As a lawyer, you sell your time and expertise – that’s the sum of your value – and your success depends upon the quality of the value you deliver. Not very long ago, that left you with two choices: work insane hours to deliver quality – and likely writing down the extra hours.  Or, work fewer hours, but potentially cutting corners which opens you up to risk in your argument.

Now you no longer must choose. You can easily and efficiently deliver quality – without the risk –  with Thomson Reuters Westlaw Edge™.  Its breakthrough artificial intelligence can answer complex questions immediately and instantly crunch data to give you insights that would have taken days to unearth. You’ll have the power to deliver the highest value in record time because the power or Westlaw Edge.   

1. Set and Manage Client Expectations for Outcomes, Timelines and Costs

Do you ever have clients that perhaps don’t understand how long it may take to get a resolution on their case or they ask you about the opposing counsel’s experience or track record?   You try to explain based on what you remember, but it’s never as concrete as you’d like. That changes with Litigation Analytics on Westlaw Edge.

With Litigation Analytics you can quickly gain insights on judges and courts to understand the average time to rule for various motion types and more.  All of this is presented in easy-to-read graphs making it easy to explain and share with your clients.

Insights on attorneys are also available so you can understand the probability of your case settling and how quickly it could happen.  You can run analytics on opposing counsel to understand their track record and how they have handled cases in the past. This information will help you better understand what to expect from them and design your case strategy accordingly.  You can even run analytics on yourself to share your track record and prove your value to clients giving them increased confidence and trust in your ability.

2. Build your strongest case strategy

Now that you’ve set expectations with your client, it’s time to build your strategy.  Where do you start? Litigation Analytics provides you with data to make it easy to gather the necessary information up front so you can build the strongest possible strategy.  

While you may have instincts or advice from peers about judges or opposing counsel, use Litigation Analytics data to know their tendencies with certainty. Without these analytics, it would likely take days to extract information from dockets, trial court orders, jury verdicts and briefs to find the necessary details needed to build your strongest strategy.

For selection of venue you can quickly understand how different courts tend to rule on cases and major motion types so you can identify the most optimal jurisdiction for the case.

Litigation Analytics will show you how a judge tends to rule, pro plaintiff or pro defendant, for your case type or motion strategy.  You can also get a complete, accurate picture of how judges rule on the admissibility of experts. Finding these types of insights typically takes hours of time and now you can get to them with a few clicks giving you much needed insights as you build your strategy.

3. Finish Research in Less Time with Greater Confidence

You’ve set expectations and built your strategy – now comes your research.  New features in Westlaw Edge make it faster and easier to get the accurate answers you need – quickly and confidently.  

With KeyCite Overruling Risk you can create watertight motions and briefs.  It’s the only citator that identifies when a point of law has been implicitly undermined. While a standard citator flags only law that is been explicitly overturned, it won’t catch those that rely on an overruled or invalid prior decision.  This is ONLY found on Westlaw Edge.

The predictive search functionality of WestSearch Plus provides results even as you form your questions in the search bar saving you valuable research time. Thanks to artificial intelligence, supported by attorney-edited annotations, you’ll see the most relevant answer faster without having to peruse pages of results. If you want to know more detail, the search result will link to underlying authority so you can dig as deep as you need to. An amazing time saver!

Comparing statutes is critical when you want an exhaustive understanding of case precedent but it is a very tedious and time-consuming process. Now, instead of spending hours reviewing legal text and painstakingly uncovering how the law has evolved, Statutes Compare will accomplish this in a click – showing you exactly what has changed so you can quickly continue on with your case strategy.

These are just a handful of ways the technology of Westlaw Edge can help you do your best work, attain the best results, and provide the best service in record time. Schedule a demo today to see why law firms are moving to Westlaw Edge so quickly.

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Amy Larson is a Director in Small Law Firm Customer Marketing at Thomson Reuters. She has over 17 years of experience in technology marketing with extensive focus on learning how technology can meet the needs of attorneys. Amy has been involved in numerous product launches throughout her tenure, public relations efforts, interviewing customers and telling their stories, and often writes and distributes information on how legal technology can help small law firms with their practice of law and law firm management responsibilities.