What is Thomson Reuters Westlaw?
Westlaw from Thomson Reuters is a legal research product enabling layers to build strong arguments based on superior legal materials, including, primary law, analytical materials, practice area insights, and an online collection of litigation resources.
The current flagship edition, Westlaw Edge, is powered by AI-enhanced capabilities that can help users research more effectively and be more strategic, helping users to speed up complex and time-consuming research tasks with AI-powered tools such as intelligent document analysis, a robust legal search engine, and integrated litigation analytics. Its predictive research suggestions enable the user to search with natural language terms and get type-ahead suggestions, surfacing the most relevant information at the top of the results list.
The current flagship edition, Westlaw Edge, is powered by AI-enhanced capabilities that can help users research more effectively and be more strategic, helping users to speed up complex and time-consuming research tasks with AI-powered tools such as intelligent document analysis, a robust legal search engine, and integrated litigation analytics. Its predictive research suggestions enable the user to search with natural language terms and get type-ahead suggestions, surfacing the most relevant information at the top of the results list.
Additional features include:
And, Thomson Reuters now offers Westlaw Precision. This AI augmented solution uses generative AI to surface relevant answers to legal research questions with AI-Assisted Research. Users can verify the results using links to trusted Westlaw authority to better inform decisions and complete the research more efficiently.
- Quick Check - This intelligent document analysis tool is used to simply upload a brief and in just minutes it identifies any bad law and surfaces any additional highly relevant authority, as well as authority contrary to what the opponent cited.
- Litigation Analytics - Powered by Thomson Reuters' collection of federal and state dockets, Litigation Analytics compiles information on judges, courts, damages, attorneys, law firms, and case types to help build the strongest case strategy across the most practice areas.
- KeyCite Overruling Risk - Overruling Risk warns the user when a point of law has been implicitly undermined based on its reliance on an overruled or otherwise invalid prior decision.
- WestSearch Plus - Helps users to avoid crafting complex queries with an advanced legal search engine, powered by artificial intelligence and built on proprietary editorial enhancements.
- Statutes Compare & Regulations Compare - Streamlines legal research with the click of a button for an instant comparison of any two versions of a statute or regulation to see exactly what has changed over time.
- Jurisdictional Surveys - Speeds up survey creation by retrieving a customized and relevant compilation of laws across all topics and U.S. jurisdictions.
And, Thomson Reuters now offers Westlaw Precision. This AI augmented solution uses generative AI to surface relevant answers to legal research questions with AI-Assisted Research. Users can verify the results using links to trusted Westlaw authority to better inform decisions and complete the research more efficiently.
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FAQs
What is Thomson Reuters Westlaw?
Westlaw, now supported by Thomson Reuters is a legal research software and database, emphasizing access to a breadth of case law.
How much does Thomson Reuters Westlaw cost?
Thomson Reuters Westlaw starts at $115.