Software applying language models to a specific legal task, positioned as an instrument a lawyer operates rather than a source of legal advice.

The word "tool" arrives precisely when liability does, in the disclaimer and the indemnity clause, while the same product is a colleague and an associate everywhere in the sales deck.

• Two Vocabularies: A capable associate on the pricing page and a mere tool in the terms of service, describing one unchanged product.
• Responsibility Shift: Calling it a tool places every outcome on the lawyer holding it.
• House-Cleaning Reality Check: Like calling the oven a trusted chef in the brochure and a basic appliance the moment it burns the dinner.

Better Call Saul (2010s) where Jimmy McGill presents himself as a full attorney in one room and as a guy who just files paperwork in another, depending entirely on the exposure in that room.

Software for a specific legal task that a lawyer operates and remains responsible for.

“Our legal AI tool works alongside your associates as a trusted member of the team.”

“The software drafts the first version of the NDA, and the supervising solicitor reviews and signs it.”