Assistant
Ask questions, work with documents, and continue saved conversations.
Use Assistant for questions, summaries, and drafts. For ongoing matter work, use a project so its files and conversations stay together.
Start a conversation
- Open Assistant in the intended workspace.
- Describe the task, relevant facts, and the format you want back.
- Select + → Upload Documents to attach a file from your computer. For a file already in jLaw, choose Saved Documents, select it, and choose Confirm.
- Choose an available model, then select Send message.
A useful request identifies the document, the question, and the expected output:
Summarize the attached lease for the tenant. List payment obligations, renewal dates, and termination rights. Include clause references and flag missing information.
Use a follow-up in the same conversation to refine the answer. Start a new chat for unrelated work.
Choose a model and reasoning effort
Use the model control beside the message box to choose from the models available to your organization. Adjust reasoning effort when the selected model supports it.
More reasoning can take longer. If no model is available, contact your jLaw administrator.
Use quick actions, workflows, and playbooks
- Select a quick action on the start screen to begin a common task. Use Configure quick actions to manage your shortcuts where offered.
- Type / in the composer to find an Assistant workflow, or open one from Workflows.
- Choose Playbooks from the + menu to attach review rules, together with the document to review.
Quick actions and workflows supply reusable instructions. You still need to identify the document and provide any missing facts.
Read and use the answer
Open available source references and compare important statements with the original document. For an Ethiopian legal provision, start with Ethiopian Law and give the assistant the relevant passage and article number.
Open generated files or proposed document edits and inspect the result before downloading it. For a revision, state which document to change and what must stay the same.
Use Copy response below a finished answer. Table and code blocks may also have their own copy controls. If copying is unavailable, select the text and use the browser's Copy command.
Answer any follow-up questions jLaw asks before it continues. Use Stop response to stop an active answer; leaving a chat alone does not necessarily stop its work.
Return to your work
Use the sidebar's history to reopen recent work. Project conversations also appear in the project's Chats tab. Item menus provide actions such as renaming, sharing, or deleting when your role allows them.
For drafting beside the source document, use IDE. For a guided example, try Your first review.