Legal databases and references 5 companies
These companies publish the legal databases and references lawyers research in, and the software built on them.
Wolters KluwerWolters Kluwer, the Dutch information company, publishes legal, tax and medical references and the software built on them. Its Indian centres, in Pune and Chennai, build much of that software.ChennaiHiring now
LexisNexisPart of RELXLexisNexis, with engineers in Delhi and Chennai, runs Lexis+, one of the two great legal research services, and Shepard's Citations, which shows whether a judgment is still good law.Delhi NCR
FindLawFindLaw, with engineers in Bengaluru, runs a legal information website and a directory of lawyers, which people use to understand a legal problem and find a lawyer.
Thomson ReutersThomson Reuters, with engineers in Bengaluru and Hyderabad, runs Westlaw, the other great legal research service, and CoCounsel, its AI assistant for lawyers.Bengaluru · HyderabadHiring nowSee alsoNews and professional information providers
RELXRELX, with engineers in Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi, is the parent group of LexisNexis.Chennai · Mumbai · BengaluruHiring nowSee alsoAcademic and scientific publishingAI assistants for lawyers 3 companies
These companies build AI platforms that do the research, drafting and document review of law firms.
What's changing
The junior lawyer's work done by AI.
Junior lawyers' early work is research memos, first drafts of court filings and reviewing hundreds of documents, and that is what the legal AI companies automate first. The publishers are putting their archives behind their own assistants. The open question for law firms is how to train new lawyers when AI does the work they used to learn on.
Companies: ingrid's company map. Hiring signals: postings feed of 5 Nov 2026.


