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150,000hours of content reviewed by our attorneys in 2020
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70,000+resources covering 15 practice areas
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Meet the editors
The experts behind the ideal resources for your firm
Tasha Hutchins
Tasha has over 10 years of deep experience as a senior M&A attorney at Pfizer, Inc., Dorsey & Whitney LLP, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
Janelle Wrigley
Janelle spent nearly a decade as both an antitrust attorney at the FTC and as an associate at Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett LLP, where she specialized in securities, insurance, and trade litigation, and antitrust regulatory clearance.
Lawrence Hsieh
For 20 years, Lawrence practiced law at Shea & Gould, Japan’s Komatsu & Koma, the Sojitz Corporation, and in private practice. He specializes in developing supply chain resources.
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Law firms
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Experienced attorney editors obsessively monitor the laws to ensure you have the most up-to-date resources when you need them.
Law firms
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Stay current with changing market demands while driving firm efficiency.
All in-house counsel
Practical Law for Corporations
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Practical Law for Government
Take on the broad and diverse legal issues facing government attorneys daily.
Plans for small law firms
Practical Law provides the resources needed to help you take on matters with confidence. Practical Law's experienced attorney editors obsessively monitor the laws to ensure you have the most up-to-date resources when you need them.
Starter plan
Practical Law Foundation
for 1-10 attorney firms
Starting at $150 per month
Stay current and get up to speed quickly in areas of unfamiliarity with access to Practice Notes, State Q&A, Legal Updates and Checklists.
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for 1-10 attorney firms
Starting at $352 per month
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Premium plan
Practical Law Premium
for 1-10 attorneys
Starting at $424 per month
Matter maps help you estimate the time and resources required to complete a matter, and automated documents streamline document creation.
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✔ Respond to clients faster with quick and accurate answers
✔ Increase your confidence and minimize risk to your clients
✔ Get clear explanations of current law and practice
✔ Save time drafting contracts and completed standard documents
✔ Increase profitability when using alternative fee agreements
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✔ Have a stronger grasp on the time and cost of a matter with access to detailed matter maps.
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As a solo I dont have a firm that has a repository of standard documents and forms. Practical Law fills that role and the notes provided invaluable to insure that the terms are customized to my clients particular needs!
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Plans for midsize and large law firms
Stay current with changing market demands while driving firm efficiency. With resources created by experienced Practical Law attorney editors, you can ensure your firm has the necessary tools to get up to speed quickly and serve your clients.
Comprehensive plan
Practical Law
Preferred 2019
for 11+ attorney firms
Price varies by plan features
Meet the demand for a more efficient practice, enhance productivity and improve response time.
With this plan you can:
✔ Provide quick and accurate answers and minimize risk to your growing business
✔ Keep more matters in-house
✔ Save time benchmarking agreements, deals, filings, and more
✔ Get clear explanations of current law and practice
✔ Compare state law across multiple practice areas with the State Q&A comparator tool
✔ Review summaries of recent deals and filings with What's Market
✔ Get international guidance with Global Guides and Cross-Border Topics
✔ Receive valuable project support from expert attorney-editors in a particular field of practice
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Integrated plan
Practical Law Connect
Preferred 2019
for 11+ attorney firms
Price varies by plan features
Integrate Practical Law resources with Westlaw legal research, organized by task and the way you work.
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✔ Minimize risk to your growing business
✔ Reduce time spent drafting documents with access to more than 600,000 forms
✔ Save time benchmarking agreements, deals, filings, and more
✔ Get clear explanations of current law and practice
✔ Compare state law across multiple practice areas with the State Q&A comparator tool
✔ Review summaries of recent deals and filings with What’s Market
✔ Get international guidance with Global Guides and Cross-Border Topics
✔ Receive valuable project support from expert attorney-editors in a particular field of practice
✔ Save time drafting by leveraging the document assembly tools powered by Contract Express
Meet the demand for a more efficient practice
Meet today’s demand for a more efficient practice by accessing diligently maintained resources and the latest analysis of current market trends.
Reduce the time spent getting up to speed on changes in the law so that you can respond faster and with confidence to your clients.
What firms like yours are saying
Practical Law has saved me an inordinate amount of time in documenting transactions. It is very helpful to have up to date form documents, legal developments, standard clauses, and market news all in one place.
Practical Law is a tremendous asset to our busy transactional practice. It allows us to quickly and confidently research market standards.
Plans for corporations
Help your department support the organization with up-to-date resources from Practical Law.
Small business plan
Practical Law Basic
for Corporations
Starting at $359 per month
This small business plan takes the guesswork out of your day with full access to Annotated Standard Documents and Clauses, Practice Notes, Checklists, Toolkits, and Updates.
With this plan you can:
✔ Provide quick and accurate answers
✔ Minimize risk to your growing business
✔ Keep more matters in-house
✔ Save time drafting or benchmarking agreements, deals, filings, and more
✔ Get clear explanations of current law and practice
Best value
Practical Law
for Corporations
Starting at $451 per month
This fully featured plan includes all of the Practical Law content and adds workflow tools to keep your department efficient, current, and in compliance.
