SternBench Research
Ask research questions and get cited answers.
A conversational research layer over the same case law database. Ask a legal question in plain English and trace the answer back to the underlying authorities.
SternBench Research Features
Feature 1
Ask Offshore Research Questions in Plain English
Ask the question the way you would frame it in practice and get a clear answer tied to the offshore authorities that support it.
- Starts with a clear bottom line
- Pulls forward the leading authorities and support
- Turns a broad issue into cited research you can use immediately
Feature 2
Compare Offshore Jurisdictions in One Pass
See how Bermuda, Cayman, and the BVI approach the same issue without running separate research threads.
- Puts the jurisdictions side by side
- Surfaces the strongest jurisdiction-specific themes
- Helps you spot where your best comparative argument sits
Feature 3
Go Straight to the Authority
Move from a named case to the proposition for which it is being relied on, with the surrounding context that makes it usable.
- Explains what the case is actually being used to support
- Pulls out the passages that matter most
- Helps separate broad statements from the strongest usable support
Feature 4
Test and Tighten Draft Positions
Pressure-test a draft position before it goes into a note, memo, or submission.
- Shows whether the draft position is supported
- Shows where the wording overreaches
- Suggests a tighter formulation grounded in the authorities
SternBench Research FAQ
SternBench Research is an AI chat built on the full SternBench case law database. It has access to the structured offshore corpus of 17,000+ judgments and is designed to answer research questions by working across that database.
Search is for finding and reading judgments directly. Research is for asking a legal research question in plain English and getting a response grounded in the same underlying case law.
SternBench Research is meant for questions such as what authority exists on a point, how an issue has been treated across jurisdictions, which cases are most relevant to a factual pattern, and where to start on an unfamiliar offshore issue.
Yes. SternBench Research is built to take the user from a research question to the relevant authorities in the database, so the answer and the cases sit in the same research flow.
SternBench Research is currently available by request.