Practical Law features

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Generative AI and dynamic tools

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Search & Summarize Practical Law

Accelerate the way you access Practical Law’s trusted content with Search & Summarize Practical Law, a CoCounsel generative AI experience using large-language models trained by the knowledge and expertise of more than 650 expert attorney-editors. Ask a natural-language question and get a synthesized summary with links to the most relevant Practical Law resources. 

Knowledge Map

Complete your research faster with an interactive way to explore related topics and resources available in the Practical Law collection so you can get a complete picture of your matter and identify issues you may have missed.

Interactive Matter Maps

Get a visual step-by-step process for tasks on a variety of legal matters with links to relevant resources. This interactive feature allows you to customize any Matter Map to help you find the right Practical Law content for the task at hand.

Quick Compare 

Create custom charts with just a few clicks that compare answers to critical questions across multiple jurisdictions, helping to identify local laws faster.

What's Market Analytics

Create data visualizations in the form of custom charts and graphs with the insights and information provided by our popular What’s Market feature. Analyze and share market trends and deal terms in a fraction of the time.

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Resource types

Get expert guidance to understand what’s important, why it’s important, and how you should proceed.

Standard documents and clauses

Eliminate the need to start from scratch with annotated templates containing embedded drafting notes and clause-by-clause guidance.

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Practice notes

Save time with how-to guides written by attorney experts. Like a legal primer on the law, get high-level overviews to detailed analyses on narrow topics. All designed to be read in 20 minutes or less.

Checklists 

Get a 360-degree view of a project or legal task with one-stop-shop access to updated, relevant resources with step-by-step explanations. Easy-to-use formats include bulleted checklists, timelines, tables, decision trees, and more.

Matter maps 

Access a visual step-by-step process for tasks on a variety of legal matters with links to relevant Practical Law resources.

What's Market

Search, analyze, and compare deals and public filings summarized by our experts. Quickly compare terms or features across multiple deals and access underlying public documents.

Automated documents 

Quickly draft custom agreements and contracts using guided questionnaires powered by Contract Express. Then create a unique document you can edit and download in Word.

State Q&A 

Save hours on research when comparing law across multiple states. State guides are organized by topic over multiple practice areas on legal matters involving one or many states.

Toolkits 

Optimize your work with a collection of how-to guides, document templates, checklists, and legal updates — all in one place.

Legal updates

Keep up with changes in the law and regulations in your practice area. Subscribe to weekly or monthly legal updates.

Presentation materials

Pre-built, off-the-shelf collection of presentation materials. Great for internal training or presenting topics of interest to your clients or business partners.

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Content coverage

Our attorney-editors reliably monitor changes in the law to ensure you have up-to-date resources for the topics and jurisdictions that matter to you.

Domestic Coverage

Practical Law resources cover content for all 50 state jurisdictions, 10 business sectors, and 17 major practice areas.

Practical Law The Journal

Practical Law The Journal is the award-winning digital magazine companion to the Practical Law services, covering the latest transactional and compliance topics and key issues and developments in litigation practice and procedure. Access Practical Law The Journal on reuters.com/plj for free.

Global Content

Practical Law Global is designed for the cross-border legal professional. Navigate complex legal matters and transactions to meet the needs of your clients’ expanding global footprint. Get up to speed on international matters and regulations, quickly identify local laws, and compare key questions across multiple jurisdictions with confidence.

World-wide coverage of vital legal content and updates

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