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One of the foundational disciplines of the practice of law is the drafting of documents, from business contracts and licensing agreements to client legal memoranda and litigation briefs, pleadings and motions. There is pressure to create documents that are effective for the client and to do so in an efficient manner.
Lawyers often share that drafting is a pain point for them because they are forced to spend a lot of time searching for answers to legal questions and then converting that knowledge into a well-written, coherent document as quickly as possible. It is particularly frustrating because this process relies on two bodies of knowledge that are located in disparate systems:
A DMS helps law firms manage, organize and access their documents effectively — it is essentially a digital filing cabinet chock full of information for all of the matters handled by the lawyers of that firm. Many times the content in a law firm’s DMS is sufficient for lawyers to draft a document quickly, but sometimes they need fast access to external legal research and practical insights from other sources.
We are now at an exciting time of legal technology innovation in which lawyers will soon experience the integration of content and workflow tools, made possible by the breakthrough of secure connectivity between a law firm’s DMS and its external legal research platform. The valuable work product content sitting in a firm’s DMS will be be better leveraged by connecting that system with the firm’s other internal and external information platforms through the power of Legal AI (generative artificial intelligence trained for the legal profession) technology.
The result of this DMS connectivity will be the seamless addition of firm-specific content to the lawyer’s research and drafting experience, all in one application where they are working (i.e., Microsoft Word). This future will allow lawyers to mine their trusted data sources to deliver insights like never before, to work faster and with greater confidence, and to improve client outcomes by surfacing the right language and winning arguments.
Here are four ways that lawyers will be able to draft documents faster and more effectively in the future, thanks to the integration of internal content and external knowledge, resulting in the delivery of more customized drafting solutions:
Lawyers typically do not want to start from scratch when drafting a document, particularly when it involves a matter that resembles others handled in the past. Integrating content and workflow tools will enable lawyers to better leverage prior work, whether by their colleagues or by legal professionals outside of the firm, as a good template or starting point.
The effectiveness of a contract or a litigation brief often hinges on the lawyer’s ability to craft the perfect phrase or combination of legal terms. Connecting the DMS to the external legal research platform through Legal AI technology will provide more precise language that lawyers can insert into their documents.
When the data stored in a firm’s DMS lacks the ideal precedent or insights for a document being drafted, lawyers will soon be able to seamlessly access legal treatises and practical guidance from experts in the area of the law they are addressing. The integration of the external legal research platform with the DMS and the drafting tool will result in immediate access to authoritative legal content.
Data available from public sources is enriched by information service providers to deliver important benchmarking insights drawn from similar matters, such as contract terms secured in previous transactions or winning briefs submitted in prior cases. DMS connectivity with external knowledge sources will provide lawyers with the ability to quickly compare their client document content with those market standards.
Legal professionals will soon be able to gain a competitive edge — rapidly extracting language, uncovering valuable insights and generating higher-quality work — by securely combining their firm’s internal data with comprehensive legal content from LexisNexis. These new AI-powered legal drafting capabilities, complete with advanced document review and redlining features, will be seamlessly integrated with their existing workflow and delivered while preserving firm confidentiality and privacy requirements.
Learn more about how Lexis+ AI with DMS connectivity will blaze a new trail in personalized legal research and drafting solutions.