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I have not found it useful for lit beyond going through large sets of docs
so far best use case for me is summarizing a ton of docs or creating charts
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My firm just adopted Harvey as well and we’re doing a series of practice-specific use case demos and trainings. Check to see if yours has something similar going on
I like to create “Vaults” of documents (up to 100k of documents) for my matters. Based upon that vault, it can draft factual sections for briefs, respond to factual queries about the case, and identify key testimony or language. Harvey can take first pass at search terms, outlines, or memos, based upon the documents with the vault. I find that it can do a lot of basic tasks that I would normally assign to a first year. It also has spell check and grammar features, which are generally useful.
Pinpointing testimony or representations in large documents
You'll catch on quickly. It's really, really good. For whatever reason though, my little Gen Z juniors struggle with prompting it to get results though.. so I guess if you're not good at logical reasoning input/outputs, spend some more time practicing that.
Probably true. One incident where some incredible slop was thrown at me after hours on the phone discussing the prompt just came to mind, but that associate has left big law now.. probably related.
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I generally agree with the other comments about using for a first pass at high-volume document review or to create chart summaries of docs.
Fair warning that it usually sucks for legal research queries, no matter how targeted you make them. This is mostly because, unlike some other AI engines, Harvey is a closed system and doesn't naturally pull in source material cites. You basically are left feeling in the dark for where the info came from. Half the time, I look up the actual law, regs, etc. and it doesn't support the proposition, or there is literally no authority that says X. I've also had at least one instance where Harvey admitted it did not have access to the actual language of a regulation and "likely shouldn't speculate about materials without having access to the text itself." It was a laugh out loud moment for me given how much money our firms are likely dumping into Harvey.
Do you have the LexisNexis add in yet? I’ve found that to be very helpful as a jumping off point for research. It’s like a better version of westlaw’s AI-assisted research.
The word plug in is amazing. For transactional
Work it is amazing but my practice involves both. I use it for proof reading briefs, it is helpful if you have to write a letter or something any you need like something that gets a really crappy first draft on paper. It’s very good at pull materials from documents.