for: Firms wanting a general AI assistant for drafting and analysis on a Business or Enterprise workspace.
Watch out for: Personal plans train on conversations by default unless you turn it off, and feedback can still send a conversation for training. No citator, so verify every citation. ZDR and BAAs need a sales-led contract.
OpenAI's general-purpose AI assistant for drafting, summarizing, brainstorming and analysis. It has no legal research database or citator.
Direct link to the vendor’s website. We don’t earn a commission from this link.
How we research: Researched from vendor documentation, pricing pages and user sentiment. Our methodology
- Best for
- Firms wanting a general AI assistant for drafting and analysis on a Business or Enterprise workspace.
- Probably not for
- Authoritative legal research or citations
- Pricing
- Price published
- Last checked
Pros & cons
Pros
- No training on Business workspace data, per OpenAI
- Business terms treat content as confidential
- Admin and spend controls on Business
- Two-seat minimum entry
Cons
- No legal research database or citator
- Personal plans train by default
- ZDR and BAAs are sales-led only
- Minimum commitments non-cancellable
Who it’s for
- Best for
- Firms wanting a general AI assistant for drafting and analysis on a Business or Enterprise workspace.
- Firms wanting AI drafting and summarizing help
- Teams that will set an AI-use policy
- Firms comfortable verifying all output
- Probably not for
- Authoritative legal research or citations
- Client work on personal plans
- Health information without a signed healthcare addendum
Use cases: Drafting & Documents · Practice: — · Software: Office Productivity
Pricing
- Status
- Price published
- As the vendor publishes it
- ChatGPT Business: Standard $20/user/month billed annually ($25 monthly); Premium $100 ($125 monthly); 2-seat minimum; Enterprise by quote (help.openai.com, checked 2026-10-15).
- Checked
- Before you buy
- Ask the vendor for a written quote, the minimum number of users, the contract term, and whether AI features cost extra.
Pricing changes; confirm with the vendor.
Alternatives: other Drafting & Documents tools
Other tools listed in the same use case, in directory order. Not a ranking.
Legal Research
CoCounsel (Thomson Reuters)
Thomson Reuters' AI legal assistant for research, analysis, and drafting, grounded in Westlaw, Practical Law, and firm documents.
Best forFirms already on Westlaw or Practical Law, and litigators who want research plus citation checks on briefs.
Legal Research
Lexis+ with Protégé
LexisNexis' AI research and drafting platform (formerly Lexis+ AI), grounded in Lexis content with Shepard's Verify, Vault, Workrooms, and agent skills.
Best forFirms already on Lexis+, litigators who value Shepard's citation checks, and firms wanting AI over their document management system.
Legal Research
Midpage
Self-serve AI legal research: case law with AI research tools, an AI citator, plugins and agentic PACER access.
Best forSolo and small-firm litigators wanting affordable, self-serve AI case law research.
Sources
- help.openai.com/en/articles/8792828-chatgpt-business-overview
- help.openai.com/en/articles/7730893-data-controls-in-chatgpt
- openai.com/policies/business-terms
Vendor pages we checked, accessed 2026-10-15.
FAQ
Who is ChatGPT for Lawyers best for?
In our verdict: Firms wanting a general AI assistant for drafting and analysis on a Business or Enterprise workspace.
What should I watch out for with ChatGPT for Lawyers?
In our verdict: Personal plans train on conversations by default unless you turn it off, and feedback can still send a conversation for training. No citator, so verify every citation. ZDR and BAAs need a sales-led contract.
How much does ChatGPT for Lawyers cost?
ChatGPT Business: Standard $20/user/month billed annually ($25 monthly); Premium $100 ($125 monthly); 2-seat minimum; Enterprise by quote (help.openai.com, checked 2026-10-15).