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Microsoft Copilot gets more than 20 legal skills for contracts and cases

hellohimachalse@gmail.com 16 Oct 2026 2 hours ago

Microsoft has made more than 20 legal-focused skills generally available inside Microsoft 365 Copilot, bringing contract review, drafting and matter-management tasks into tools such as Word and Copilot Cowork. The company is also beginning to roll out plugins built by legal technology partners.

The release builds on a preview called Microsoft says the capabilities now appear as legal plugins rather than a separate product. Access requires a Microsoft 365 Copilot commercial licence, according to the company’s support page.

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What the legal skills can do

In Word desktop, Copilot can detect a legal document and offer skills for summarising, drafting, reviewing and redlining. Microsoft says users can compare contracts with templates, precedent agreements, policies or playbooks, explain tracked changes, identify gaps and prepare structured guidance.

Cowork is designed for work spread across several files and steps. Microsoft lists tasks such as building case chronologies, finding key dates and open questions, and turning meeting records into formal minutes or resolutions. The legal plugin is enabled by default in Word for eligible users, while Cowork users must add it.

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Partner plugins connect specialist systems

Microsoft partners will connect Copilot with legal research, document and matter management, transactions, electronic signatures, legal AI and e-discovery. The announced list includes Bloomberg Law, Trellis, iManage, NetDocuments, Box, Litera, Thomson Reuters HighQ, Docusign, Adobe Acrobat Sign, Harvey, Legora, Relativity and Everlaw.

These integrations are beginning to appear through Microsoft’s plugin registry, so availability will vary by partner, region, licence and administrator settings. Some third-party services may also require separate accounts or subscriptions.

The tools can speed up a first pass, but they do not remove professional responsibility. Legal teams still need to verify citations, jurisdiction, confidentiality, privilege, access permissions and every substantive conclusion. Microsoft describes the system as support for lawyers, not a replacement for legal judgment.

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