Courtroom5 in Microsoft Copilot
Free civil court guidance, inside the Copilot your organization already uses.
The Courtroom5 plugin adds three civil litigation tools to Microsoft Copilot: a case intake assessment, a deadline calculator, and next-step guidance. The plugin itself is free and requires no Courtroom5 account. It covers civil matters in all 50 states, and answers in plain English rather than legal jargon.
One thing to know first: Microsoft Copilot is a paid product licensed by organizations. If you’re facing court on your own and don’t have a Copilot license through work, school, or a legal aid office, you can use the exact same Courtroom5 tools for free in Gemini Enterprise, in ChatGPT, and in Claude. You don’t need Copilot to get help.
What you can ask
Describe your situation in plain English. Copilot picks the right Courtroom5 tool automatically.
“My landlord in North Carolina kept my entire security deposit after I moved out. What can I do?”
“I was served with a debt collection lawsuit in California on April 10. How long do I have to respond?”
“I’m defending a breach of contract case in Texas and the other side just filed a motion for summary judgment. What should I be doing right now?”
You don’t need to know legal terms. Just the facts of what happened and the state you’re in.
What’s covered
- Landlord-tenant disputes and eviction
- Debt collection
- Foreclosure
- Employment matters, including wrongful termination and wage claims
- Medical malpractice
- Contract disputes
- Small claims
- Family civil matters
- Personal injury
Not covered: criminal cases, immigration, bankruptcy, and matters outside the United States.
Deadline data currently covers the 15 most active states for civil litigation, with additional states rolling out.
The three tools
Case Intake Assessment
A plain-English read on your situation: which legal claims may apply, which court hears your kind of case, and what to do first.
Deadline Calculator
Tell it what just happened — you were served, a motion was filed, an order came down — and it returns the deadlines that event triggers, the dates they fall on, and what happens if you miss them.
Next Step Guidance
If you’re already in an active case, this returns the two or three actions that matter most right now, based on your case stage, your role in the case, and your state.
How to add the plugin
Courtroom5 is listed in the Microsoft Marketplace as a legal research plugin for Copilot. How you add it depends on your role.
If you’re an administrator
- Open the Courtroom5 listing in the Microsoft Marketplace
- Select Get it now and sign in with your work account
- Deploy it to your organization, or to the specific users and groups who need it
Plugins can also be managed from the Microsoft 365 admin center under Settings → Integrated apps.
If you’re a user
- Open Microsoft Copilot
- Open the agents and plugins panel
- Search for Courtroom5 and turn it on
If you don’t see it, your administrator may need to approve it for your organization first.
Once it’s on, start a new chat and describe your situation, including the state you’re in.
What to expect
- Plain language. Everything is written for people without legal training, at roughly an 8th-grade reading level.
- Jurisdiction-specific answers. Deadlines and procedure vary by state, so tell it where your case is.
- Honesty about limits. When the tools don’t cover your situation or your state, they say so instead of guessing.
- No accounts, no tracking. You don’t create a Courtroom5 account to use the plugin.
Troubleshooting
Copilot answered from general knowledge instead of using Courtroom5. Mention Courtroom5 by name in your prompt to make sure the plugin gets called.
You don’t see Courtroom5 in the plugin list. Your organization’s administrator needs to approve and deploy it before it appears for users.
Your state isn’t covered by the deadline calculator. Deadline data covers the 15 most active states for civil litigation right now. The other two tools still work everywhere, and more states are coming.
You hit a rate limit. Wait a few minutes and try again.
Privacy
Courtroom5 does not collect or store personal or account data after returning a response, and does not use your questions to train models. See our privacy policy for the full details.
About Courtroom5
Sonja Ebron and Debra Slone founded Courtroom5 after each of them went through civil litigation without a lawyer. They built the company around what they needed and couldn’t find.
Courtroom5 is a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation and a Techstars graduate, recognized by the American Bar Association with its Women of Legal Tech award. More than 12,000 people have used Courtroom5 to handle civil cases in every state.
Going deeper
The Copilot plugin covers the basics: assessing a case, tracking deadlines, and figuring out next steps. For full case strategy, documents built for your specific situation, and guidance through every stage of a case, the LAW Accelerator™ goes further.
It’s a complete system: Land every fact, mapping your evidence to what the law requires so you know what you can prove and where the gaps are. Act, don’t react, using AI tools that show you where you stand and what to file next, before the other side moves. Win before you walk in, doing the research, drafting, and arguing that attorneys do before you ever set foot in court.
Courtroom5 covers more than 140 U.S. jurisdictions and has helped prepare more than 250,000 court documents.
Learn more about the LAW Accelerator
Frequently asked questions
What’s the difference between the free plugin and the LAW Accelerator?
The plugin answers questions: what your claims might be, when things are due, what to do next. The LAW Accelerator is the full platform, where you build your case — organizing evidence, developing strategy, and generating the documents you’ll actually file.
Does the plugin draft court documents?
No. It tells you what to do and when. Document drafting is part of the LAW Accelerator.
Do I need a Microsoft Copilot license to use Courtroom5?
No. The plugin is one way to reach these tools, not the only way. The same three tools are free in ChatGPT, in Gemini Enterprise, and in Claude.
Can I use AI to respond to a lawsuit?
You can use AI to understand your situation, learn the rules, and prepare. What you file is your responsibility, and courts hold self-represented litigants to the same procedural standards as attorneys. That’s exactly why knowing the deadlines and the requirements matters so much.
Courtroom5 provides legal information and self-help tools, not legal advice. Courtroom5 is not a law firm and does not represent litigants. Everything here is educational.
