# Introducing Astra for Law

The system combines GPT-6 Astra with a specialized legal search index covering over 230 million URLs and CourtListener case law.

- Scored 54.0% correctness on the Vals AI Legal Research Bench validation set compared to 38.7% for standard GPT-6 Astra with web search.
- Offered to selected firms via a Trusted Access Program in ChatGPT and Codex, with an upcoming API release as gpt-6-astra-law.
- Includes Zero Data Retention for eligible API customers and excludes ChatGPT Enterprise usage from human review by default.
- Launches with 26 partner plugins including tools for iManage, Intapp, and DeepJudge, alongside general availability of ChatGPT for Word.

## Why it matters

Legal professionals and software developers gain access to an OpenAI model tailored with specialized search indexes and stricter data retention controls.

## Sources

- [OpenAI: Introducing Astra for Law](https://openai.com/index/astra-for-law)

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Summarized by dstilled on 2026-09-17. https://dstilled.ai/story/5ab4622c-f9d0-44b9-8f5e-f366931aacc5