# Kortex for lawyers: NotebookLM for legal research

> How lawyers use Kortex with Gemini Notebook (NotebookLM): a notebook per matter, research saved with its link and date, cited answers and clean exports.

https://www.kortex-notebooklm.com/use-cases/lawyers

1.  [Use cases](/use-cases)
2.  Lawyers and legal teams

# Keep research for each matter, with its source.

Kortex files the research behind each matter into its own Gemini Notebook, keeps the link and date on every passage you save, and exports clean notes when you draft.

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An example Workspace with a notebook per matter, and a highlighted passage just saved with its link.

## How do lawyers use Kortex?

Lawyers and legal teams use Kortex, a Chrome extension for Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM), to keep the research for each matter in its own notebook, where every saved passage carries its link and date and every answer cites the sources in that notebook. They follow their firm’s confidentiality and privilege policies on what goes in, and export notes as PDF or Markdown for drafting.

### Workflows on this page

1.  [Open a notebook for each matter](#matter-notebook)
2.  [Save research with its source attached](#sourced-research)
3.  [Build a chronology from the file](#chronology)
4.  [Export your notes and sources](#work-product)

## Before you add client material

Kortex sends what you import to Gemini Notebook in your own Google account; Kortex itself doesn’t keep your chats or the contents of your sources. So your firm’s confidentiality and privilege policies, and the terms of the Google account you use, decide what can go in. Check them first. We don’t claim that Kortex or Gemini Notebook preserves privilege or meets any professional-conduct rule.

## Where legal research goes missing

The analysis is yours. Kortex keeps the research behind it filed, sourced and easy to find again.

-   **The passage you relied on came from a page you can’t find again.**
    
    Highlight it on any page you can read in Chrome and right-click to send it. It becomes a source with the page link and the date you saved it.
    
-   **Research for different matters ends up in one long list.**
    
    Give each matter its own notebook, file matters in collections with subfolders, and tag them by practice area.
    
-   **An AI answer cites authorities you can’t find.**
    
    Gemini Notebook answers only from the sources in the notebook and cites each point, so you can open the passage and check it. It doesn’t search case law, so it can only cite what you added.
    
-   **You keep rewriting the same research and drafting prompts.**
    
    Save them once in your Prompts library, like a chronology or an issues list, and insert them from the Prompts button or with a `;shortcut`.
    
-   **Notes have to leave the notebook in a form you can file.**
    
    Export a note as PDF, a chat with only the replies you tick, or a notebook’s sources as one ZIP.
    

## From intake to drafting

Each workflow assumes the material is cleared for Gemini Notebook under your firm’s policies.

### Open a notebook for each matter

Every matter’s research in one place, labelled by what each source is.

1.  Create a notebook for the matter in a Matters collection, with subfolders by client or practice area.
2.  Add the documents your firm allows in Gemini Notebook as usual.
3.  Tag the notebook by practice area and stage, like Pleadings or Discovery.
4.  Give sources their own tags, like Statute, Case, Contract or Correspondence, and filter the notebook by them.

Jazz Music

 ![A Jazz Music notebook in the Kortex Workspace. Each source, such as Billie Holiday and Charlie Parker on Wikipedia, carries tags like Person, Concept and Secondary Source.](/media/tour/tour-labels-1200.webp)

A real notebook in the Kortex Workspace, with tags on each source.

### Save research with its source attached

Every passage you keep says where it came from and when.

1.  On any page you can read in Chrome, highlight the passage you need and right-click to send it to the matter’s notebook.
2.  Each one keeps the page link and the date, so you can tell later where it came from.
3.  Send the AI research chats you rely on, from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Perplexity, with your prompts and the replies labelled.
4.  Ask Gemini Notebook how the saved authorities treat your issue. Each point cites the passage it came from, so you can check it.

### Build a chronology from the file

Dated events with a source for each, ready to check.

