New Zealand Law Society - AI research tools and training
The New Zealand Law Society Library subscribes to AI-enabled research tools to help you find relevant cases, test legal arguments and answer legal questions; all grounded in trusted legal publishers New Zealand content.
LexisNexis Protégé, CCH iKnowConnect and Lexis Argument Analyser, are available in Law Society libraries (Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch) and Lawyers’ rooms in court houses across the motu. When using your own device, access is over the Law Society wifi.
Westlaw AI-Assisted Research is available via our Law Society Library team. You can instruct them to use Westlaw AI on your behalf, or they may use this in your research results.
AI is a powerful starting point for legal research but is not a substitute for your own legal judgment. Before you use the Library's AI-enabled databases, you will be asked to agree to our terms and conditions.
Verify everything - Generative AI can produce incorrect or non-existent citations. Check every case, legislative reference and point of law against the primary source before relying on it.
Protect client information - Think before uploading documents. Do not upload privileged or confidential material.
Remember your professional obligations - You are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of any work product AI has helped to produce.
Learn the tool before you rely on it - Each legal supplier provides free training material (see the links below). Investing in training significantly improves the quality of your legal research.
Protégé is an AI legal assistant which brings together legal research, drafting and document analysis. Ask legal questions in plain language and retrieve answers grounded in LexisNexis content.
Lawyers can access the full Protégé package from their own devices at our 36 Law library locations (including 33 lawyers’ room) across the motu.
Use cases
Natural language legal research, drafting legal documents, upload documents to produce summaries, timelines and legal analysis; access general purpose AI Assistants (GPT, Claude) within the Lexis Protege platform.
Access
To access LexisNexis Protégé, visit our databases page.
Lexis New Zealand Resources webpage
Lexis Trust Centre (compliance, data and information security)
Protege (product information webpage)
Protege NZ - New features and release notes 2025/2026
In product Help Centre available
Introducing Protege Workflows webinar
Legal Artificial Intelligence in New Zealand (webpage and videos)
Lexis Support and Training website
Upcoming webinars (calendar of bookable events)
Winning with Legal AI in 2026 (webinar)
This Thomson Reuters' legal AI tool is available to Law Society Library staff only. As part of our Research service you can instruct Library staff to use Westlaw AI on your behalf - this may include using Westlaw AI within search results.
Wolters Kluwer's research platform iKnow Connect includes an AI powered assistant, powered by OpenAI's Chat GPT. Ask questions in plain language to generate legal answers directly linked to subscription content.
Use cases
For practice area relevant legal research - business law, employment, property, tax; locate subscription content faster; summarise complex concepts.
Access
To access CCH iKnow Connect, visit our database page.
Wolters Kluwer CCH iKnowConnect AI - FAQ
Smarter Research Starts Here - AI Powered Tools in CCH iKnowConnect
An AI powered legal tool from LexisNexis that allows you to upload legal documents or paste in drafted text, Argument Analyser scans your work and recommends cases, legislation and legal issues.
Use cases
Strengthen legal submissions; Review opposing arguments; Check citations against Lexis content.
Access
To access Lexis Argument Analyser, visit our databases page.
Argument Analyser Product information
Lexis Argument Analyser (5min)
Argument Analyser (6min)
Argument Analyser (2min)
The Law Society Library team can help you get started with any of these tools or carry out research on your behalf. Contact us at library@lawsociety.org.nz.