---
title: "Trellis (Trellis)"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/software/trellis"
type: "software_profile"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "trellis"
vendor: "Trellis"
category: "Legal-specific"
segment: "Litigation analytics"
confidence: "low"
last_reviewed: "2026-09-21"
---

# Trellis (Trellis)

> US state trial-court research platform with generative AI over filings and uploads. Uses OpenAI and Anthropic. SOC 2 claimed. Customer-upload training is not clearly prohibited.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/software/trellis  
Last reviewed: 2026-09-21

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

Plan covered: Trellis US state trial-court research and Trellis AI (OpenAI and Anthropic). Not Australian courts and not eDiscovery.

## Capabilities

- Litigation analytics
- Legal research
- Chronology building
- Case-law summarisation

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Deployment | SaaS |
| Hosting regions | Unknown |
| Australian region | No |
| Model providers | OpenAI, Anthropic |
| Assurance | SOC 2 (claimed) |
| Training on customer content | Unknown |
| Legal content coverage | US state trial court filings. No Australian courts. |
| Pricing | Demo/signup. No public list price captured. |
| Australian presence | No. US state-court product. No AU coverage described. |
| Website | https://trellis.law/ |

## What the research found

| Topic | Status | Finding | Open question | Sources |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| productPlan | Public claim only | Trellis state trial-court research and Trellis AI. US state trial filings, not federal PACER-only and not AU courts. | Confirm AI add-on versus research-only. | [Trellis home](https://trellis.law/); [Trellis AI features](https://trellis.law/features/ai) |
| deployment | Not confirmed | SaaS. Hosting region not stated (California privacy policy). | Where is data hosted? | [Trellis Privacy Policy](https://trellis.law/privacy-policy) |
| features | Public claim only | Searchable state trial-court filings; AI over those plus user uploads (timelines, research). | Which states are in our licence? | [Trellis home](https://trellis.law/); [Trellis AI features](https://trellis.law/features/ai) |
| jurisdiction | Not confirmed | US state courts only. No AU coverage. | Any non-US courts? | [Trellis home](https://trellis.law/) |
| licence | Not confirmed | Signup/demo. No public matrix captured. | Quote? | [Trellis home](https://trellis.law/) |
| integration | Not confirmed | Web app. SSO unknown. | SSO? | [Trellis home](https://trellis.law/) |
| support | Not confirmed | Not specified. | SLA? | [Trellis home](https://trellis.law/) |
| qualityEvidence | Public claim only | Vendor: attorneys tested multiple models; output should always be reviewed. No independent hallucination study. | Accuracy on our jurisdictions? | [Trellis AI features](https://trellis.law/features/ai) |
| taskFit | Not confirmed | Fit for US state-court strategy. Not eDiscovery. Not AU law. | US matters only? | [Trellis home](https://trellis.law/); [Trellis AI features](https://trellis.law/features/ai) |
| clientAuthority | Not confirmed | Lawyer research tool. | Client-facing? | [Trellis AI features](https://trellis.law/features/ai) |
| modelProvider | Public claim only | Multiple LLMs including OpenAI and Anthropic, plus Trellis case data. | Which models on our tenant, and do uploads go to OpenAI/Anthropic? | [Trellis AI features](https://trellis.law/features/ai) |
| subprocessors | Not confirmed | OpenAI and Anthropic implied. Full list not published here. | Subprocessor list with locations? | [Trellis AI features](https://trellis.law/features/ai); [Trellis Privacy Policy](https://trellis.law/privacy-policy) |
| trainingUse | Public claim only | Platform 'developed and trained' on expert attorneys, LLMs, and case data unique to Trellis. That describes corpus training, not necessarily customer uploads. Customer-upload training not stated as prohibited. | Are customer-uploaded files used to train Trellis or OpenAI/Anthropic? | [Trellis AI features](https://trellis.law/features/ai) |
| feedbackUse | Not confirmed | Not specified. | Feedback training? | [Trellis Privacy Policy](https://trellis.law/privacy-policy) |
| retention | Not confirmed | Not specified. | Upload and chat retention? | [Trellis Privacy Policy](https://trellis.law/privacy-policy) |
| deletion | Not confirmed | Not specified. | Delete uploads? | [Trellis Privacy Policy](https://trellis.law/privacy-policy) |
| humanAccess | Public claim only | FAQ: no one other than you will have access to view your data or responses. Marketing, not a DPA. | Staff access to uploads? | [Trellis AI features](https://trellis.law/features/ai) |
| accessControl | Not confirmed | Login assumed. | SSO/MFA? | [Trellis home](https://trellis.law/) |
| encryption | Public claim only | Uploaded files encrypted at rest. Transit not specified. | TLS version and key management? | [Trellis AI features](https://trellis.law/features/ai) |
| assurance | Public claim only | Follows SOC 2 standards (not clearly a current Type II report). | Current SOC 2 Type II report? | [Trellis AI features](https://trellis.law/features/ai) |
| contract | Not confirmed | Privacy policy; MSA not scraped. | DPA, cap, forum? | [Trellis Privacy Policy](https://trellis.law/privacy-policy) |
| transfers | Not confirmed | OpenAI/Anthropic likely US. | APP 8? | [Trellis AI features](https://trellis.law/features/ai) |
| incidents | Not confirmed | Not specified. | Notice timeline? | [Trellis Privacy Policy](https://trellis.law/privacy-policy) |
| changes | Not confirmed | Models can change. | Notice? | [Trellis AI features](https://trellis.law/features/ai) |
| exit | Not confirmed | Not specified. | Export then delete? | [Trellis Privacy Policy](https://trellis.law/privacy-policy) |
| connectors | Public claim only | LinkedIn notes a Claude connector (third-party post, not fully relied on). Not on the AI FAQ extract. | Enabled connectors? | [Trellis AI features](https://trellis.law/features/ai) |
| webSearch | Not confirmed | Corpus is Trellis filings. Confirm no open web. | Web off? | [Trellis AI features](https://trellis.law/features/ai) |
| actionControl | Not confirmed | Generates research/timelines that may be pasted into filings. | Disable upload-to-LLM if unused? | [Trellis AI features](https://trellis.law/features/ai) |
| humanReview | Public claim only | Output should always be reviewed. | Audit log of AI queries? | [Trellis AI features](https://trellis.law/features/ai) |

## Notes

T3. US-only corpus. Customer-data training unclear. SOC 2 report not inspected.

## Sources

- [Trellis home](https://trellis.law/) (checked 2026-09-21)
- [Trellis AI features](https://trellis.law/features/ai) (checked 2026-09-21)
- [Trellis Privacy Policy](https://trellis.law/privacy-policy) (checked 2026-09-21)

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