Next-Gen Lawyers Choose Lexis+®*

3 of 5 next-gen lawyers prefer Lexis+® based on an independent study by Ipsos™, a global market research and public opinion analyst firm, commissioned by LexisNexis®, to undertake data collection and aggregate results. The survey was sent to 40,000 U.S. law students at ABA accredited law schools nationwide, and 2,030 responses were collected.

49% more law students prefer Lexis+ to Westlaw®.

Why do law students prefer Lexis+? It’s primarily based on better data visualization, brief analysis and legal analytics tools. In fact, over 40% more law students rate data visualization and brief analysis tools as excellent on Lexis+.

In addition, law students prefer the Lexis+ interface, ease of use and Shepard’s® citations service.

What does this mean for you?

You should continue to see an increase in summer associates, first year associates, clerks and others coming into your organization with a strong familiarity of the Lexis+ platform. However, preferring a system does not mean they have exceptional research skills. Incoming associates will continue to need robust training on Lexis+ and other LexisNexis® tools to ensure they are conducting research in an efficient and effective manner in a practice environment.

If you would like a refresher on Lexis+, please contact your LexisNexis Representative.

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Find additional insights in The Future of Law: What Next-Gen Lawyers Expect From Law Firm Technology.

*Study Methodology: LexisNexis® commissioned Ipsos, a global market research and public opinion analyst firm, to undertake data collection and aggregate results for this study. Sample was provided by LexisNexis, drawing from its database of registered IDs containing all US law students. Approximately 40,000 U.S. law students were invited to participate in the online survey, which generated 2,030 responses. Students were selected from a sampling of ABA-accredited law schools and balanced by school tier and class to reflect the distribution of the overall population of law students

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