Why Smart Legal Pro: what it does differently in your situation
Not a feature list but six everyday situations, from “There is a letter” to “Do I need a lawyer?”: how does each one run in a general AI chat, in form portals and in Smart Legal Pro?
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| Your situation | General AI chat | Form portals and templates | Smart Legal Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| A letter from court or an official decision has arrived, and you are afraid | You type or paste the text and get an explanation; you keep track of the deadline and next steps yourself. | Templates assume you already know what the letter means; an explanation is not usually part of them. | You upload the letter. The AI explains what it is, what it means, what to do and by when, calmly and in plain words. |
| A first assessment of your situation | You describe the situation freely; the assessment lives only in that conversation and does not build on your documents unless you paste them in each time. | A questionnaire leads to a finished form; an assessment of your prospects is not usually part of it. | A structured plan for your document covering situation, prospects and concrete steps; the facts it detects stay stored with their source in your matter. Orientation, not legal advice. |
| Next steps and the deadline | The chat names a deadline when you ask; it can only derive a date from what you give it. | Mostly no deadline detection; the form starts where you already know the deadline. | Detected deadlines are collected in one place. A date is only adopted if it appears verbatim in the document or is calculated from a documented reference date; nothing is ever estimated. |
| A reply draft for the letter | A draft on request; you check addressee, file number, form and deadline position yourself. | A template with placeholders you fill in; you establish the link to the letter you received yourself. | The litigation companion drafts the reply with the letter you received in view. For a lawsuit, a check before filing tests completeness, the right court and limitation. You represent yourself; the AI accompanies you. |
| Checking and improving a contract | You paste in the contract text; changes come back as text, and a link to your other documents exists only if you create it. | A model contract of your choice; an existing contract of your own is not usually reviewed. | Select or upload a contract, set your goal, review suggested changes as a redline and finalize them as a new version, in the same matter as your other documents and detected facts. |
| Do I need a lawyer? | An opinion in conversation; if you then want a lawyer, you summarize everything again. | The form and the search for a lawyer are separate steps; you prepare the documents yourself. | There are clear rules of thumb for when a law firm is worth it. You then send the inquiry with your prepared matter; the firm sees your account, the established facts and the documents you release. |
Category descriptions as of October 2026. The columns describe typical workflows, not individual products. We welcome notes on inaccuracies via the contact form and will correct them.
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