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AskYourPDF for Lawyers: AI for Legal Documents, Built for Real Legal Work
AskYourPDF is the AI for legal documents used by in-house counsel, transactional partners, and litigators to review contracts, summarise depositions, analyse case law, and search clauses across a contract archive. Switch to Claude 4.5 Opus for legal nuance. GDPR-compliant, UK-hosted, and never trained on your documents.
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Your day as a lawyer is a stack of documents
Contracts arrive every hour: an NDA from a candidate, a vendor MSA on a renewal cycle, a customer SOW that needs sign-off by Friday, an inbound term sheet that needs review tonight. Litigation work is heavier still. Deposition transcripts run 200 pages each, case files compound across discovery, and the brief you are writing depends on three statutes you have to read end to end before you cite a word.
Generic AI chatbots are not the answer. They hallucinate clauses that are not in the contract, lose context across long documents, and have no way to cite the source page when a partner asks where the number came from. Single-purpose legal AI tools cost six figures and lock you into a workflow you do not control. What lawyers actually need is a tool that reads any legal document, answers cited questions using a frontier-model trained for nuance, and runs cross-document searches across the archive.
If you are an in-house counsel reviewing vendor contracts at volume, a transactional partner comparing counterparty redlines, a litigator running discovery across hundreds of documents, a paralegal preparing case files, or a solo practitioner who reads everything yourself, AskYourPDF is built for you.
What AskYourPDF does for lawyers
AskYourPDF is an AI for legal documents that lets lawyers chat with contracts, depositions, case law, and regulator filings, search clauses across a contract archive, and compare counterparty redlines, all with citations to the exact page. It runs on Claude 4.5 Opus for legal nuance, GPT-5 for general review, and Gemini 2.5 Pro for non-English filings. GDPR-compliant, UK-hosted, never trained on your documents.
Most AI tools chase one part of legal work: drafting in Word, e-discovery for litigation, or contract management for procurement. AskYourPDF works across all of it. You can chat with a single contract, build a Knowledge Base of every vendor MSA you have ever signed, redline a counterparty's draft against your playbook, summarise a 200-page deposition, and extract every clause to a CSV. One subscription, multi-model access, and a privacy posture built for legal work.
How lawyers use AskYourPDF in 4 steps
Four steps from a stack of legal documents to cited answers a partner can defend.
Upload the legal document or build a Knowledge Base
Drop a contract, deposition, brief, or court filing. Or build a Knowledge Base of every vendor MSA, every case in a precedent series, or every discovery document. Premium handles 2,500 pages per file, Pro handles 6,000, Enterprise is unlimited.
Example prompts:
- “Drop a 92-page master service agreement”
- “Build a Knowledge Base of every vendor contract from 2024”
- “Upload a 200-page deposition transcript”
Ask the document or the archive any legal question
Ask in plain English. Get cited answers tied to the exact page. Switch to Claude 4.5 Opus for legal nuance, careful with clause-level reasoning.
Example prompts:
- “Find every indemnification clause and the cap on each side”
- “Summarise the deposition in 500 words with citations to the key admissions”
- “Across every vendor MSA, list the auto-renewal terms and notice periods”
Compare versions and surface redlines
Use Compare PDF Documents to diff a counterparty's redline against your last clean version. The structured difference report groups every change by clause type with citations to both documents.
Example prompts:
- “Compare this draft against last quarter's clean version”
- “Compare these two vendor MSAs to our playbook on liability caps”
- “Surface every change to the indemnification language between the two drafts”
Export the analysis for the file
Extract clauses to a CSV with Data Extraction. Generate an executive summary with PDF Summarizer for the matter file. Share the analysis with the team via a private link.
Example prompts:
- “Extract every clause about liability as a structured CSV”
- “Generate a one-page executive summary of this contract for the matter file”
- “Share the analysis with the partner via a private link”
Six tasks lawyers run on AskYourPDF every week
From contract review to deposition summarisation, every legal task in one tool.
Contract review and clause extraction
Reading every clause of a 90-page MSA before the negotiation call is what lawyers do not have time for. AskYourPDF reads the contract, flags the clauses, and surfaces the risks.
How AskYourPDF helps
Drop the contract and ask for every clause of interest. Switch to Claude 4.5 Opus for legal nuance. Export the analysis to a CSV with Data Extraction for the contract management system.
Example prompts:
- “Find every clause about indemnification and the cap”
- “What is the auto-renewal term and the notice period to cancel?”
