The Digital Press

A 2025 benchmark study compares AI tools and human lawyers in contract drafting, revealing AI’s growing reliability and speed alongside humans’ superior judgment and context handling.

Why it matters: AI tools now match or exceed lawyers in reliable first drafts, reshaping legal workflows and raising new oversight challenges.

The big picture: Specialized legal AI excels in workflow integration and risk flagging, while general AI slightly outperforms in raw draft accuracy.

The stakes: Overreliance on AI without human review risks flawed, one-sided contracts; junior lawyers may lose key training opportunities.

Commenters say: Readers highlight AI’s impressive speed and consistency but stress the irreplaceable value of human judgment and context awareness.