# Enhanced Research Capabilities with AI for Small Law Firms

> Note: This article is just one of 60+ sections from our full report titled: The 2024 Legal AI Retrospective - Key Lessons from the Past Year .

**Author:** Alex Denne  
**Category:** Insights  
**Published:** 2024-12-18  
**Reading time:** 3 min

**Note:** This article is just one of 60+ sections from our full report titled: [The 2024 Legal AI Retrospective - Key Lessons from the Past Year](https://www.genieai.co/blog/legal-ai). Please download the full report to check any citations.

**Challenge:** Enhanced Research Capabilities

AI significantly improves the speed and depth of legal research for small firms. In 2024, Thomson Reuters launched AI-Assisted Research on Westlaw Precision, which allows users to pose complicated legal research questions in natural language and provides synthesized answers, potentially saving hours of work.[140]

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