- “Surface any unusual or non-market clauses I should flag for the partner”
Deposition and witness statement summarisation
Deposition transcripts run 200 to 400 pages. Reading every line is impossible at trial-prep volume. The story is in the admissions, the contradictions, and the timeline.
How AskYourPDF helps
Drop the deposition and ask AskYourPDF to summarise by witness, surface key admissions, and build a timeline of events. Use Claude 4.5 Opus for the strongest reasoning over long-form testimony.
Example prompts:
- “Summarise the deposition with the five most important admissions cited”
- “Build a timeline of events as testified by the witness”
- “Find every place the witness contradicted earlier testimony”
Case law and statute analysis
A brief depends on the cases and statutes the partner cites. Reading every cited case end to end before you draft is the work that makes the brief defensible.
How AskYourPDF helps
Drop the case opinions and the statute text. Ask AskYourPDF to summarise the holding, extract the rule of law, and surface the dissent. Build a Knowledge Base of the cited cases for the brief.
Example prompts:
- “Summarise the holding and the rule of law from this case”
- “Across these five cited cases, what is the common rule on standing?”
- “Extract every footnote that cites secondary authority from this opinion”
Regulator filings and compliance documents
Compliance teams read regulator filings: SEC, FCA, FTC, EU Commission, FDA. Most are long, structured, and easy to lose track of by section six.
How AskYourPDF helps
Drop the filing and ask AskYourPDF to summarise the regulator's findings, surface the compliance obligations, and compare to the previous year's filing.
Example prompts:
- “Summarise the SEC consent order and the obligations on the company”
- “Compare this year's FCA filing to last year's”
- “List every disclosure obligation in this regulator filing”
Discovery document review at scale
Litigation discovery means thousands of documents. Even with predictive coding, lawyers and paralegals still read the most consequential pages.
How AskYourPDF helps
Build a Knowledge Base of the production set and run targeted cross-document queries. Surface every email about a topic, every document signed by a witness, every reference to a date.
Example prompts:
- “Across this production set, find every email referencing the merger”
- “List every document signed by the deponent and the date”
- “Surface every reference to the term 'side letter' across the production”
Due diligence and M&A document review
Acquisition diligence touches a stack of contracts, employment agreements, IP assignments, and customer agreements. The team that catches the change-of-control clause first wins the negotiation.
How AskYourPDF helps
Group every diligence document into a Knowledge Base. Ask cross-document questions: change-of-control clauses, IP ownership, employment agreement assignability, customer concentration.
Example prompts:
- “Across every customer contract, find every change-of-control clause”
- “List every employment agreement that is not assignable to the buyer”
- “Find every IP assignment that may need a third-party consent”
AskYourPDF features lawyers use every day
Six AskYourPDF capabilities that power every legal workflow.
Chat with PDF for clause-by-clause Q&A
Ask any legal document a question and get a cited answer tied to the exact page. The free plan lets you try AskYourPDF on a single document a day.
Knowledge Base for contract archives and case files
Group every vendor contract, deposition, case opinion, or regulator filing into one Knowledge Base. Run cross-document queries with cited answers.
Compare PDF Documents for redline review
Diff a counterparty's redline against your clean version. Surface every change grouped by clause type, with citations to both documents.
Data Extraction for clause-to-CSV export
Pull every clause, renewal date, liability cap, or specific field into a CSV ready for your contract management system.
PDF Summarizer for matter files
Generate a one-page executive summary of any contract or deposition for the matter file or partner update.
PDF Translation for cross-border legal work
Translate counterparty drafts and regulator filings in non-English languages with clause structure preserved. Gemini 2.5 Pro for the strongest multilingual fluency.
The best AI model for legal work
Claude 4.5 Opus is our recommended AI model for legal work. Its careful reasoning over long-form legal prose, attention to clause-level nuance, and ability to recognise the same provision in different wording make it the strongest pick for contract review, deposition analysis, and case law. GPT-5 is a strong default for general legal work. Gemini 2.5 Pro is the right model for foreign-language filings.
AI model
Strength for this role
When to pick it
Claude 4.5 Opus
Strongest reasoning over long legal prose, careful with clause-level nuance and language
Recommended for contract review, deposition summarisation, and case law analysis
GPT-5
Solid general legal reading and plain-English explanation
Default model for everyday legal Q&A and quick contract review
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Deepest multilingual training depth in the lineup
Pick for foreign-language regulator filings, cross-border contracts, and international depositions
Types of lawyers who use AskYourPDF
Six legal sub-roles that have replaced manual document review with AskYourPDF.
