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What’s the Real Cost of Building an AI Legal Research Assistant in 2025?

As a world where artificial intelligence is revolutionizing industries goes on around it, the legal industry isn't far behind. Artificial intelligence-based legal research assistants are flipping the lawyer and law firm case law, statute, and regulation research business on its side. But as revolutionary-sounding as the name is, most startups and law firms are lost: How much, actually, does it cost to create an AI-based legal research assistant in 2025?
Let's dive deep from industry press releases to development stages and dollar-pinching strategies for saving money.

The Ascendance of AI in LegalTech: Trends & Insights

The legal tech sector is booming. Statista recently published a report indicating that the global legal tech market will be over $35 billion by 2027, with most of it driven by AI-powered technologies.

Lawyers are increasingly employing legal research software that possesses the potential to automate the legal research, with less effort and improved accuracy. AI-based legal research software is increasingly being utilized by law firms, in-house counsel, and even legal tech companies. Over 60% of top law firms are implementing AI in some way or another in 2025, with research being the most typical use.

For a deeper dive into this topic, check out the full article here: Cost to Build an App Like AI Legal Research Assistant

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