Get clear, plain-English explanations of legal concepts, first-draft clauses and letters, and quick research pointers—powered by AI and optimized for speed. Built for individuals, founders, students, and busy teams who need structured guidance before speaking to a lawyer. This tool is educational support, not legal advice; always review with a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction.

What it is & Who it’s for

The Free AI Legal Assistant is an AI-powered helper that explains legal concepts in plain English, suggests first-draft clauses and letters, and offers structured checklists to guide your next steps. It’s designed to speed up early research and help you prepare better questions before you speak with a lawyer.

It is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Laws vary by jurisdiction and change over time; always review outputs with a licensed attorney where you live. For tax-heavy questions, pair this tool with the Free AI Tax Assistant. For notices, demand letters, or outreach emails, try the Free AI Email Writer.

Who it’s for

Individuals & Consumers

• Understand leases, service agreements, and online terms in plain English.
• Draft first-pass letters (e.g., dispute, cancellation, or information requests).
• Prepare smart questions to ask a lawyer before a paid consult.
• Spot common red flags and organize your documents.

Founders, Startups & Small Businesses

• Outline NDAs, contractor agreements, and website policies for internal review.
• Generate issue-spotting checklists for hiring, procurement, or vendor onboarding.
• Get high-level compliance summaries to frame a discussion with counsel.
• Turn complex requirements into simple action lists for your team.

Students & Trainees

• Summarize cases, compare doctrines, and practice issue spotting.
• Turn dense readings into concise outlines and IRAC-style notes.
• Brainstorm arguments on both sides of a hypothetical—then refine.
• Translate legalese into clear, everyday language.

Paralegals, Assistants & Content Creators

• Build fast document outlines and checklists to accelerate workflows.
• Draft client-facing summaries in plain English (to be reviewed by attorneys).
• Create structured intake questionnaires and follow-up prompts.
• Generate alternative phrasing for clauses to compare options.

Key Features & Capabilities

Plain-English Explanations

Turn dense legalese into simple, accurate summaries. Ask “explain like I’m not a lawyer,” get short, scannable answers with examples and definitions.

Issue Spotting & Checklists

Identify common risks and missing elements in leases, NDAs, contractor agreements, policies, and more. Get to-do lists you can review with counsel before signing.

Clause Ideas & Alternatives

Request first-draft clause language, fallbacks, and negotiation prompts (e.g., termination, IP ownership, confidentiality, indemnity). Compare two versions line-by-line and ask for pros/cons.

Drafting Aids for Letters & Notices

Generate first-pass demand letters, dispute notices, or clarification emails—then refine tone and structure. For formal letters, you can also use the Free AI Letter Writer or Free AI Email Writer.

Policy & Compliance Overviews (High-Level)

Get general overviews to orient your research (privacy, employment basics, website terms). Outputs are educational, not jurisdiction-specific advice—validate locally with a lawyer.

Structured Outlines & Templates

Create fill-in-the-blank outlines for NDAs, service agreements, or internal policies. Convert outlines into bullet points, then into readable paragraphs.

Redlining & Review Tips

Paste non-sensitive excerpts to receive clarity suggestions, red-flag highlights, and questions to raise with the other party or your attorney.

Jurisdiction & Context Awareness

Tell the assistant your country/state or governing law to tailor language at a high level. It will still advise verification with a licensed professional.

Multilingual Support

Translate clauses or summarize documents across languages while keeping key terms intact. For deeper translation workflows, pair with the Free AI Translator.

Research Framing & Prompt Engineering

Get search strategies, keywords, and IRAC-style frames for your legal research. For extended desk research, try the Free Ai Research & Analysis Specialist.

Important: This tool is educational support—not legal advice. Laws change by jurisdiction and over time. Always have a licensed attorney review before you rely on any draft.

How it works

Start in seconds

1. Open the Free AI Legal Assistant page and start a new chat.
2. Tell the assistant your jurisdiction (country/state) and the document type or topic.
3. Paste non-sensitive excerpts only or describe your situation in 3–5 bullets.
4. Ask for what you need: plain-English explanation, clause ideas, checklist, or first-draft letter.
5. Iterate: request alternatives, add context, and refine tone or length.
6. Review with a licensed attorney before relying on any draft or decision.

Privacy tip: Remove names, addresses, account numbers, or confidential terms. Share only what you’re comfortable reviewing in a public tool.

Plans & pricing

• Free Plan — up to 20,000 daily tokens, no sign-up required.
• Pro Plan — $19.99/month for up to 200,000 daily tokens.
• Premium Plan — $179/year for up to 300,000 daily tokens.
  See details and upgrade on the Subscribe page.

Practical Use Cases & Short Examples

Landlord–Tenant Overview

• Clarify rent, fees, deposits, repairs, and notice periods in plain English.
• Get a checklist of questions to ask your landlord or a housing advisor.
  Try this prompt:
  “Jurisdiction: New York. Goal: explain my landlord’s late-fee claim and my rights. Facts: paid 3 days late; lease mentions ‘reasonable fee’. Output: bullets + next-steps checklist + 5 questions to ask.”

NDA Outline (Mutual vs One-Way)

• Compare structures, essential clauses, and typical carve-outs.
• Get short clause variants to choose from.
  Try this prompt:
  “Governing law: Delaware. Goal: 1-page mutual NDA outline for a startup sharing a pitch deck. Constraints: 6 sections max; add 2 fallback options for term and definition of Confidential Information.”

