# Welcome to the Paxton Help Center

## **What is** Paxton**?**

Paxton is your AI Legal Assistant that helps you draft documents, conduct legal research, and analyze your files accurately and intuitively.\
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Paxton has a mastery of the law and is integrated with how you work - answering questions and providing insights. With Paxton by your side you’ll perform at your best.<br>

### Overview Video

Want a quick look at how Paxton works? Watch this short video to see how you can draft smarter, research faster, and analyze case files with ease.

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## **Key Features at a Glance**

* **Legal Drafting:** Draft precise legal documents, clauses, emails, contracts, and more with our versatile [AI Assistant](https://help.paxton.ai/help/ai-assistant/using-the-ai-assistant).
* **File Analysis:** Uncover critical insights from your uploaded files and leverage those insights to draft documents with our [AI Assistant](https://help.paxton.ai/help/ai-assistant/using-the-ai-assistant).
* **Legal Research:** Paxton provides AI-powered legal research in two places.\
  You can run research directly inside the [AI Assistant](https://help.paxton.ai/help/ai-assistant/research-in-the-ai-assistant), and you can also use the dedicated [Legal Research](https://help.paxton.ai/help/legal-research/legal-research) section for deeper queries. Both draw from a comprehensive knowledge base that includes:
  * US State & Federal Laws
  * US Case Law at the Appellate level and above
* **AI Citator:** Dive deeper into your legal research with our [AI Citator](https://help.paxton.ai/help/legal-research/paxton-ai-citator), able to showcase referenced cases and provide an AI interpretation of case standing.
* **Research Coverage**: Your subscription includes access to Paxton’s full legal research library.\
  You can view the complete scope of coverage here: <https://www.paxton.ai/coverage>&#x20;

**Important:** Although AI systems like Paxton deliver comprehensive legal information, it's essential to critically examine important results.&#x20;


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