
Propel your legal research into action
In sports, it takes a proven playbook and lots of practice to win. The same can be said of the practice of law. But there’s one big difference – in law, the rules are constantly changing and you never know when you’ll find yourself on unfamiliar ground. And while traditional legal research ensures that you know what the law is and are citing the right cases, it doesn’t give you the insight and guidance needed to get through those times of uncertainty. That’s when you need legal know-how.
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Over 300 dedicated full-time attorney-editors spend their days creating and maintaining resources they wish they had when they were practicing. They create these under the framework of helping you quickly understand what’s important, why it’s important, and how you should proceed.
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Straightforward how-to-guides and clear explanations of current law and practice, giving you a critical starting point and cut down the time you spend searching, so you can respond with speed and confidence.


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Practical Law allows us to provide the quality legal services that we want at a reasonable price for our clients. In today’s society, they come in and they need something tomorrow or next week. In order to do that, we’ve got to be able to get into the information as quickly as possible. Practical Law gives us that edge to be able to do that.
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