# Domain-specific Reasoning on LegalBench

Source: [Domain-specific Reasoning on LegalBench](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/domain-specific-reasoning-on-legalbench>)

Collection index: [llms.txt](<https://www.sota2.com/research/llms.txt>)

Data updated: 2026-03-24T15:35:36.141Z

Evaluation of model performance on domain-specific reasoning tasks using the LegalBench dataset, measured by Accuracy and Average Accuracy.

A research result applies to its stated dataset, split, metric and evaluation configuration. Compare like-for-like settings, preserve the metric's unit and direction, and distinguish paper-reported results from independent reproduction. The best result recorded here is not a claim of exhaustive, current global coverage.

| Scope | Recorded value |
| --- | --- |
| Task | Domain-specific Reasoning |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | LegalBench |
| Metric | Accuracy |
| Unit | PERCENT |
| Direction | Higher is better |
| Results loaded | 33 of 33 |
| Coverage | All results currently returned for this benchmark |

Evaluation settings may differ between results. The original papers and recorded configurations are needed to establish comparability. A shared metric name alone does not establish an identical protocol.

## Metrics

- [Accuracy](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/domain-specific-reasoning-on-legalbench.md?metric=Accuracy>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Average Accuracy](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/domain-specific-reasoning-on-legalbench.md?metric=Average%20Accuracy>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

## Recorded results

| Method | Accuracy | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reflexion(3 iters) | 85.26 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| Reflexion(3 iters) | 81.05 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| RM-Regen | 78.95 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| RM-Regen | 75.79 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| Reflexion(3 iters) | 75.79 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| RM-Primed | 67.37 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| RM-Regen | 66.32 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| RM-Primed (R+) | 64.21 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| RM-Primed | 64.21 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| Best-of-N (N=3) | 64.21 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| RM-Primed (R+) | 62.11 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| RM-Regen | 60 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| Contrastive CoT | 57.89 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| RM-Regen | 56.84 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| Contrastive CoT | 55.79 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| ST CoT | 55.79 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| Contrastive CoT | 53.68 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| RM-Regen | 51.58 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| ReflectEvo | 50.53 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| Few-shot CoT | 48.42 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| ReflectEvo | 48.42 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| Self-Refine | 46.32 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| Best-of-N (N=3) | 45.26 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| ST CoT | 45.26 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| Few-shot CoT | 44.21 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| ProCo | 44.21 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| ProCo | 41.05 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| Self-Refine | 41.05 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| ProCo | 38.95 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| Contrastive CoT | 35.75 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| Best-of-N (N=3) | 32.63 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| Self-Refine | 28.42 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |
| ST CoT | 23.16 | Not recorded | 69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895 |

### Reflexion(3 iters)

Accuracy: 85.26. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc1e0.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa70cc1e209131cea4d38e.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/noahshinn024/reflexion>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"GPT-3.5","Verification Setting":"Oracle"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Reflexion(3 iters)

Accuracy: 81.05. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc1e3.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa70cc1e209131cea4d38e.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/noahshinn024/reflexion>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama3.1-8B","Verification Setting":"Oracle"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### RM-Regen

Accuracy: 78.95. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc1ea.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Gemma2-9B","Verification Setting":"Oracle"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### RM-Regen

Accuracy: 75.79. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc1e2.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"GPT-3.5","Verification Setting":"Oracle"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Reflexion(3 iters)

Accuracy: 75.79. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc1e7.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa70cc1e209131cea4d38e.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/noahshinn024/reflexion>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Gemma2-9B","Verification Setting":"Oracle"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### RM-Primed

Accuracy: 67.37. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc0af.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"GPT-3.5"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### RM-Regen

Accuracy: 66.32. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc1e6.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama3.1-8B","Verification Setting":"Oracle"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### RM-Primed (R+)

Accuracy: 64.21. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc0ae.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"GPT-3.5","R+ selection":"only correct entries used"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### RM-Primed

Accuracy: 64.21. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc0b4.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama3-8B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Best-of-N (N=3)

Accuracy: 64.21. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc1e5.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa746e1e209131cea61aff.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama3.1-8B","Verification Setting":"Oracle"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### RM-Primed (R+)

Accuracy: 62.11. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc0b3.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama3-8B","R+ selection":"only correct entries used"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### RM-Regen

Accuracy: 60. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc257.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"GPT-3.5"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Contrastive CoT

Accuracy: 57.89. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc0b1.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa712b1e209131cea4fa78.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama3-8B","Reflection":"without"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### RM-Regen

Accuracy: 56.84. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc25b.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama3.1-8B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Contrastive CoT

Accuracy: 55.79. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc0ad.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa712b1e209131cea4fa78.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"GPT-3.5","Reflection":"with"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ST CoT

Accuracy: 55.79. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc25a.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa78c41e209131cea7a63d.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama3.1-8B","iterations":"3"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Contrastive CoT

Accuracy: 53.68. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc0b2.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa712b1e209131cea4fa78.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama3-8B","Reflection":"with"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### RM-Regen

Accuracy: 51.58. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc25f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Gemma2-9B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ReflectEvo

Accuracy: 50.53. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc1e4.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa78be1e209131cea7a38e.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama3.1-8B","Verification Setting":"Oracle"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Few-shot CoT

Accuracy: 48.42. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc0b0.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6e571e209131cea3f27b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama3-8B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ReflectEvo

Accuracy: 48.42. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc1e8.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa78be1e209131cea7a38e.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Gemma2-9B","Verification Setting":"Oracle"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Self-Refine

Accuracy: 46.32. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc258.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6f7f1e209131cea45fc4.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama3.1-8B","iterations":"3"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Best-of-N (N=3)

Accuracy: 45.26. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc1e9.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa746e1e209131cea61aff.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Gemma2-9B","Verification Setting":"Oracle"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ST CoT

Accuracy: 45.26. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc25e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa78c41e209131cea7a63d.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Gemma2-9B","iterations":"3"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Few-shot CoT

Accuracy: 44.21. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc0ab.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6e571e209131cea3f27b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"GPT-3.5"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ProCo

Accuracy: 44.21. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc25d.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa75031e209131cea653ba.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Gemma2-9B","iterations":"3"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ProCo

Accuracy: 41.05. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc255.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa75031e209131cea653ba.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"GPT-3.5","iterations":"3"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Self-Refine

Accuracy: 41.05. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc25c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6f7f1e209131cea45fc4.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Gemma2-9B","iterations":"3"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ProCo

Accuracy: 38.95. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc259.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa75031e209131cea653ba.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"Llama3.1-8B","iterations":"3"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Contrastive CoT

Accuracy: 35.75. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc0ac.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa712b1e209131cea4fa78.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"GPT-3.5","Reflection":"without"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Best-of-N (N=3)

Accuracy: 32.63. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc1e1.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa746e1e209131cea61aff.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"GPT-3.5","Verification Setting":"Oracle"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Self-Refine

Accuracy: 28.42. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc254.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6f7f1e209131cea45fc4.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"GPT-3.5","iterations":"3"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ST CoT

Accuracy: 23.16. Result ID: 69c2adfa47f34ce924abc256.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c21a8e0636e5bf4afc4895.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa78c41e209131cea7a63d.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Model":"GPT-3.5","iterations":"3"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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