With this plan you can:
✔ Provide quick and accurate answers
✔ Keep more matters in-house
✔ Compare state law across multiple practice areas with the State Q&A comparator tool
✔ Review summaries of recent deals and filings with What's Market
✔ Get international guidance with Global Guides and Cross-Border Topics
✔ Receive valuable project support from expert attorney-editors
✔ Save time with document assembly tools powered by Contract Express
Premium plan
Practical Law Connect
for Corporations
Starting at $998 per month
Integrate Practical Law resources with curated Westlaw legal research, organized by task and the way you work.
With this plan you can:
✔ Provide quick and accurate answers through the task-based structured designed for in-house counsel
✔ Reduce spend with outside counsel, and keep more work in-house
✔ Stay abreast of legal and regulatory changes with comprehensive Westlaw coverage, SEC and global filings and transaction summaries
✔ Fully understand how changes impact your business to mitigate risk for your department
✔ Reduce time spent drafting documents with access to more than 600,000 forms
Strengthen your legal department today
Save time and outside counsel costs by utilizing expertly created resources, allowing you to keep more work in house.
Boost your department’s standing within the business by providing concise summaries and fast answers to urgent queries.
What corporations like yours are saying
Practical Law is a must-have service. The practice notes, articles, and updates contain all the information I need to have at my fingertips, packaged succinctly.
As an in-house counsel at a startup, there are hundreds of little issues that crop up every day. In looking for answers, I spend either too much time researching or too much money on outside counsel. Practical Law Connect has totally changed the way I work. Practical Law Connect is now my starting point for any legal issue, and it's usually the endpoint too.
Plans for large corporations
Help your department support the organization with up-to-date resources from Practical Law.
Small business plan
Practical Law Basic
for Corporations
Starting at $359 per month
This small business plan takes the guesswork out of your day with full access to Annotated Standard Documents and Clauses, Practice Notes, Checklists, Toolkits, and Updates.
With this plan you can:
✔ Provide quick and accurate answers
✔ Minimize risk to your growing business
✔ Keep more matters in-house
✔ Save time drafting or benchmarking agreements, deals, filings, and more
✔ Get clear explanations of current law and practice
Best value
Practical Law
for Corporations
Starting at $451 per month
This fully featured plan includes all of the Practical Law content and adds workflow tools to keep your department efficient, current, and in compliance.
With this plan you can:
✔ Provide quick and accurate answers
✔ Keep more matters in-house
✔ Compare state law across multiple practice areas with the State Q&A comparator tool
✔ Review summaries of recent deals and filings with What's Market
✔ Get international guidance with Global Guides and Cross-Border Topics
✔ Receive valuable project support from expert attorney-editors
✔ Save time with document assembly tools powered by Contract Express
Premium plan
Practical Law Connect
for Corporations
Starting at $998 per month
Integrate Practical Law resources with curated Westlaw legal research, organized by task and the way you work.
With this plan you can:
✔ Provide quick and accurate answers through the task-based structured designed for in-house counsel
✔ Reduce spend with outside counsel, and keep more work in-house
✔ Stay abreast of legal and regulatory changes with comprehensive Westlaw coverage, SEC and global filings and transaction summaries
✔ Fully understand how changes impact your business to mitigate risk for your department
✔ Reduce time spent drafting documents with access to more than 600,000 forms
Strengthen your legal department today
Save time and outside counsel costs by utilizing expertly created resources, allowing you to keep more work in house.
Boost your department’s standing within the business by providing concise summaries and fast answers to urgent queries.
What corporations like yours are saying
Practical Law is a must-have service. The practice notes, articles, and updates contain all the information I need to have at my fingertips, packaged succinctly.
As an in-house counsel at a startup, there are hundreds of little issues that crop up every day. In looking for answers, I spend either too much time researching or too much money on outside counsel. Practical Law Connect has totally changed the way I work. Practical Law Connect is now my starting point for any legal issue, and it's usually the endpoint too.
For government attorneys
Maximize your day and meet the demands of your job quickly and efficiently. Practical Law helps you take on the broad and diverse legal issues facing government attorneys daily.
Practical Law for Government
Our expert team of attorney-editors creates and maintains thousands of practical resources, toolkits, and checklists so you don’t have to.
Annotated Standard Documents and Clauses
Quickly draft or benchmark agreements, deals, filings, and more using precedents that feature expert guidance and can be downloaded and saved in Microsoft® Word for easy editing.
Practice Notes
Straightforward how-to guides and clear explanations of current law and practice, ranging from basic overviews to detailed analysis for specialists.
Checklists
Checklists, timelines, and flowcharts help make sure you've covered all the bases.
Toolkits
Easily access related resources through these one-stop shops for core areas of legal risk and compliance.
Legal Updates
Email updates that keep you current with the latest legal developments.
State Q&A
Review and compare state law across multiple practice areas.
Jurisdictional Resources
Filter resources by individual state or at the national level.
Global Guides and Cross-Border Topics
Access Global Guides and Cross-Border topics for international guidance.
Featured Updates
Stay on top of the latest legal and market developments via weekly and monthly email updates.
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Streamline your legal department
Accomplish more in less time with succinct, expert-written practice guidance.
Boost your department's standing with better first drafts and fast answers to urgent queries.
What our customers are saying
Practical Law is a must-have service. The practice notes, articles, and updates contain all the information I need to have at my fingertips, packaged succinctly.
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