AI legal research

AI legal research you can actually check.

Zealia answers research questions in structured form — the rule, how courts have applied it, and the authorities behind it, each one linked so you can read the source yourself.

Modern legal library with brushed-steel shelves, a reading table and an open volume in the foreground
Research grounded in sources you can open, in whichever jurisdiction your matter sits.

Built around verification, not guesswork

The value of research assistance is not speed alone — it is being able to stand behind the answer. Zealia writes every answer around authorities it has actually retrieved, links them, and says plainly when it could not find a reliable source rather than filling the gap with a plausible-sounding citation.

Zealia works across jurisdictions. It takes the governing law from your question and the matter on file — common law or civil law, federal or state, at home or abroad — and answers from material it can cite and link: legislation portals, judiciary and court sites, official gazettes and reported decisions. Coverage of United States federal and state authority is the deepest, and elsewhere the answer says which live sources it relied on.

Every response is a starting point for a qualified practitioner's judgment, not a substitute for it. Read the sources before you file.

What an answer looks like

Issue, rule and application, with the authorities beside the answer rather than buried in it.

Zealia — AI Assistant
What must the claimant show to obtain an interim injunction here?
Matter: Alderwick Trading Ltd v Northbridge Freight Ltd2 documents attachedJurisdiction: detected from matter
Issue

Whether interim relief is available pending trial on the supply agreement.

Rule

A serious question to be tried, inadequacy of damages, and a balance of convenience favouring relief — with the local formulation stated and linked.

Application

On the correspondence at Exhibit C, the risk of unrecoverable loss is arguable; the undertaking as to damages will be the pressure point.

Illustration of the research workspace. Matter names and authorities shown are examples.

What the research workspace gives you

Structured answers
Issue, rule, application and open questions — not a wall of text.
Linked authorities
Cases and legislation shown in one panel, each opening to the source.
Any jurisdiction
The governing law is taken from your question and your matter.
Your own documents
Upload a brief, exhibit or contract and ask questions against it.
Conversation history
Threads grouped by matter, searchable, nothing lost between sessions.
Honest gaps
A clear "no reliable source found" instead of an invented citation.

Ask against your own file

Upload the agreement, the exhibits or the brief, and get answers quoted from the page they came from.

Zealia — Document vault
Matter vault — Alderwick Trading Ltd v Northbridge Freight Ltd
  • Supply agreement (signed).pdfIndexed
  • Exhibit C — email chain.pdfIndexed
  • Weighbridge records.xlsxIndexed
Ask against your own files
Where does the agreement deal with variation?

Clause 11.2 requires written agreement signed by both parties — quoted with the page it came from, so you can check it.

Source: Supply agreement (signed).pdf, p. 7
Illustration of the document vault. Documents shown are examples.

A typical research session

Open the assistant, pick the matter you are working on, and ask the question the way you would ask a junior: what must be shown for interim relief here, how have courts treated this clause, what does the other side have to prove. Attach the pleading or exhibit if the answer depends on the record.

You get a structured answer with the authorities listed beside it. Open the ones that matter, keep the answer in the matter's history, and carry it into a draft or a task without retyping it.

See how research carries into drafting.

Common questions

What is AI legal research in Zealia?
It is a research assistant that answers a question in plain English and returns a structured answer — the issue, the governing rule, how courts have applied it, and the open questions — with every authority it relied on listed beside the answer as a link you can open and read yourself.
Does Zealia invent case citations?
No. Answers are written around authorities Zealia has actually retrieved and can link. Where no reliable source is found, the answer says so instead of supplying a plausible-sounding citation.
Which jurisdictions does Zealia cover?
Zealia works across jurisdictions and takes the governing law from your question and the matter on file. United States federal and state coverage is the deepest; elsewhere answers are drawn from live, linkable sources such as legislation portals, judiciary sites, official gazettes and reported decisions, and the answer names the sources used.
Can I research against my own documents?
Yes. Upload a pleading, exhibit, contract or brief and ask questions against it. Answers quote the passage they came from, so you can check the page before relying on it.
How much does a research question cost?
A research question costs 2 credits all-in, which covers the answer and any authority or live-source checks it needs. An answer drawn from your own uploaded documents costs 3 credits. New workspaces start with 50 complimentary credits, valid 30 days, with no card required.

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