LexisNexis Takes 2026 CODiE Award for Lexis Create+

LexisNexis won a 2026 CODiE Award for Lexis Create+, its AI drafting tool embedded in Microsoft 365, a recognition that arrives just days after the RELX unit reported its fastest growth period on record, driven largely by legal AI adoption. The award highlights how quickly AI-assisted drafting has moved from experimental feature to core product category, with LexisNexis betting that tight integration into lawyers' existing workflows will prove decisive against a growing field of rivals.

Lexis Create+ entered general availability in late 2025 as part of a broader repositioning of the company around generative AI. The product sits inside Microsoft Word and Outlook, giving drafting and summarization capabilities backed by LexisNexis's proprietary case law, statutes, and secondary sources. It also connects to a law firm's internal document library, a design choice aimed at large firms that want AI tools to reflect their own precedents, not generic outputs. The Protégé AI assistant, which LexisNexis has placed at the center of its product ecosystem since 2024, handles natural language commands within the drafting interface.