Privacy Policy Pointers (High-Level)

• Identify common sections (categories of data, purpose, retention, rights).
• Get a starter outline aligned with major frameworks (e.g., GDPR/CCPA) at a high level.
  Try this prompt:
  “Region: EU + California. Product: B2B SaaS with analytics + support inbox. Goal: high-level privacy policy outline + a 6-row data map (fields, purpose, retention, processors). Output: table + bullets.”

Employment Clauses Basics

• Draft first-pass language for offer letters and handbooks (to be reviewed by counsel).
• Explore alternatives for IP assignment, probation, non-solicit, and confidentiality.
  Try this prompt:
  “Jurisdiction: Ontario (Canada). Document: offer letter for software engineer. Goal: plain-English clauses for IP assignment, confidentiality, probation (3 months), and a narrow non-solicit. Output: brief clauses + notes to review with counsel.”

Small Claims Prep Checklist

• Organize facts, evidence, and deadlines before filing.
• Create a simple timeline and questions for a legal clinic or advisor.
  Try this prompt:
  “Location: California small claims. Issue: landlord won’t return security deposit ($1,800). Goal: filing checklist + evidence list + 10-line timeline template. Output: bullets + short cover letter draft.”

IP Basics: Copyright & Trademark

• Understand differences, timelines, and basic filing steps.
• Get a search strategy and a comparison table of pros/cons.
  Try this prompt:
  “Country: UK. Goal: explain copyright vs trademark for a brand name + logo. Include steps to check conflicts and a high-level path to UKIPO filing. Output: bullets + 5 due-diligence questions.”

Note: Share non-sensitive excerpts only. Always have a licensed attorney review any draft before use.

Tips & Best Practices

Provide the right context

• Specify jurisdiction (country/state) and the document type.
• Add 3–5 bullet facts: parties, goal, deadlines, known risks.
• State your tone (formal, neutral, friendly) and length (e.g., 200 words, bullets, table).

Share safely

• Remove names, addresses, account numbers, or trade secrets.
• Replace identifiers with placeholders (e.g., [Company A], [Date], [Amount]).
• Paste non-sensitive excerpts only rather than full documents.

Work in small chunks

• Ask for a 1-page outline before a full draft.
• Paste clauses section by section and request issue-spotting + questions to ask.
• Use tables for structured outputs (obligations, timelines, definitions).

Stress-test the draft

• Request alternatives (strict vs. flexible), and ask for pros/cons.
• Have the assistant red-team your draft: “What could be exploited by the other side?”
• Check defined terms, cross-references, and internal consistency with a final checklist.

Be explicit about law & limits

• Tell the model to keep guidance general and non-jurisdiction-specific unless you provide sources.
• Ask for a list of items to verify with a lawyer.
• For tax-heavy topics, pair with the Free AI Tax Assistant.

Prompt patterns that work

• Role + Task + Facts + Constraints + Output
• Example: “You are an in-house counsel assistant. Draft two termination clause options for a SaaS MSA. Facts: month-to-month, data export required. Constraints: plain English, 150 words each. Output: bullets + negotiation notes.”

Collaborate across tools

• For demand or dispute letters, use Free AI Letter Writer or Free AI Email Writer.
• For deeper desk research, try Free Ai Research & Analysis Specialist.

Save tokens, save time

• Ask for headings first, then expand the sections you like.
• Prefer bullets and tables over long prose.
• Cap outputs: “200 words max,” “10 bullets,” or “one-screen summary.”

Limitations, Accuracy Notes & Disclaimers

Important limitations

• This tool is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice.
• Outputs are AI-generated drafts and summaries meant for education and planning—not final documents.
• The assistant cannot represent you, file documents, or negotiate on your behalf.
• It may miss issues, misinterpret context, or produce outdated information.

Accuracy & verification

• Laws and regulations vary by jurisdiction and change over time.
• Always verify citations, definitions, and timelines against official sources.
• Before relying on any draft, review with a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction.
• Treat examples and templates as starting points; adapt them with professional review.

Scope & content handling

• Share non-sensitive excerpts only; remove names, addresses, account numbers, or trade secrets.
• Do not paste privileged communications or confidential settlement terms.
• For tax-heavy or cross-border topics, consult a specialist and see the Free AI Tax Assistant.

When to seek a lawyer immediately

• Imminent deadlines, court filings, criminal exposure, employment termination, IP disputes, or high-value transactions.
• Situations involving unique local rules (e.g., landlord-tenant, licensing, data protection).
• Any matter where an error could cause financial loss or legal liability.

Disclaimer: Use at your own risk. The Free AI Legal Assistant provides general educational guidance only. For advice tailored to your situation, consult a qualified attorney.

Privacy & Data Handling

What you share

• Paste non-sensitive excerpts only; remove names, addresses, account numbers, and trade secrets.
• Replace identifiers with placeholders (e.g., [Party A], [Amount], [Date]).
• Do not share privileged communications or confidential settlement terms.

How your inputs are processed

• Your prompts are processed by AI systems to generate a response.
• Content may be used for service operations and quality (e.g., abuse prevention, reliability).
• Do not assume attorney–client confidentiality; this tool is not a law firm.

Confidentiality & privilege

• Using this assistant does not create an attorney–client relationship.
• Outputs are educational and require review by a licensed attorney before use.
• For sensitive or high-stakes matters, consult a lawyer and share information directly and securely with them.

Safer-sharing checklist

• Strip personal data and confidential terms.
• Share short excerpts instead of full documents.
• Ask for summaries, checklists, or clause ideas rather than final advice.
• Keep a local copy of your materials and apply changes offline after review.

Policy references

• For details about data handling, retention, and your choices, please refer to the site’s Privacy Policy and Terms.
• If you need a data request or deletion, contact the site administrator via the channels listed in those policies.

FAQs

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