What Is Legal AI Assistant for Trusts & Estates?

Review an old estate plan and explain it to a client, both in minutes, not an afternoon.

What it is

Legal AI Assistant is a secure, confidential AI-powered chat interface built directly into NetDocuments. It reads documents that are already stored in your firm's document management system, wills, trusts, powers of attorney, healthcare directives, and answers questions about them in plain language.

You select a document, ask a question, and get a direct answer, with citations pointing to exactly where in the documents the information was found.

For an estate planning practice, that means reviewing an existing plan before a client meeting, or answering a client's question, takes minutes instead of digging back through an old file.

What it is not

  • Legal AI Assistant is not a search engine.
  • It does not handle general business processes.
  • It does not work on documents that are not in NetDocuments.

Popular use cases

Getting up to speed before a client meeting

Ask the Assistant to review an existing will, trust, or estate plan before a review meeting or intake call. It reads the documents you select and returns a summary of the key provisions, named fiduciaries, and beneficiaries. What used to take an hour of digging through an old file takes a few seconds of asking.
Summarize this estate plan, including the executor and any successor trustees named, the primary beneficiaries, and any specific bequests or unusual provisions.
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Answering the one question that matters

When a client calls with one specific question, you don't have to reread the whole document to answer it. Ask directly. The Assistant finds it and returns it with proof.
What does this document say about who is named as guardian for the client's minor children?
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Drafting a plain-language client email

Give the Assistant the signed documents and a drafting task. Many estate planning clients aren't legal professionals, so the output should read that way: plain language, no jargon, using only the facts in the materials you provide.
Draft a short client-facing email summarizing the documents we signed today and what the client should do with the originals. Use plain language with no legal jargon, and keep it to three short paragraphs.
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