AI-powered contract review tools are transforming how legal teams process documents. But understanding their limitations is as important as understanding their capabilities.
Artificial intelligence has entered the legal practice area in a meaningful way. Contract review, once a time-intensive manual process, is increasingly being augmented by machine learning tools capable of identifying risks, flagging non-standard clauses, and benchmarking terms against market precedent.
Modern legal AI tools excel at speed and consistency. They can review hundreds of pages in minutes, apply consistent standards across large document sets, and surface clauses that might be missed in manual review under time pressure.
Despite these capabilities, AI tools have significant limitations:
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