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LEGAL DRAFTING TECHNOLOGY Thomson Reuters Drafting Assistant™is legal drafting software thatprovides efficiency gains and accuracy reassurance to attorneys. A recent survey was conducted using a sample group of attorneys who currently use Drafting Assistant. The group included attorneysacross multiple practice areas, working in: Litigation, Advisory, and Compliance. The survey asked attorneys to compare time spent on typical drafting tasks before and after using Drafting Assistant. It also inquiredabout their agreement or disagreement regarding the intended advantages of using Drafting Assistant legal drafting software. The following is an in-depth discussion of the features and benefits of Drafting Assistant that support the findings of the survey. ACCURATE It’s natural to streamline the drafting process by leveraging existing documents, instead of starting from scratch. Regardless of howyou begin, accuracy is the goal. With your busy day, you don’t have time for error-checking anxiety or worry that something is missing Using Drafting Assistant’s key features helps you create accuratedocuments, reducing your fears and boosting your confidence. Attorneys agree, Drafting Assistanthelps them create accurate KeyCite®Status Report Insert Flags/Links to automatically monitor and update good-law.View KeyCite flags right within your document, along with hyper- “Referring to documents andresearch in Drafting Assistant Locate Authority Marks the text in the draft document and searches Westlaw forcases that fit the text. Citation Formatting “Using Drafting Assistant givesme confidence that mydocuments, tables of Checks citations in your legal document and suggests the correct Document Formatting Checks if the document is formatted in accordance with thejurisdiction’s court rules. EFFICIENT Prioritizing your workload can be challenging. And when itcomes to drafting documents, the process can be tediouswith a disruptive workflow. You’re frequently starting andstopping, moving between applications. It’s easy to get Attorneys agree, Drafting Assistant helps thembe more efficient in the drafting process: “Drafting Assistant enables me tomore effectively use time on higher Using Drafting Assistant’s key features helps minimize yourworkflow distractions and eliminate your frustrations.Instead of starting and stopping, you’re able to start andfinish the entire drafting process right from your word “It’s important that DraftingAssistant integrates with othertools and resources I use mostwhen drafting.” Word Integration Produce your best work and reduce the hours it takes todraft a document. “It’s easy to access the resources Ineed within Drafting Assistant.” Westlaw Initiate a Westlaw search straight from your word processor. Authority CompilerCreate a copy of your document and append to it all the important legal sources referenced in your document. “Drafting Assistant is easy tolearn.” Table of Authorities The TOA builder tool generates a properly formatted list ofreferences in your legal document. RISK AVOIDANCE You work hard to maintain your reputation. Don’t let bad legal writing weaken your credibility. Using Drafting Assistant not onlyreduces the time it takes to complete document drafting tasks, it ensures your document is accurate, ultimately leading to risk “The benefits of using DraftingAssistant justify the cost.” “Drafting Assistant gives me acompetitive edge.” “I am noticeably more efficient indrafting court documents Take a look at how Drafting Assistant helps you save time and money on the drafting process. Attorneys who adopted DraftingAssistant saw 21% - 76% reduction in time to complete a drafting task. The efficiency gains resulted in cost savings ranging from$117 - $558 on a given drafting task. The cost benefit analysis was calculated using the average hourly rate of the surveyed THE SURVEY CONFIRMED HIGH LEVELS OF SATISFACTION AND LOYALTY Attorneys who use Drafting Assistant agree on the value it adds to their practice. They report high levels of satisfaction and loyalty tothe software. Attorneys who report theyare likely to very likely to Attorneys who reportedbeing satisfied to highlysatisfied with Drafting Attorneys who wouldrecommend Drafting Your clients trust you with the decisions that matter most.Trust us to provide the technology you need to win for them. Accurate. Efficient. Risk Avoidance.The answer is Drafting Assistant. For more information about Drafting Assistant, legalsolutions.com/draftingassistant