Extract from Hanzo’s article, “Claude for Legal Is Here – Now Legal Teams Need the Workflow Layer to Scale Its Impact.”
May 2026 has been an eventful month for legal AI, and we view the recent momentum as a positive and encouraging development.
Anthropic launched Claude for Legal with 12 practice-area plugins, 20+ MCP connectors, and integrations designed for legal research and workflow management. OpenAI is building its own legal offering. Gemini has also been appearing in legal workflows with results that are increasingly difficult to ignore.
The market has finally caught up to where in-house legal teams have been heading for years. The question now is how much of that potential actually translates into real-world legal and compliance outcomes.
