Thomson Reuters Practical Law

Score7.7 out of 10

7 Reviews and Ratings

Community insights

TrustRadius Insights for Thomson Reuters Practical Law are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Easy to Use and Comprehensive Guide: Users have found the software to be easy to use, providing an excellent guide for the legal world. They appreciate its accessibility and mention that it caters to professionals in various legal fields.

Valuable Resources and Law Templates: Many users have expressed appreciation for the valuable resources and law templates provided by the software. These resources make their work in specific areas easier, allowing them to obtain information on legal issues effectively.

Practical and Accommodating Features: The software's practicality and continuous addition of great content have been praised by several users. They find it accommodating to a variety of professional legal fields, making it a top choice for many counsels.

Reviews

3 Reviews

Practical Law Review.

Rating: 9 out of 10

May 30, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Legal research and staying on top of new news in my arena: Search for specific content related to new legislation and case law; see if there are any trends related to new legal issues; and get updated on legal news, not in my area of specialty.

Pros

News articles.
Specific content on areas of law.
Research jury verdicts and dispositive motions decisions.

Cons

Easier interface.
More searchable features.
Cost

Likelihood to Recommend

Legal research on specific laws and regulations in city, county, state, and federal venues. Since we have operations in virtually every state, nationwide content is very important to our organization to ensure we stay on top of new legislation and developments.

Verified User

Director in Legal (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

20 years of experience

Excellent choice of practical guidance for many areas of law

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

May 27, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Practical Law is used by our legal department to access precedents, decisions and other legal resources for both our internal and external needs. Having access to a resource like Practical Law gives our legal team the confidence that we are using updated forms, checklists to ensure we are compliant and providing value to our organizations.

Pros

Real decisions from the courts
Practical guidance from top practitioners
Updated forms for different practice areas
Overall solid coverage for my legal needs

Cons

Navigation can get tricky with some scenarios
Some of the features can be offered for free as opposed to paid
Sometimes there are precedents and forms that are not updated

Likelihood to Recommend

PracticalLaw offers excellent Practice Notes, Checklists, Precedents, and Toolkits for a variety of practice areas - which is very helpful to in-house counsel and law clerks that are working on files across different practice areas.

Less appropriate when there are already many resources available to me to help in drafting documents - then there is not much use to look up PLC.

Rajiv Chidambaram, BE, MBA

Marketing Strategist in Marketing at FCT (201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

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Westlaw Practical Law--Good to Use

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

February 12, 2018

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

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.

Pros

Resource guides
Practical tips from practitioners
Templates
Recent articles and news

Cons

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

Likelihood to Recommend

It is great for most, general high-level tasks. If you need something more specific in a particular area, however, there may be better guides elsewhere. Though the materials are a great starting point, it still requires additional review and modification to suit your needs. Not all things are on point, but it's a great starting point.

Raymond Tran

Graduate Research And Teaching Assistant in Legal at Emory University (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

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