What is Summarize & When to Use Summarize

Summarize is a purpose-built tool optimized for quick, standalone document summarization. It extracts key information and creates structured summaries without requiring research, follow-up questions, or iterative refinement.

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Use Summarize for:

Court decision summaries for client updates

Contract key terms extraction

Case material overviews for internal review

Document summaries for due diligence

Timeline creation from case files

Executive summaries for non-legal audiences

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Use Summarize when:

You need a quick, standalone summary

The scope and output format are clear

No external research or legal analysis is required

No follow-up questions or iteration needed

Working with a single document

Goal is to condense and extract key information

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Use Simplify instead when:

You need to explain complex content for understanding

Making technical legal language accessible to non-legal audiences

Focus is on contextual understanding, not just extraction

You want to break down concepts and terminology

Goal is to educate or clarify, not just condense

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Use the Assistant instead when:

You need to see how the summary is constructed (reasoning transparency)

Summary requires legal research or external sources

You want to combine summarization with legal analysis

You need to iterate and refine through conversation

Comparing multiple documents

Summary requires integration with Library templates or precedents

Multi-step tasks (summarize, then analyze, then draft response)