Westlaw Practical Law--Good to Use
February 12, 2018
Westlaw Practical Law--Good to Use
Score 8 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Practical Law
Practical law is used as an educational tool. It contains a lot of resources to help guide users through the various areas of law: entertainment, labor and employment, real estate, etc. It contains articles, guides, templates, examples...and serves as a great how to guide if you happen to be starting out.
Most of the professors and students use it, and a lot of our transactional instruction relies on practical law guides and templates.
Most of the professors and students use it, and a lot of our transactional instruction relies on practical law guides and templates.
- Resource guides
- Practical tips from practitioners
- Templates
- Recent articles and news
- Some resources are more detailed and on point than others
- Competitors offer platforms that are more user-friendly
- Sometimes navigating back to an old resource takes a bit more time than other platforms
- Fantastic resources
- Multiple examples
- Document saving platform
- Lexix Nexis and Bloomberg
They are pretty similar. I rely on practical law for certain practice areas more, and rely on the other platforms for other areas as they are more comprehensive and up to date. Lexis also is connected with Law360, and has a different set of resources, and has a strong shepherdizing tool that integrates well with what I need to do sometimes.