Topic
Access to Justice
Technology widening access to legal help.
1 piece
No. 089
10 min
10 min
The Legal AI Criminal Defense Access Gap Report 2026: How AI-Assisted Legal Tools Are Reaching Civil and Transactional Practice — and Failing to Penetrate Public Defender Offices, Indigent Defense Criminal Representation
Legal artificial intelligence has matured rapidly since 2023, with tools like Harvey AI, Clio Duo (now Manage AI), LexisNexis Lexis+ AI, and Thomson Reuters CoCounsel Legal achieving meaningful penetration in BigLaw, mid-market transactional firms, and civil litigation boutiques. Yet the offices bearing the heaviest case...