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Lexis for Microsoft Office Case Study: Indiana Public Defender Council

“I am able to validate authorities as I go when I revise documents – it consolidates steps and makes me much more productive.”

Challenges

  • Solved the following challenges with Lexis® for Microsoft® Office:
    • A need for efficiency
    • A need for finding supporting precedent while drafting
    • A need for PDF conversion

Use Case

  • Reports a staff of 200 or more attorneys.
  • Respondent agrees that Lexis® for Microsoft® makes them more efficient in drafting and responding to legal documents.
  • Respondent agrees that Lexis® for Microsoft® makes them more efficient than manually formatting citations.
  • Respondent agrees that Lexis® for Microsoft® Office helps them validate work faster by adding Shepard’s Signal Indicators directly into documents.
  • Most frequently works with the following industries:
    • Criminal law

Results

  • Ranks the importance of Lexis® for Microsoft® Office on their own practice and entire organization:
    • Own practice: very critical (4 on scale of 1-5)
    • Entire organization: extremely critical (5 on scale of 1-5)
  • Rated Lexis® for Microsoft® Office compared to other legal drafting tools:
    • ease of use : superior
    • citation formatting: superior
    • case law validation: vastly superior
    • document review: vastly superior
    • quote checking: vastly superior
    • table of Authorities: vastly superior
  • Increased productivity levels with Lexis® for Microsoft® Office:
    • personal : > 75%
    • staff: > 75%




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