In-house counsel
Reviews vendor contracts, employment agreements, and regulator filings at scale. Uses Knowledge Bases to search clauses across an archive and Claude 4.5 Opus for legal redlines.
Transactional partner at a law firm
Compares counterparty redlines before negotiation calls and reviews diligence stacks during M&A. Uses Compare PDF Documents and Claude 4.5 Opus.
Litigator and trial lawyer
Summarises depositions, builds timelines from testimony, and runs document review across discovery productions. Uses Knowledge Bases for case files.
Paralegal or legal operations specialist
Prepares case files, extracts data from contracts into the CMS, and supports partners with document research. Uses Data Extraction and PDF Summarizer.
Contract attorney and freelance counsel
Reviews contracts on a per-matter basis. Uses the free plan and the $1 Trial to handle one-off matters without committing to a recurring subscription.
Solo practitioner
Handles every part of the practice personally: contracts, court filings, depositions, regulator letters. Uses AskYourPDF as the legal AI assistant that scales without hiring.
Why AskYourPDF, not a generic chatbot, for legal documents
Side by side with the alternatives, so you can see what changes when you choose AskYourPDF for legal work.
| Capability | Generic AI chatbot | Single-purpose tool | AskYourPDF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Read a 200-page contract or deposition end to end | No (tight context) | Often capped | Yes (up to 6,000 pages on Pro) |
| Cited answers tied to the exact clause and page | No | Sometimes | Yes |
| Compare counterparty redlines by clause type | No | Sometimes | Yes (Compare PDF Documents) |
| Search clauses across an entire contract archive | No | Limited | Yes (Knowledge Base) |
| Multi-model AI including Claude 4.5 Opus for legal nuance | Single model only | Single model only | Yes (multi-model on one subscription) |
| Extract clauses and renewal dates to CSV | Manual copy-paste | Limited | Yes (Data Extraction) |
| OCR for scanned contracts and legacy filings | No | Limited | Yes on Premium and above |
| Data used to train external AI | Often | Sometimes | Never |
| Privacy posture for legal work | Rarely disclosed | Rarely disclosed | GDPR, UK-hosted, never trained on your docs |
Generic chatbots cannot hold a 200-page contract in context, hallucinate clauses, and offer no way to cite the source. Single-purpose legal AI tools lock you into a six-figure procurement cycle. AskYourPDF is the legal AI assistant that reads any document, cites every answer, and runs on the model legal teams trust.
Why lawyers stay with AskYourPDF
5,000,000 readers · 6,000 pages per document on Pro · Claude 4.5 Opus for legal nuance · GDPR-compliant · UK-hosted · Never used to train AI
“Comparing counterparty redlines used to take me half a day. Now it takes ten minutes with citations on both sides of every change.”
Daniel F.
Transactional Partner
“Every vendor contract we have ever signed sits in one Knowledge Base. Finding the indemnification cap takes one question, not an afternoon.”
Rachel K.
Head of Legal Operations
“I summarise depositions on AskYourPDF before every trial prep session. The timeline view alone saves me hours.”
James W.
Litigator
Pricing built for legal work
Start free for one document a day. Upgrade with a $1 Trial when your matter volume calls for it. Enterprise for full law-firm deployments with SSO and dedicated support.
Pro
Recommended
- 150 docs per day
- 6,000 pages per doc.
- All Premium features
- Longer reply length
- Priority support
- Priority access to new features
- Claude 4.5 Opus
- Gemini 2.5 Pro via credits
Recommended for lawyers: Pro. Pro for individuals (6,000-page contracts, Claude 4.5 Opus via credits, Compare PDF Documents). Enterprise for firms and in-house teams (SSO, dedicated support, custom data retention).
Frequently asked questions about AI for legal documents
Is AskYourPDF safe for confidential legal documents?
Yes. AskYourPDF is GDPR-compliant, hosted in the United Kingdom, and your documents are never used to train any AI model. Knowledge Bases are private to your account unless you choose to share them.
Which AI model is best for legal work?
Claude 4.5 Opus is our recommended model for legal work because of its long-context reasoning and careful clause-level handling. GPT-5 is a strong default. Gemini 2.5 Pro is the right model for foreign-language filings.
Can AskYourPDF compare two versions of a contract?
Yes. Compare PDF Documents (included on Premium and Pro) diffs two contracts and returns a structured comparison grouped by clause type with citations to both documents.
Can my legal team share a contract archive?
Yes. Premium and Pro support shared access through a private link. Enterprise adds role-based permissions and SSO for full-firm or in-house workflows.
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