1.  Tick the matter’s sources and insert your chronology prompt from the Prompts button: every dated event, who was involved, and the source for each.
2.  Generate a Timeline or a Briefing doc from the same sources, and save the result as a note.
3.  Check each entry against the passage it cites before you rely on it.
4.  Save the setup as a note template with {{matter}} and {{client}} placeholders for the next matter.

### Export your notes and sources

Notes and sources as files you can put in the matter file.

1.  Export a note as PDF, or as Markdown to paste into your drafting tool.
2.  Export a chat with only the replies you tick, and leave your own questions out if you prefer.
3.  Tick the sources behind a point and download them together as PDF or Markdown.
4.  When the matter closes, move its notebook into an Archive collection so active work stays short.

Download Sources

 ![The Download Sources dialog in the Kortex Workspace: Select All is ticked, Markdown is chosen over Plain Text and PDF, and the button reads Download Selected (13).](/media/tour/tour-export-1200.webp)

The real Download Sources dialog in the Kortex Workspace.

## What reviewers say about these features

Quoted word for word and linked to where they were posted. Reviewers don’t say what they do for a living, so we picked reviews about the features on this page.

> “The source downloader feature is stupidly good. Exporting entire notebooks into Markdown in one zip? That alone makes this extension worth it. I wish I had this months ago.”

[Saloni, on Chrome Web Store](https://chromewebstore.google.com/reviews/9deac464-b4ab-40c8-b53d-a1e0b6b1c873)

## Prompts, tools and reading

### Prompts to copy

-   [Summary you can act on](/prompts/summarize)
-   [Meeting notes to minutes](/prompts/meeting-notes)

### Free tools

-   [Research prompt builder](/tools/research-prompt-builder)
-   [Knowledge base health check](/tools/knowledge-base-health)

### Further reading

-   [Does Gemini Notebook Hallucinate? How to Check](/blog/does-gemini-notebook-hallucinate)
-   [Is Gemini Notebook Safe and Private?](/blog/gemini-notebook-privacy)
-   [How to Export Gemini Notebook Sources](/blog/export-gemini-notebook)
-   [How to Organize Gemini Notebook With Folders](/blog/organize-notebooklm-notebooks)
-   [Gemini Notebook Templates: 10 Setups](/blog/gemini-notebook-templates)

## What lawyers and legal teams ask

Something we missed? [Ask us](#contact).

### Can I put client documents into Gemini Notebook?

That is your firm’s call, not ours. Kortex sends what you import to Gemini Notebook in your own Google account and doesn’t keep your chats or the contents of your sources, so your firm’s confidentiality and privilege policies and your Google account’s terms decide what can go in. We don’t claim either tool preserves privilege. See [is Gemini Notebook safe and private?](/blog/gemini-notebook-privacy)

### Will Gemini Notebook make up case citations?

It answers from the sources in your notebook and cites each point, which makes an unsupported claim easier to spot, but it can still misread a source. Check every citation against the passage before you rely on it. More in [does Gemini Notebook hallucinate?](/blog/does-gemini-notebook-hallucinate)

### Does Kortex connect to Westlaw, Lexis or other research databases?

No. Kortex has no integration with legal research services. You can highlight text on any page open in Chrome and send it with its link and date, as far as your subscription’s terms allow copying.

### Does it work for law school?

Yes. Law students use the same workflows for case briefs and outlines, and the [students page](/use-cases/students) covers exam prep with saved prompts and study guides.

### Can a legal team share notebooks?

Sharing happens in Gemini Notebook itself.

## Open a notebook for your next matter.

Add Kortex to Chrome and save your next piece of research with its source. Check your firm’s policies on client material first.

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## More like this, and other ways people use Kortex

-   [Doctors and clinicians](/use-cases/doctors)
-   [Financial analysts and advisors](/use-cases/financial-analysts)
-   [Accountants and tax professionals](/use-cases/accountants)
-   [Students](/use-cases/students)
-   [Researchers and academics](/use-cases/researchers)
-   [Developers](/use-cases/developers)
-   [Professionals](/use-cases/professionals)
-   [Marketers](/use-cases/marketers)
-   [All 19 use cases](/use-cases)