Legal know-how

Practical Law Connect welcome guide

Leverage resources and tools organized the way in-house counsel work

Support when and where you need it

When you have questions that require discussion or a deeper dive to find the answers, contact our expert Reference Attorneys. If you have any difficulties with the program, get in touch with Technical Support. And we urge every Practical Law Connect user to consider a convenient training session to make sure you're up to speed.

Reference attorneys

1-800-728-7681

Schedule training

1-800-328-0109

Technical support

1-800-WESTLAW (1-800-937-8529)

Get started right now

Use these guides to get a basic understanding for what Practical Law Connect can do for you and how to start using it.

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Welcome guide

Practical Law Connect for in-house counsel.

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Quick start guide

Quick-reference guide for corporate legal departments

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Rulebook guide

All key federal laws, rules, regulations, and agency materials are at your fingertips.

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Customer FAQs

Get answers to commonly asked questions.

See how Practical Law Connect integrates legal know-how with legal research

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Practical Law Connect has your practice areas covered

Practical Law Connect tips

Get "power user" tips to make Practical Law Connect even easier, faster, and more useful.

Want to see all of the tasks in your practice area?

Simply select "View All" so you can scroll to see all of the available tasks in a given practice area.

How to get daily updates

View Practical Law, Practitioner Insights on Westlaw, and Reuters News to get the day's leading legal news and analysis to help you stay current.

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What's new?

Check here for news, events, and product updates.

Practical Law Connect and West km: Better together

Practical Law Connect and West km integration allows you to capitalize on your organization's collected knowledge.

Smart search

Now, when you perform a keyword search, you will automatically see suggested practice area homepages and practitioner picks task pages based on the first few letters you type in the search bar.